Vitor Alexandre Coelho

@cipd.ulusiada.pt

University Lusíada - Porto
Psychology for Development Research Center

Vitor Alexandre Coelho


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EDUCATION

License Degree in Psychology (Social Psychology) by the Faculty of Psychology - University of Lisbon
Master Degree in Sports Psychology by the University of Minho
PhD in Educational Psychology by the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences - University of Coimbra

RESEARCH, TEACHING, or OTHER INTERESTS

Developmental and Educational Psychology, Applied Psychology
38

Scopus Publications

2268

Scholar Citations

29

Scholar h-index

45

Scholar i10-index

Scopus Publications

RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Three cluster randomised controlled trials in Portugal, Czechia and the United Kingdom to test the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of an augmented social play intervention …
    T Malhotra, O Qureshi, A Barnard, V Bird, P Brás, V Coelho, A Fulop, ...
    2026
  • The impact of the PAUMS SEL program on social anxiety and withdrawal in adolescents: a promotion or a prevention effect?
    M Marchante, M Sousa, S Cruz, VA Coelho
    Current Psychology 44 (24), 18959-18973 , 2025
    2025
  • Effectiveness of an Upper Middle School Social and Emotional Learning Program in Portugal: A Large-Scale Dissemination
    VA Coelho, M Marchante, P Brás
    Journal of Youth and Adolescence 54 (9), 2209-2221 , 2025
    2025
  • Does a Social and Emotional Learning Program Have the Same Effect for all Students Regardless of Their Bullying Roles?
    VA Coelho, M Sousa, M Marchante, S Cruz
    School Psychology Review, 1-14 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 1
  • Supporting students during the" silent" transition: The Transition3 school adjustment program
    M Marchante, VA Coelho
    INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY 59, 650-650 , 2024
    2024
  • How to better promote peer connectedness in Augmented Social Play
    M Marchante, VA Coelho, P Bras, PR Silva
    INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY 59, 19-19 , 2024
    2024
  • The impact of the PAUMS SEL program on social anxiety and withdrawal: Vaccine or treatment effect?
    P Bras, VA Coelho, M Marchante
    INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY 59, 649-650 , 2024
    2024
  • Project positive attitude: An overview of the participation in the Gulbenkian academies of knowledge
    VA Coelho, M Marchante, P Bras
    INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY 59, 658-658 , 2024
    2024
  • The ASP-Belong project: Background, rationale and development
    VA Coelho, P Bras, M Marchante, PR Silva
    INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY 59, 18-19 , 2024
    2024
  • Are social and emotional competencies influencing social anxiety and social withdrawal evolution?
    PR Silva, VA Sousa, VA Coelho
    INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY 59, 647-647 , 2024
    2024
  • Reflecting on the lessons learned from LINA to guide the adaptation to Portugal
    P Bras, VA Coelho, M Marchante, PR Silva
    INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY 59, 19-19 , 2024
    2024
  • Augmented Social Play (ASP): Smartphone-enabled group interventions to boost mental health
    VA Coelho
    INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY 59, 18-18 , 2024
    2024
  • Bullying victimization and bullying perpetration, social anxiety, and social withdrawal in Portuguese adolescents: A reciprocal association model
    M Sousa, S Cruz, R Inman, M Marchante, VA Coelho
    Aggressive behavior 50 (4), e22170 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 11
  • The differential effectiveness of social and emotional learning programs: Analyzing dosage
    VA Coelho, M Marchante, V Sousa
    INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY 58, 870-870 , 2023
    2023
  • Can an Universal School-Based Social Emotional Learning Program Reduce Adolescents’ Social Withdrawal and Social Anxiety?
    V Sousa, PR Silva, AM Romão, VA Coelho
    Journal of youth and adolescence 52 (11), 2404-2416 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 45
  • Trajectories of social withdrawal and social anxiety and their relationship with self-esteem before, during, and after the school lockdowns
    S Cruz, M Sousa, M Marchante, VA Coelho
    Scientific Reports 13 (1), 16376 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 36
  • Positive Attitude Upper Middle School social and emotional learning program: influences of implementation quality on program outcome
    VA Coelho, M Marchante, P Brás
    Frontiers in Psychology 14, 1172517 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 16
  • The influence of school climate in bullying and victimization behaviors during middle school transition
    M Marchante, VA Coelho, AM Romão
    Contemporary Educational Psychology 71, 102111 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 42
  • Adolescents’ trajectories of social anxiety and social withdrawal: Are they influenced by traditional bullying and cyberbullying roles?
    VA Coelho, M Marchante, AM Romão
    Contemporary Educational Psychology 69, 102053 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 53
  • Project Positive Attitude: Lessons from 18 years in the field
    VA Coelho, M Marchante
    2022
    Citations: 1

MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Promoting a positive middle school transition: A randomized-controlled treatment study examining self-concept and self-esteem
    VA Coelho, M Marchante, SR Jimerson
    Journal of youth and adolescence 46 (3), 558-569 , 2017
    2017
    Citations: 188
  • The relation between social anxiety, social withdrawal and (cyber) bullying roles: A multilevel analysis
    VA Coelho, AM Romão
    Computers in Human Behavior 86, 218-226 , 2018
    2018
    Citations: 178
  • A multilevel analysis of the importance of school climate for the trajectories of students’ self-concept and self-esteem throughout the middle school transition
    VA Coelho, GG Bear, P Brás
    Journal of youth and adolescence 49 (9), 1793-1804 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 144
  • “Positive Attitude”: A multilevel model analysis of the effectiveness of a Social and Emotional Learning Program for Portuguese middle school students
    VA Coelho, M Marchante, V Sousa
    Journal of adolescence 43, 29-38 , 2015
    2015
    Citations: 118
  • The Impact of a School-Based Social and Emotional Learning Program on the Self-Concept of Middle School Students//O impacto de um programa escolar de Aprendizagem …
    V Coelho, V Sousa, AP Figueira
    Revista de Psicodidáctica 19 (2) , 2014
    2014
    Citations: 105
  • Differential Effectiveness of a Middle School Social and Emotional Learning Program: Does Setting Matter?
    VA Coelho, V Sousa
    Journal of youth and adolescence 47 (9), 1978-1991 , 2018
    2018
    Citations: 95
  • Programas de intervenção para o desenvolvimento de competências socioemocionais: Uma revisão crítica dos enquadramentos SEL e SEAL
    VA Coelho, M Marchante, V Sousa, AM Romão
    Análise Psicológica 34 (1), 61-72 , 2016
    2016
    Citations: 77
  • Comparing two low middle school social and emotional learning program formats: A multilevel effectiveness study
    VA Coelho, V Sousa
    Journal of youth and adolescence 46 (3), 656-667 , 2017
    2017
    Citations: 75
  • Bullying and cyberbullying in Portugal: Validation of a questionnaire and analysis of prevalence
    VA Coelho, V Sousa, M Marchante, P Brás, AM Romão
    School psychology international 37 (3), 223-239 , 2016
    2016
    Citations: 72
  • The impact of a Portuguese middle school social–emotional learning program
    V Coelho, V Sousa, R Raimundo, A Figueira
    Health promotion international 32 (2), 292-300 , 2017
    2017
    Citations: 70
  • A review of the provision of social and emotional learning in Australia, the United States, Poland, and Portugal
    T Bowles, S Jimerson, A Haddock, J Nolan, S Jablonski, M Czub, ...
    Journal of Relationships Research 8, e16 , 2017
    2017
    Citations: 66
  • The impact of secondary school transition on self-concept and self-esteem
    VA Coelho, AM Romão
    Revista de Psicodidáctica (English ed.) 22 (2), 85-92 , 2017
    2017
    Citations: 63
  • Project" Positive Attitude": Promoting school success through social and emotional abilities development. Design for elementary and middle school students, in Portugal
    VAB de Moura Pereira, APC Figueira
    Revista Interamericana de Psicología/Interamerican Journal of Psychology 45 … , 2011
    2011
    Citations: 61
  • Development and validation of the social and emotional competencies evaluation questionnaire
    VA Coelho, V Sousa, M Marchante
    Journal of Educational and Developmental Psychology 5 (1), 139-147 , 2015
    2015
    Citations: 59
  • Positive Attitude Program's Impact upon Self-Concept across Childhood and Adolescence//O impacto dos programas atitude positiva sobre o autoconceito na infância e adolescência
    VA Coelho, M Marchante, V Sousa
    Revista de Psicodidáctica 21 (2) , 2016
    2016
    Citations: 55
  • Adolescents’ trajectories of social anxiety and social withdrawal: Are they influenced by traditional bullying and cyberbullying roles?
    VA Coelho, M Marchante, AM Romão
    Contemporary Educational Psychology 69, 102053 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 53
  • A multilevel analysis of the relation between bullying roles and social and emotional competencies
    VA Coelho, V Sousa
    Journal of interpersonal violence 36 (11-12), 5122-5144 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 51
  • Stress in Portuguese middle school transition: a multilevel analysis
    VA Coelho, AM Romao
    The Spanish journal of psychology 19, E61 , 2016
    2016
    Citations: 51
  • Can an Universal School-Based Social Emotional Learning Program Reduce Adolescents’ Social Withdrawal and Social Anxiety?
    V Sousa, PR Silva, AM Romão, VA Coelho
    Journal of youth and adolescence 52 (11), 2404-2416 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 45
  • The influence of school climate in bullying and victimization behaviors during middle school transition
    M Marchante, VA Coelho, AM Romão
    Contemporary Educational Psychology 71, 102111 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 42