The natural conservation of coastal lagoons is important not only for their ecological importance, but also because of the valuable ecosystem services they provide for human welfare and wellbeing. Coastal lagoons are shallow semi-enclosed systems that support important habitats such as wetlands, mangroves, salt-marshes and seagrass meadows, as well as a rich biodiversity. Coastal lagoons are also complex social-ecological systems with ecosystem services that provide livelihoods, wellbeing and welfare to humans. This study assessed, quantified and valued the ecosystem services of 32 coastal lagoons. The main findings of the study are: (i) the definitions of ecosystem services are still not generally accepted; (ii) the quantification of ecosystem services is made in many different ways, using different units; (iii) the evaluation in monetary terms of some ecosystem service is problematic, often relying on non-monetary evaluation methods; (iv) when ecosystem services are valued in monetary terms, this may represent very different human benefits; and, (v) different aspects of climate change, including increasing temperature, sea-level rise and changes in rainfall patterns threaten the valuable ecosystem services of coastal lagoons.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, several preventive mental health interventions took place to increase the psychological well-being of university students due to the high levels of stress, anxiety and negative emotions experienced in that period. This context reinforced the role of universities in supporting students and preventing the mental health risk factors they faced. In this context a multidisciplinary team of professionals (psychologists, nurses, nutritionists, and artists) in the Portuguese Catholic University, gathered efforts and developed an holistic intervention program for university students based on a mind and body integrated approach. This program of 8 online sessions aims to improve students’ resilience to the psychosocial consequences of COVID-19 pandemic and promote their wellbeing. The twenty university students that participated in this pilot study reported that this intervention improved their emotional self-awareness, their ability to apply self-care strategies, as well as they believed it promoted healthier lifestyle changes. These findings suggest that this program consists in an innovative approach with the potential to promote the psychological health and well-being of university students in adverse circumstances.

Music performance anxiety (MPA) affects health, wellbeing, and performance quality. The characteristics of MPA are multifaceted and mainly caused by psychophysiological factors that generate a sense of loss of control. The aims of the present study were to understand MPA in the context of higher music education in Portugal through the individual and collective thoughts and perceptions reported by teachers and students; identify the strategies employed both by teachers during the teaching-learning process for students to cope with the effects of MPA and by the students themselves; and portray the extent of institutional support for students experiencing MPA. We carried out semistructured interviews with 24 students and 12 teachers from four higher education institutions in Portugal and analyzed the data thematically. We identified four overarching themes (perceptions of MPA, strategies, contextual factors, and institutional support) from which 10 subthemes emerged. In addition to confirming the presence of psychophysiological factors experienced before, during, and after performances, the findings suggest that MPA may decrease with years of experience and that teachers’ strategies to counter MPA are limited. Contextual factors, institutional culture, teaching methodology, and lack of institutional support all contribute to the high levels of MPA that continue to be found in higher education institutions. One implication of the study is that there is a clear need for MPA to be discussed in educational institutions with teachers, students, and psychologists.

Recent research in Music Education and Music Psychology has established important connections between music and children's wellbeing (Hallam, 2015, 2016; Hallam, Creech & Varvarigou, 2017; Smith, 2021). Consequently, several researchers have highlighted the need to implement more inclusive and democratic practices in formal and non-formal educational contexts, involving all children in participatory and meaningful musical experiences (Benedict et al. 2015; Hess, 2017; Wright, 2015). Following this demand, some scholars have criticized hegemonic Eurocentric approaches to music education, suggesting instead a departure from sound and sounding phenomena as larger categories that might incorporate children's diverse trajectories and life experiences, and invite all children to participate in truly engaged ways (Recharte, 2019; Thumlert & Nolan, 2019; Thumlert, Harley & Nolan, 2020). This paper reports preliminary findings of a pilot study that is being developed in a Portuguese non-profit association located in the central area of Portugal. This association aims to develop inclusive and democratic projects with children from 0 to 6 years old - that are not integrated in other social facilities such as nursery schools or Kindergartens - and their respective families. One of the main goals of this association is to raise the awareness of children's rights among community members and beyond, namely the right children have to free play since their birth. The pilot study covers 12 music education sessions named "Sound Hunters", dedicated to the development of an approach to music education with an intense playful component, departing from sound as artistic matter and involving competences related to deep listening, sound exploration and experimentation. All the activities were planned and implemented in an action-research project, using a series of new devices and tools specially created and adapted to children, that could be easily explored and manipulated by them autonomously. The participants included 15 children with ages ranging from 18 months to 5 years old, the association team and the authors as facilitators. This study applied the Leuven Scales (Laevers, 2005) to assess the children's levels of involvement and wellbeing, using data from participant observation, field notes, and video and audio recordings. Results from this assessment were then triangulated with data from informal conversations and interviews with children and the association team. It was found that, during the periods of observation, children evidenced high and very high levels of wellbeing and involvement, especially manifested in their receptivity to the activities proposed during the sessions, self-confidence and self-assurance, and on their levels of attention, interest, and creativity. These findings were then corroborated by what children mentioned during the interviews and informal conversations about their personal experiences during the sessions. In this paper we argue that these findings emerge as a consequence of the opportunities offered to children to make connections with sound phenomena deeply related with their daily lives and interact collaboratively with sounds through participatory processes genuinely opened to creativity and experimentation. Finally, we discuss how this perspective might promote more meaningful and inclusive educational practices, discussing the implications and challenges posed to music education in early childhood.

Objective: Workplace bullying is an increasing phenomenon that concerns managers and employees. However, few studies have investigated how workplace bullying relates with work-related exhaustion and indicators of productivity loss due to presenteeism. Thus, the aim of the present study was to examine the intervening variables of emotional exhaustion and psychological wellbeing in the direct and indirect relationships between workplace bullying and indicators of productivity loss due to presenteeism. Method: In a cross-sectional study, we tested a structural equation model using web survey data of 353 workers from a service company, with the variables: workplace bullying (Quine, 1999), emotional exhaustion (Maslach Burnout Inventory; MBI), psychological wellbeing (GHQ-28), and indicators of productivity loss due to presenteeism (SPS-6). All variables presented acceptable psychometric evidence. Results: The final model revealed a reasonable fit. Workplace bullying was significantly and positively related to emotional exhaustion, which in turn, was significantly related to the loss of psychological wellbeing. Workplace bullying, emotional exhaustion, and the loss of psychological wellbeing were negatively related to concentration (avoiding distraction). Emotional exhaustion and psychological wellbeing mediated the studied structural relationships. Conclusions: Our study contributes to theory and practice, since occupational health professionals should be aware that burnout and the loss of wellbeing may be related to workplace bullying and that productivity loss due to presenteeism may be a warning sign. Leaders can understand the underlying mechanism that explains employees’ productivity loss due to presenteeism by addressing workplace bullying and its negative relation with emotional exhaustion and wellbeing.

O Enriquecimento Ambiental é uma prática relativamente recente que surgiu no âmbito da conservação, com o objetivo de suscitar comportamentos naturais nos animais sob cuidados humanos, visando o seu bem-estar e preparação para serem devolvidos à natureza, caso estes apresentem fortes possibilidades de adaptação à vida selvagem. Consiste na modificação do ambiente que rodeia o animal, nomeadamente a instalação onde residem, e das suas práticas de maneio, usando as 5 categorias de enriquecimento ambiental: social, cognitivo, sensorial, alimentar e físico. Tem sido aplicada extensivamente nos Jardins Zoológicos pelo mundo, incluindo o Jardim Zoológico de Lisboa, local onde o estágio e estudo foram realizados. O espécime do estudo foi um Jaguar fêmea (Panthera onca) que tinha sido recebida no Jardim Zoológico recentemente, proveniente do Jardim Zoológico de Darthmouth, uma troca realizada conforme as normas e indicações da European Association of Zoos and Aquaria (EAZA). O estudo incidiu na avaliação do enriquecimento ambiental aplicado inicialmente na instalação que lhe foi alocada. A recolha de dados para a avaliação foi realizada com recurso a uma máquina fotográfica, caderno para anotações e a um smartphone com a aplicação Animal Behaviour Pro, disponível para a plataforma iOS, que permitiu registos comportamentais mais rápidos e precisos. Estes dados são automaticamente convertidos em tabelas de cálculo no computador, prontos para serem tratados estatisticamente com recurso a testes não-paramétricos. O programa utilizado para analisar os dados foi o RStudio. Com os dados recolhidos, foi possível concluir que o espécime está bem-adaptado à sua instalação e a realizar principalmente comportamentos naturais que seriam observados nos animais em liberdade. O enriquecimento ambiental aplicado era variado, desde a construção de estruturas de madeira, vegetação natural, introdução de especiarias como a canela, pinhas penduradas em ramos para estimular a audição, caixas de cartão e sacas de serapilheira manchadas de sangue e comida escondida na instalação. Estes estão portanto a cumprir os seus objetivos de estimular a realização de comportamentos naturais na Jaguar, contribuindo positivamente para o seu desenvolvimento e bem-estar.

Artigo 1 - Evidências apontam que os tratamentos oncológicos, desde a fase inicial do diagnóstico, impactam negativamente a saúde física, mental e as relações sociais das pessoas, mesmo na fase de remissão da doença. O presente estudo, inserido no programa “Dança e Oncologia – Um lugar para a Dança Movimento Terapia no contexto dos Estudos da Dança”, pretendeu observar as mudanças percebidas ao nível da ansiedade, depressão, qualidade de vida e bem-estar, num grupo de 7 participantes sob acompanhamento oncológico, 5 do género feminino e 2 do género masculino, com idades entre os 40 e 73 anos. Para o efeito, foram utilizados os instrumentos HADS – Escala de Ansiedade e Depressão Hospitalar (Zigmond & Snaith, 1983) e WHOQOL-Bref – Escala Abreviada de Qualidade de Vida da Organização Mundial da Saúde (The Whoqol Group, 1998a), ambos validados para a população portuguesa, com o objetivo de perceber se existiram mudanças antes e após o programa de intervenção em DMT. Foram percebidas mudanças positivas nos domínios do bem-estar físico, psicológico, social, e nos sintomas relacionados à ansiedade e depressão, sobretudo nos participantes que frequentaram mais da metade do programa, tendo sido observadas diferenças significativas nos domínios do bem-estar físico e psicológico. Apenas o domínio do bem-estar ambiental permaneceu praticamente com os mesmos valores nas duas fases da aplicação Artigo 2 - Evidências apontam que os tratamentos oncológicos, desde a fase inicial do diagnóstico, impactam negativamente a saúde física, mental e as relações sociais das pessoas, mesmo na fase de remissão da doença. O presente estudo, inserido no programa “Dança e Oncologia – Um lugar para a Dança Movimento Terapia no contexto dos Estudos da Dança” pretendeu observar as mudanças percebidas ao nível da qualidade de vida e bem-estar, num grupo de 7 participantes sob acompanhamento oncológico, 5 do género feminino e 2 do género masculino, com idades entre os 40 e 73 anos. Para o efeito, foi analisado o conteúdo das entrevistas realizadas após a intervenção em DMT, tendo utilizado para recolha dos dados o instrumento Client Change Interview (Elliott,1999), adaptado para a população portuguesa por Sales et al. (2007). A análise revelou que a DMT influiu positivamente na QV dos participantes impactando nas dimensões do bem-estar psicológico, espiritual, físico e social e proporcionou experiências profundas de transformação pessoa

The present work aims to construct and validate a tool enabling to evaluate alienation in Portuguese adolescents. Participants were a group of adolescents that participated in the Portuguese survey of the European study Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC). For this study, only adolescents from the 8th and 10th grades were included in the sample, comprising 3869 students. The results show a good adequacy of the confirmatory factorial analysis (CFA) model. This model revealed 3 subscales proposals—Demotivation, Isolation and Instability, and a full scale—Total Alienation. When analyzed in relation to other variables (gender, grade, wellbeing indicator and risk indicator), the alienation subscales showed an association between alienation and risk. These results are consistent with other studies about alienation which emphasizes that having good social relationships is associated with higher levels of wellbeing and quality of life and less involvement in risk behaviours by young people

Objective: Workplace bullying is an increasing phenomenon that concerns managers and employees. However, few studies have investigated how workplace bullying relates with work-related exhaustion and indicators of productivity loss due to presenteeism. Thus, the aim of the present study was to examine the intervening variables of emotional exhaustion and psychological wellbeing in the direct and indirect relationships between workplace bullying and indicators of productivity loss due to presenteeism. Method: In a cross-sectional study, we tested a structural equation model using web survey data of 353 workers from a service company, with the variables: workplace bullying (Quine, 1999), emotional exhaustion (Maslach Burnout Inventory; MBI), psychological wellbeing (GHQ-28), and indicators of productivity loss due to presenteeism (SPS-6). All variables presented acceptable psychometric evidence. Results: The final model revealed a reasonable fit. Workplace bullying was significantly and positively related to emotional exhaustion, which in turn, was significantly related to the loss of psychological wellbeing. Workplace bullying, emotional exhaustion, and the loss of psychological wellbeing were negatively related to concentration (avoiding distraction). Emotional exhaustion and psychological wellbeing mediated the studied structural relationships. Conclusions: Our study contributes to theory and practice, since occupational health professionals should be aware that burnout and the loss of wellbeing may be related to workplace bullying and that productivity loss due to presenteeism may be a warning sign. Leaders can understand the underlying mechanism that explains employees’ productivity loss due to presenteeism by addressing workplace bullying and its negative relation with emotional exhaustion and wellbeing.