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Maria João Figueiras

Observed names: Figueiras, Maria Joao, Figueiras, Maria João, Maria Figueiras, Maria J. Figueiras, Maria JoÃo Figueiras, NEUFELD, CARMEM BEATRIZ
Institution: Zayed University
ORCID: 0000-0003-3941-0229
Observed ORCIDs: 0000-0003-3941-0229, 0000-0003-1097-2973
OpenAlex ID: A5003474108
The self-regulation of health and illness behaviour
2003 · John Weinman, Monique Heijmans, et al. · Routledge eBooks · 1,035
Lay perceptions of serious illnesses: An adapted version of the Revised Illness Perception Questionnaire (IPQ-R) for healthy people
2006 · Maria J. Figueiras, Nuno C. Alves · Psychology and Health · 147
Do similar patient and spouse perceptions of myocardial infarction predict recovery?
2003 · Maria JoÃo Figueiras, John Weinman · Psychology and Health · 120
Patients’ illness schemata of hypertension: The role of beliefs for the choice of treatment
2009 · Maria Figueiras, Dalia Silva Marcelino, et al. · Psychology and Health · 81
Levels of Trust in Information Sources as a Predictor of Protective Health Behaviors During COVID-19 Pandemic: A UAE Cross-Sectional Study
2021 · Maria J. Figueiras, Jihane Ghorayeb, et al. · Frontiers in Psychology · 64
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People’s views on the level of agreement of generic medicines for different illnesses
2008 · Maria João Figueiras, Dália Marcelino, et al. · Pharmacy World & Science · 59
Psychosocial Correlates of Depression and Anxiety in the United Arab Emirates During the COVID-19 Pandemic
2020 · Justin Thomas, Mariapaola Barbato, et al. · Frontiers in Psychiatry · 56
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Assessing lay beliefs about generic medicines: Development of the generic medicines scale
2009 · Maria J. Figueiras, Nuno C. Alves, et al. · Psychology Health & Medicine · 40
Lay views about medicines: The influence of the illness label for the use of genericversusbrand
2010 · Maria João Figueiras, Maria Armanda Cortes, et al. · Psychology and Health · 24
Measuring Mental Health Literacy : Adaptation and Validation of the Portuguese Version of the Mental Health Literacy Scale (MHLS)
2021 · David Dias Neto, Inês Rocha, et al. · European Journal of Mental Health · 22
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Definition and Characteristics of Behavioral Medicine, and Main Tasks and Goals of the International Society of Behavioral Medicine—an International Delphi Study
2020 · Joost Dekker, Marie Amitami, et al. · International Journal of Behavioral Medicine · 21
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Is my risk lower than yours? The role of compared risk, illness perceptions, and self-efficacy as determinants of perceived risk for COVID-19
2022 · Maria João Figueiras, David Dias Neto, et al. · Health Risk & Society · 19
Impact of economic crisis on the social representation of mental health: Analysis of a decade of newspaper coverage
2017 · David Dias Neto, Maria João Figueiras, et al. · International Journal of Social Psychiatry · 16
Prevalence, Phenotype, and Correlates of Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder Symptoms in the Gulf Cooperation Council: An Underserved Region
2025 · Bernou Melisse, Hassan Fakhri, et al. · International Journal of Eating Disorders · 15
Randomized controlled trial of an intervention to change cardiac misconceptions in myocardial infarction patients
2016 · Maria João Figueiras, João Maroco, et al. · Psychology Health & Medicine · 15
Os modelos de senso-comum das cefaleias crónicas nos casais: Relação com o ajustamento marital
2012 · Maria João Figueiras, Vanda Araújo Machado, et al. · Análise Psicológica · 13
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Effects of Textual and Pictorial Information Upon Perceptions of Down Syndrome: An Analogue Study
1999 · Maria Figueiras, Helen Price, et al. · Psychology and Health · 13
Illness Perception, Knowledge and Self-Care about Cervical Cancer
2015 · Elisa Kern de Castro, Ana Carolina Peuker, et al. · Psicologia Reflexão e Crítica · 12
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Análise fatorial da versão portuguesa da Escala de Avaliação da Aparência de Derriford (DAS-24)
2016 · José Carlos da Silva Mendes, Maria João Figueiras, et al. · Psychology Community & Health · 11
Challenges in “Tailoring” Adjustment: New Ways of Improving the Response to Chronic Conditions
2019 · Maria João Figueiras, David Dias Neto · European Psychologist · 10
Understanding the relationship between illness perceptions of breast cancer and perceived risk in a sample of U.A.E. female university students: the role of comparative risk
2022 · Maria J. Figueiras, David Dias Neto, et al. · BMC Women s Health · 9
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Acquired Facial Disfigurement: a Brief Narrative Review
2013 · José Carlos da Silva Mendes, Maria João Figueiras · Psicologia Saúde & Doenças · 9
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Discerning the impact of personal and situational variables in risk perception of coronary heart disease
2015 · Maria João Figueiras, João Maroco, et al. · Journal of Health Psychology · 8
Psychometric Properties of the Brazilian Version of the Revised Illness Perception Questionnaire for Healthy Women (IPQ-RH)
2020 · Rebeca Veras de Andrade Vieira, Juliana Burges Sbicigo, et al. · Paidéia (Ribeirão Preto) · 6
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Escrita terapêutica em contexto de saúde: Uma breve revisão
2012 · Maria João Figueiras, Dália Marcelino · Análise Psicológica · 6
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Works count: 61
Citation count: 1,906
H-index: 15
I10-index: 20
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