Research Projects

A few research projects in progress or to be implemented.

Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Functions (BRIEF-2, BRIEF-A, BRIEF-P). Validation studies in clinical and educational groups. Normative studies. Short versions. Cristina P. Albuquerque, Octávio Moura, Maria João Seabra-Santos, Manuela Vilar, Marcelino Pereira, Alexandra Gaudêncio, Sofia Major, Ana Filipa Lopes, Mário R. Simões. In cooperation with Hogrefe.

Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA); Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE); Cognitive Reserve Questionnaire; Adults and Older Adults Functional Assessment Inventory (IAFAI, short version), Free and Cued Selective Reminding Test (FCSRT); Trail Making Test (TMT A & B); Digit Span, Vocabulary, Digit Symbol Coding and Symbol Search (WAIS-III); Stroop; Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS), Geriatric Anxiety Inventory (GAI); Mental Health Literacy Questionnaire in Social Isolation; Emotional State Rating Scale; UCLA Loneliness Scale; Stress Vulnerability Questionnaire (23-VQS); WHOQOL-OLD-7; Rey 15-Item Memory Test (15-IMT). Validation studies within the projects CuidaIdosaMente and ESCUDO. Sandra Freitas, Joana Nogueira, Bianca Gerardo.

Coimbra Neuropsychological Assessment Battery (BANC). Profile logistic analyses in clinical groups. Octávio Moura.

Childhood Executive Functioning Inventory (CHEXI), Adolescent Executive Functioning Inventory (TEXI), Adult Executive Functioning Inventory (ADEXI). Clinical and normative studies. Octávio Moura.

Yellow Red test. Battery of executive function tests. Adaptation and validation studies. Cristina P. Albuquerque and Marcelino Pereira.

Memory Binding Test (MBT). Adaptation and validation studies. Salomé Pinho.

Loewenstein-Acevedo Scales for Semantic Interference and Learning (LASSI-L). Adaptation and Validation Studies. Salomé Pinho.

Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC-V). Adaptation. Validation studies (e.g., dyslexia, ADHD, giftedness, epilepsy, ....). Marcelino Pereira, Octávio Moura, Joana Moreno, Ana Filipa Lopes, Mário R. Simões. In cooperation with Hogrefe.

Coimbra Neuropsychological Assessment Battery - Adults (CNAB-A). . Development, validation and norms. Mário R. Simões, Diana Duro, Sandra Freitas, Salomé Pinho, Manuela Vilar, Cristina P. Albuquerque, Octávio Moura, Mauro Paulino. Inês Gomes (UFP).

Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI). Adaptation, validation (e.g., factor structure, victims of violence and aggressors, prisoners, substance abuse) and normative data. Short form. Mauro Paulino, Mariana Moniz, Octávio Moura, Daniel Rijo, Margarida Ferraz, Mário R. Simões. In cooperation with Hogrefe.

Personality Assessment Inventory-Adolescent (PAI-A). Adaptation. Clinical validation: Anxiety Disorders, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Major Depression. Forensic validation for offenders (delinquents, perpetrators of violent crimes, substance trafficking and destruction of property) and victims (of intrafamily violence, abuse and neglect). Norms. Mariana Moniz, Octávio Moura, Mauro Paulino, Mário R. Simões. In cooperation with Hogrefe.

Dark Factor of Personality (D); Short Dark Tetrad (SD4); Low Self-Control Psychopathic Traits Scale (LSCPTS); Multidimensional Self-Control Scale (MSCS); Cognitive, Affective, and Somatic Empathy Scales (CASES); Light Triad Scale (LTS); Prosocial Behavior Scale (PBS); Criminogenic Cognitions Scale (CCS); Self-Regulation Scale (SRS); Propensity to Morally Disengage Scale (PMDS); Antisocial and Delinquent Behaviors Scale (ADBS); Evaluation of Violence Questionnaire (EVQ). Validation studies within the project The dark core of personality, delinquency, and criminal recidivism among juvenile and adult offenders.(funded by FCT: 2022.07928.CEECIND). Pedro Pechorro.

Symptom Validity Tests: Self-Report Symptom Inventory (SRSI), Structured Inventory of Malingered Symptomatology (SIMS), Symptom Validity Scale-Version 2 (EVS-2). Validation studies in clinical and forensic contexts. Emanuel Silva, Thomas Merten, Isabel Alberto, Mário R. Simões.

Scale to Signalling and Monitoring Child Development. Marcelino Pereira, Manuela Vilar.

Adults and Older Adults Functional Assessment Inventory (IAFAI). Institutional version and short version. Liliana Sousa, Manuela Vilar, Sandra Freitas.

Financial Capacity Assessment Instrument (IACFin). Validation studies with clinical groups (intellectual disorders, dementia(s)), assisted major regime, forensic group of inimputable.

VR-Based Functional Abilities Assessment Toolbox. Development and clinical validation. Mónica Spínola, Manuela Vilar, Mário R. Simões, Sergi Bermúdez i Badia.

WHOQOL-Bref, Symptom Check-List - Revised (SCL-90-R), Multidimensional Emotional Disorder Inventory (MEDI). Clinical validation (Depressive Disorders, Anxiety Disorders, Psychotic Disorders, Adjustment Disorders, PTSD, Personality Disorders, Alcoholism). As part of the project Quality of Life in clinical groups with different psychopathologies. Sandra de Brito Fornelos, Manuela Vilar, Marco Pereira, Mário R. Simões.

Profile of results in tests and other instruments in a Neuropsychological Assessment Consultation. Mário R. Simões, Emanuel Silva, Isabel Alberto, Manuela Vilar.

Validation studies for malingering tests in a neuropsychological assessment consultation. Mário R. Simões, Emanuel Silva, Isabel Alberto, Manuela Vilar.

Psychological Reports. Mário R. Simões