Reading-Writing Connections
Towards Integrative Literacy Science
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Open AccessEffects of SRSD writing interventions in grade 3: examining the added value of attention vs. transcription training components
Children’s writing depends on strategic and self-regulated behaviors as well as on attention and transcription skills. Despite the well-established effectiveness of interventions based on the self-regulated st...
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Open AccessPromotion of Psychological Well-Being and Life Satisfaction in Pre-Adolescents Through Mindfulness Amidst COVID-19
Mindfulness-based programs (MBPs) seem to be a popular way to develop pre-adolescents’ regulation abilities, psychological health, and life satisfaction, especially in difficult times. However, research into t...
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Open AccessExamining the Impact and Moderating Effects of an 8-Week Mindfulness-Based Program in Grade 4
There is a growing interest in mindfulness-based programs. Yet, research in the area is limited, and little is known about the factors that moderate the effects of these programs. The two-fold aim of this stud...
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Open AccessPortuguese adaptation of the Chronic Heart Failure Knowledge Questionnaire (KQCHF)
A patient’s knowledge of heart failure (HF) is associated with better outcomes. The more information patients have about their illness, the less likely they are to be readmitted to the hospital. Such knowledge...
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Examining the Factorial Structure, Reliability, and Predictive Validity of the Portuguese Version of the Child and Adolescent Mindfulness Measure (CAMM)
The present study examined the factorial structure and reliability of the Portuguese version of the Child and Adolescence Mindful Measure (CAMM) in a sample of pre-teens. We also studied its predictive validit...
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A Pilot Study Testing the Effectiveness of a Mindfulness-Based Program for Portuguese School Children
Research into the effectiveness of mindfulness-based programs (MBPs) in school settings has grown substantially. However, studies in the field are still scarce, present methodological limitations, and fail to ...
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The role of transcription and executive functions in writing: a longitudinal study in the transition from primary to intermediate Grades
Learning to write is one of the great challenges children face in primary grades, requiring both transcription skills (handwriting and spelling) and executive functions (EFs; working memory, inhibitory control...
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Validation of the Comprehensive Inventory of Mindfulness Experiences (CHIME) in Portuguese Children
Despite the increasing interest in mindfulness, there are few multifaceted mindfulness measures for children, mainly in Portuguese. Thus, this study developed the Portuguese version of the Comprehensive Invent...
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Teaching Reading Comprehension in Portuguese Primary and Middle Schools
Reading comprehension is an important skill throughout all stages of education. However, Portuguese pupils still demonstrate difficulties in understanding what they read. In addition to cognitive and psycholog...
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Anxiety in Heart Failure Patients: Its Association with Depression, Cognition, Personality, and Quality of Life
Heart failure (HF) is a disabling diagnosis with an unfavorable prognosis, which is considered a worldwide public health problem and the first cause of death when compared with other cardiovascular diseases. R...
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Development and validation of instruments to measure Portuguese third graders’ reasons to write and self-efficacy
There is a growing body of research showing that writers are influenced by motivation-related aspects. This study documents the translation process of the Portuguese version of the Writing Motivation Questionn...
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A Review of Mindfulness-Based Apps for Children
The use of mobile applications (apps) for the practice of mindfulness is becoming more and more popular. However, little is known about the mindfulness-based apps that are available for children. The present s...
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Portuguese spelling in primary grades: complexity, length and lexicality effects
This study investigates spelling abilities of 189 second, third, and fourth graders using a word and pseudoword dictation task in European Portuguese. We analyzed the effect of orthographic complexity on spell...
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The link between executive functions and literacy: introduction
This special issue was born within the M2S Project (Mindfulness to students’ success: Relating executive functions and writing through a mindfulness app to promote children’s cognitive, social, and health-related...
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Do executive functions contribute to writing quality in beginning writers? A longitudinal study with second graders
Writing is an important activity that involves many demanding processes. Given the complexity and goal-directed nature of writing, this activity is heavily dependent on executive functions (EFs). This study ai...
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Introduction to Reading-Writing Connections: The Integration Roads Ahead
Reading and writing connections are likely the best soil to grow an integrative view of literacy, which, in this chapter we call literacy science. Five major workings seem crucial to establish literacy science...
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Individual Factors that Influence the Acceptance of Mobile Health Apps: The Role of Age, Gender, and Personality Traits
Mobile health applications (mHealth apps) are aimed to help people in the management of their lifestyle or a particular disease. The main goal of these apps is to improve health outcomes, through consumers’ ac...
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Testing the effectiveness of handwriting interventions: introduction to the special issue
This special issue was born within the COST Action IS1401ELN—Strengthening Europeans’ Capabilities by Establishing the European Literacy Network, with the major goal of disseminating evidence-based practices to p...
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Promoting handwriting fluency in fifth graders with slow handwriting: a single-subject design study
This study used a multiple-probe design across three participants to test the effectiveness of a handwriting intervention for fifth graders (age 10–11) displaying less handwriting fluency than their peers, but...
