Valentim R. Alferes
Valentim R. Alferes is Professor of Psychology at the University of Coimbra, Portugal, where he has been teaching courses in social psychology and research methods in psychology at the undergraduate and graduate levels for over 20 years. His main scientific interests and publications are in the domains of sexuality, close relationships, dyadic data analysis, and experimental design. He has delivered lectures and conducted workshops on methodological and statistical topics at several Portuguese universities and has also maintained an SPSS Syntax Files website since 2002. He earned a PhD in social psychology from the University of Coimbra in 1995.
Primary Interests:
- Attitudes and Beliefs
- Close Relationships
- Interpersonal Processes
- Personality, Individual Differences
- Political Psychology
- Research Methods, Assessment
- Self and Identity
- Sexuality, Sexual Orientation
Research Group or Laboratory:
Books:
- Alferes, V. R. (2012). Methods of randomization in experimental design. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
- Alferes, V. R. (1997). Encenações e comportamentos sexuais: Para uma psicologia social da sexualidade [Social scripts and sexual behaviors: Toward a social psychology of sexuality]. Porto: Afrontamento.
- Alferes, V. R. (1997). Investigação científica em psicologia: Teoria e prática [Scientific research in psychology: Theory and practice]. Coimbra: Almedina.
Journal Articles:
- Alferes, V. R. (2004). Sexualidade e psicologia social [Sexuality and social psychology]. Psychologica, No. Extra-Série, 585-599.
- Alferes, V. R., Bidarra, M. G., Lopes, C. A., & Mónico, L. S. (2009). Domínios de investigação, orientações metodológicas e autores nas revistas portuguesas de psicologia: Tendências de publicação nas últimas quatro décadas do século XX [Domains of research, methodological orientations, and authors in Portuguese journals of psychology: Publication trends in the last four decades of the 20th century]. Análise Psicológica, 27(1), 3-20.
- Alferes, V. R., & Kenny, D. A. (2009). SPSS programs for the measurement of nonindependence in standard dyadic designs. Behavior Research Methods, 41(1), 47-54. doi:10.3758/BRM.41.1.47
Other Publications:
- Alferes, V. R. (2009). SCRAED: Simple and complex random assignment in experimental designs (Version 1.0.1) [SPSS Syntax Files].
- Alferes, V. R. (2002-2009). SPSS Syntax Files: Programas e rotinas complementares do SPSS [SPSS Syntax Files: SPSS programs and complementary routines].
- Alferes, V. R. (1999). Escala de atitudes sexuais [Sexual attitudes scale]. In M. R. Simões, M. M. Gonçalves & L. A. Almeida (Eds.), Testes e provas psicológicas em Portugal [Psychological tests and measures in Portugal] (Vol. 2, pp. 131-148). Braga: SHO/APPORT.
Courses Taught:
Valentim R. Alferes
Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação
Rua do Colégio Novo
Apartado 6153
3001-802 Coimbra
Portugal
- Phone: +(351) 239 851 450