A5008814973- Child Welfare and Adoption
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending
- Child Abuse and Trauma
- Youth, Drugs, and Violence
- Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis
- Family Dynamics and Relationships
- Family Support in Illness
- Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
- Crime Patterns and Interventions
- Reproductive Health and Technologies
- Family and Disability Support Research
- Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving
- Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
- Child Development and Digital Technology
- Psychology and Mental Health
- Cognitive Abilities and Testing
- Intimate Partner and Family Violence
- Resilience and Mental Health
- Language Development and Disorders
- Problem Solving Skills Development
- Community Health and Development
- Homelessness and Social Issues
- LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy
University of Coimbra
2014-2024
This study aimed to investigate the factor structure of Coimbra Neuropsychological Assessment Battery (BANC), which is an individually administered battery designed assess a wide range neurocognitive functions in children.Using standardization sample BANC, confirmatory analysis and multiple-group were conducted examine measurement invariance three main domains (Memory, Language, Attention/Executive Functions) 833 children aged 7-15 years.Consistent with BANC's conceptualization,...
O presente artigo tem como principal objetivo validar a Escala Breve de Autocontrolo (BSCS) analisando as suas propriedades psicométricas numa amostra escolar (N=412; M=13.19 anos; DP=1.41) jovens portugueses.A Análise Fatorial Confirmatória obtida revelou uma estrutura dois fatores
Although international scientific research and the position of professional associations reiterate that parents' sexual orientation is not a criterion parenting quality, social recognition same-sex remains difficult in Portugal. Given importance forensic issues this field, study aims to identify representations psychologists, workers, lawyers/attorneys, judges regarding parenting. The involves five homogeneous focus groups with total 19 professionals. Content analysis reveals reservations...
The development and validation of empirically sound measures that operationalize the Triarchic model psychopathy among youth is currently in nascent stage. present study aimed to examine psychometric properties a brief refined measure based on Youth Psychopathic Traits Inventory (YPI-Tri-S) mixed-gender school sample 782 (M = 15.87 years, SD 1.72) from Portugal. Confirmatory factor analysis offered support for theoretically expected three-factor structure. Cross-gender measurement invariance...
The present study examines the utility of three self-report measures psychopathic traits in predicting recidivism among a sample incarcerated male juvenile offenders. Participants ( N = 214, M 16.40 years, SD 1.29 years) from seven Portuguese detention centers were followed and prospectively classified as recidivists versus non-recidivists. Area under curve (AUC) analysis revealed that Antisocial Process Screening Device–Self-Report (APSD-SR) presented best performance terms general...
A comunicação desempenha um papel central na relação progenitores-filhos, particularmente no exercício da parentalidade. Assim, foi desenhado estudo misto (qualitativo/quantitativo) com o intuito de identificar as dimensões mais destacadas por pais e filhos (7-16 anos). Para atingir este objetivo entrevistaram-se dez progenitores realizaram-se dois grupos focais filhos, sem correspondência parentesco. análise conteúdo revelou sete (Metacomunicação, Problemas Comunicacionais, Partilha...
The present study examined the psychometric properties of a brief measure Triarchic model psychopathy based on Youth Psychopathic Traits Inventory (YPI-Tri-S) among forensic sample detained female youth offenders (M = 16.41 years; SD 1.19 years) from Portugal. Results supported expected three-factor structure and cross-gender measurement invariance. YPI-Tri-S showed good in terms factor structure, internal consistency, convergent validity, discriminant criterion-related validity. Findings...
rental para la comunicación, α:.732; metacomunicación, α:.725; compartir/confianza de los padres en hijos, α:.753; hijos padres, α:.615) y versión adolescentes (disponibilidad parental α:
This study sought to explore and describe family life structuring functioning in a southern Angolan setting. Informants were 20 people with an intimate knowledge of culture (females = 9, 45%; age range 26-88 years) all employees the health (n 5; 25%), education 8; 40%), juridical 2; 10%), public administration 10 %) faith-based organisations 3; 15%) sectors. We engaged then one-to-one interviews aspects structure function which they perceived characterise cycle Angola. Findings suggest...
The Roberts Apperception Test for Children (RATC) is a projective method developed by McArthur and (1982) to assess children adolescents' behavioural, social emotional functioning, concerns, conflicts management strategies through their perceptions of common interpersonal situations everyday life. aim the present study contribute validation RATC in forensic sample (N = 75) [constituted group juvenile delinquents detained educational centres (n 40, 12-17 years old, 1-10 schooling) maltreated...
A comunicação estabelecida entre progenitores e filhos adolescentes parece depender, em grande medida, de algumas características sociodemográficas. Objetivo: Análise da famílias com adolescentes, considerando as variáveis: sexo, área residência, nível socioeconómico, escolaridade estrutura familiar. Método: Através um desenho quantitativo/transversal, aplicou-se a Escala Avaliação Comunicação na Parentalidade 336 pais 268 adolescentes. Resultados: Verifica-se que: os rapazes tendem...
A homoparentalidade é uma temática que ativa opiniões e tomadas de posição nos vários setores da sociedade que, por sua vez, podem influenciar a postura cada profissional trabalha na área das responsabilidades parentais. Neste artigo pretende-se analisar as convergências dissonâncias entre disposições Ordem Jurídica portuguesa os princípios emergentes investigação científica adotados associações como American Psychological Association (APA) Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) homoparentalidade....
The BANC is an individually administered battery designed to assess a wide range of neurocognitive functions (memory, language, attention, executive functions, motor and laterality) in children aged 5 15 years old.This study aimed obtain regression-based norms for 16-and 17-years old.The standardization sample the was used (Simões et al., 2016), it comprises 1104 adolescents stratified by age (5 -15 years, n ≈ 100 per group), gender, school grade, residential geographic zones.Regression...
A retratação após revelação do abuso sexual de crianças (ASC) corresponde à negação, por parte da criança, uma feita previamente. O presente estudo teve como objetivo construir e buscar evidências validade conteúdo um instrumento rastreio dos fatores risco retratação. Na Etapa 1, os itens foram elaborados a partir integração identificados através revisão literatura, entrevistas profissionais análise processos criminais ASC. 2, primeira versão foi submetida validação oito especialistas,...
The occurrence of divorce seems to have impact on parent–child communication, with subsequent implications the children well-being and development. present study aims analyze influence that has communication comparing 102 participants from post-divorced families 100 intact nuclear families. Measures consisted a sociodemographic questionnaire Perception Scale Parenting Communication. Despite literature indicators, main findings reveal absence significant statistical differences between both...
A comunicação parento-filial é uma dimensão central do exercício da parentalidade. O objetivo presente estudo foi identificar e comparar as percepções de 467 progenitores 329 crianças (entre 7 11 anos) sobre a parento-filial, através Escala Avaliação Comunicação na Parentalidade (COMPA). Os testes t Student, ANOVA correlação Pearson revelaram alguns resultados estatisticamente significativos: destaque positivo mães/filhas comunicação, relação positiva entre dimensões metacomunicação...