Author Archives: About Maria Raquel Barbosa, PhD

Maria Raquel Barbosa, PhD is a clinical psychologist and Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences of the University of Porto, Portugal. She is also a member of the Psychology Center of the University of Porto. Her main research interests and activity is on body image, attachment and adult and aging development. Her PhD research was focused on parents, friends and romantic attachment influence on body image development.


Fashion Review | Tiago Pinto Ribeiro MS and Maria Raquel Barbosa, PhD

The Body in Fashion

If we reject fashion stereotypes, we can learn to appreciate our body as integral to the whole self and play with fashion as a means of self-expression, comfort and belonging, rather than being played upon by it.
Fashion Review | Tiago Pinto Ribeiro MS and Maria Raquel Barbosa, PhD

The Body in Fashion

If we reject fashion stereotypes, we can learn to appreciate our body as integral to the whole self and play with fashion as a means of self-expression, comfort and belonging, rather than being played upon by it.