Isabel Leal
Professor
Clinical and Health Psychology
Instituto Superior de Psicologia Aplicada
Spain
Biography
PhD in Psychology, Universite Catholique de Louvain, Belgium (1991)
Research Interest
Psychological adjustment to disease in the life cycle, Sexual and reproductive health, Obesity and weight loss, Active aging
Publications
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Costa, P. A., Pereira, H., & Leal, I. (2015). “The contact hypothesis†and attitudes toward same-sex parenting. Sexuality Research and Social Policy, 12(2), 125-136. doi: 10.1007/s13178-014-0171-8
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Rosas, R., Pimenta, F., Maroco, J., & Leal, I. (2017). Perceived consequences of a successful weight loss: A pluralist qualitative study. Journal of Health Psychology. doi: 10.1177/1359105316685901
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Ramos, C., Costa, P. A., Rudnicki, T., Maroco, A. L., Leal, I., Guimarães, R., Fougo, J. L., & Tedeschi, R. G. (2017). The effectiveness of a group intervention to facilitate posttraumatic growth among women with breast cancer. Psychoâ€Oncology. doi: 10.1002/pon.4501
