Psychology Congress 2025

Joni Micael Bento Ledo speaker at 2<sup>rd</sup>International Congress on Psychology & Behavioral Sciences
Joni Micael Bento Ledo

University of Beira Interior, Portugal


Abstract:

This Systematic Literature Review (SLR) was guided by the PRISMA 2020 criteria. The aim of this study is to make a diagnosis of the psychosocial health and needs of the Roma Community living in poverty. The articles were searched in the Scopus and Web of Science databases. The inclusion criteria are based on the PICO guidelines without the inclusion of the "comparison" criterion as it is not mandatory for the studies to establish a comparison between groups. The risk of bias of the articles was analyzed through the JBI and with the GRADE system. Eleven studies were included, 5 exclusively Roma community and 6 contain diverse samples, with a total of 13.222 participants from the Roma community. Most of the studies indicate that the Roma community has more psychosocial health problems when compared to the majority groups and show an internalization of social stigma on the part of the communities. The study's limitations were mainly due to the scarcity of research on this subject, particularly in the field of psychology. This study aims to contribute to more research being carried out with these populations, so that we can fight against the invisibility of these communities. This SLR is registered with PROSPERO Registration: CRD42023476860.

Biography:

Joni Ledo, PhD student in Clinical and Health Psychology at the University of Beira Interior. He has a degree in Psychology and Economics and a Master's degree in Educational Psychology. He is a research fellow by the Foundation for Science and Technology of Portugal (FCT), grant number 2023.01027.BDANA. Member of the organizing committee of the 2nd and 3rd International Conference on Clinical and Health Psychology at the UBI. He was an advisor to the Portuguese Parliament. He has an article published in the scientific journal PsychTech & Health Journal 2020, vol. 3, n. 2, pp. 3 - 14.