Isabel Soares is professor of the School of Psychology at the University of Minho, and past-president (January 2013- January 2016). She received her doctoral degree from the University of Porto and joined the University of Minho in 1993.
Her teaching activities within the master and doctoral programs include curricular units as Developmental Psychology, Developmental Psychopathology, and Attachment.
She coordinates the Attachment Studies Group conducting research on the effects of parental deprivation and the quality of relational care in institutionally-reared children.
She is the coordinator of the Development and Psychopathology Research Unit within the Center of Research on Psychology.
Attachment and parenting in high-risk groups
Developmental Psychopathology
Selected publications
Soares, I., Belsky, J., Oliveira, P., Silva, J., Marques, J., Baptista, J, & Martins (2014). Does early family risk and current quality of care predict indiscriminate behavior in institutionalized Portuguese children? Attachment and Human Development, 16, 2, 137-148. DOI
Soares, I., Belsky, J., Mesquita, A., Osório, A., & Sampaio, A. (2013). Why Do Only Some Institutionalized Children Become Indiscriminately Friendly? Insights from the Study of Williams Syndrome. Child Development Perspectives, 7, 3, 187–192. DOI
Mesquita, A., Belsky, J., Crego, A., Fachada, I., Oliveira, P., Sampaio, A., Soares, I. (2015). Neural correlates of face familiarity in institutionally reared children with distinctive, atypical social behavior. Child Development, 86, 4, 1262–1271 DOI
Negrão, M., Pereira, M., Soares, I., & Mesman, J (2014). Enhancing positive parent-child interactions and family functioning in a poverty sample: A randomized control trial. Attachment and Human Development, 16,4, 315-328 DOI
Baptista, J., Belsky, J., Marques, S., Silva, J., Oliveira, P., Mesquita, A., Martins, C., & Soares, I. (2015). The Interactive Effect of Maltreatment in the Family and Unstable Institutional Caregiving in Predicting Behavior Problems in Toddlers. Child Abuse and Neglect, 38, 2072-2079. DOI
Other publications
Soares, I., Belsky, J., Oliveira, P., Silva, J., Marques, J., Baptista, J, & Martins (2014). Does early family risk and current quality of care predict indiscriminate behavior in institutionalized Portuguese children? Attachment and Human Development, 16, 2, 137-148. DOI
Soares, I., Belsky, J., Mesquita, A., Osório, A., & Sampaio, A. (2013). Why Do Only Some Institutionalized Children Become Indiscriminately Friendly? Insights from the Study of Williams Syndrome. Child Development Perspectives, 7, 3, 187–192. DOI
Mesquita, A., Belsky, J., Crego, A., Fachada, I., Oliveira, P., Sampaio, A., Soares, I. (2015). Neural correlates of face familiarity in institutionally reared children with distinctive, atypical social behavior. Child Development, 86, 4, 1262–1271 DOI
Negrão, M., Pereira, M., Soares, I., & Mesman, J (2014). Enhancing positive parent-child interactions and family functioning in a poverty sample: A randomized control trial. Attachment and Human Development, 16,4, 315-328 DOI
Baptista, J., Belsky, J., Marques, S., Silva, J., Oliveira, P., Mesquita, A., Martins, C., & Soares, I. (2015). The Interactive Effect of Maltreatment in the Family and Unstable Institutional Caregiving in Predicting Behavior Problems in Toddlers. Child Abuse and Neglect, 38, 2072-2079. DOI
2024/2025
Estágio em Psicologia Clínica na Infância e na Adolescência
Master
Estudos Avançados em Psicologia
Doctoral Program
Modelos de Intervenção Psicológica Individual I
Bachelor
Modelos de Intervenção Psicológica Individual I
Bachelor
Psicopatologia do Desenvolvimento e Desenvolvimento Positivo
Master
