Anne Marie Fontaine

Anne Marie Fontaine
University of Porto | UP · Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences

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The diagnosis of a child’s complex chronic illness may impact family relationships and cohesion. The Impact on Family Scale (IFS) is an instrument used to assess the parental perception of the effects of children’s chronic illness on family life. With a sample of 110 mothers and fathers between the ages of 29 and 50 who have a child with a complex...
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To verify the factor structure of the LIFE-H 3.1-Brasil in a sample of independent older adults, and to analyze their responses to the instrument. Cross-sectional study with175 older adults assisted by the Family Health Strategy in the interior of the State of São Paulo/Brazil. We used Cronbach’s alpha to assess internal consistency, Pearson’s corr...
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Objective: to identify and collect recommendations for teaching religiosity/spirituality in undergraduate Nursing courses of nurses working in a Hospital. Method: this is a qualitative study, with 34 nurses interviewed. The research corpus was fully transcribed and submitted to content analysis. Results: the religiosity/spirituality theme was absen...
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Parental burnout (PB) is a pervasive phenomenon. Parenting is embedded in cultural values, and previous research has shown the role of individualism in PB. In this paper, we reanalyze previously collected data to identify profiles based on the four dimensions of PB, and explore whether these profiles vary across countries’ levels of collectivistic-...
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Purpose The prevalence of parental burnout, a condition that has severe consequences for both parents and children, varies dramatically across countries and is highest in Western countries characterized by high individualism. Method In this study, we examined the mediators of the relationship between individualism measured at the country level and...
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What is it to be “an ideal parent”? Does the answer differ across countries and social classes? To answer these questions in a way that minimizes bias and ethnocentrism, we used open-ended questions to explore ideal-parent beliefs among 8,357 mothers and 3,517 fathers from 37 countries. Leximancer Semantic Network Analysis was utilized to first det...
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Happiness is related to longevity and better health; nevertheless, there is a lack of knowledge about the construct, understood as subjective well-being (SWB), of older adults undergoing hemodialysis. This cross-sectional study investigated the extent to which hemodialysis treatment affects the SWB of older adults, compared to non-dialysis older ad...
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Purpose The prevalence of parental burnout, a condition that has severe consequences for both parents and children, varies dramatically across countries and is highest in Western countries characterized by high individualism. Method In this study, we examined the mediators of the relationship between individualism measured at the country level and...
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Embora a dimensão religiosa/espiritual seja um dos vértices do cuidado em saúde, tem despertado dúvidas quanto à sua operacionalização na prática profissional. Objetivo: Compreender de que modo a religiosidade/espiritualidade (R/E) está presente na atuação profissional em Enfermagem. Revisão integrativa da literatura científica realizada em seis ba...
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Parental burnout (PB) results from a chronic imbalance between risks and resources and has severe and extended consequences on the wellbeing of parents and their children. Because same-sex (SS) and different-sex (DS) families face partially different stressors (e.g., SS parents are more stigmatized) but have also partially different resources (e.g....
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Background Peer victimization and discrimination are two related forms of social victimization. However, the majority of studies only focus on one form or the other. This study investigates resilience in victims of both these forms of violence. Objective To identify individual and family level factors that foster, or hinder, resilience in the face...
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In Western countries, recent decades have witnessed a revolution toward gender equality. Inequalities have been greatly reduced in areas such as education or employment. Because inequalities lead to distress, this development has largely benefited women. One notable exception is the realm of parenting, which has remained rife with inequalities even...
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We carried out a cross-cultural adaptation of the Intergenerational Solidarity Index, for use in Brazil (ISI-BR) with a sample of 682 people between the ages of 18 and 85. We used EFA, CFA and reliability measures. ISI-BR is a 24-item instrument with five factors: Functional solidarity, Affectual solidarity, Normative solidarity – obligations; Norm...
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RESUMO: A literatura consagrou a importância de suporte e de atitudes solidárias na vida de pessoas que enfrentam adversidades. Nesse sentido, este estudo objetivou identificar e discutir o fenômeno da solidariedade intergeracional entre mães e avós de crianças com deficiência em uma amostra brasileira. Trata-se de um estudo descritivo, de caráter...
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The theme of transition in Elementary School is of interest to development researchers, who seek to identify its effects on students’ intra- and interpersonal school adjustment. In order to map out the scientific production on the repercussions of the transition from the early to the late years of Elementary School on the students’ socio-emotional...
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A scoping review, based on the RE-AIM framework, was conducted to analyze evidence of reach, effectiveness, adoption, implementation, and maintenance of the Strengthening Families Program (10-14), a preventive family-based substance abuse program for adolescents. Sixty-five articles were included. The results disclosed that effectiveness, implement...
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Objective: This work aimed to analyze parental burnout (PB) and establish a comparison between the times before (Wave 1) and during (Wave 2) the COVID-19 pandemic. Background: The COVID-19 pandemic brought additional stress to families. The pandemic could be particularly difficult for parents experiencing parental burnout, a condition that involves...
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High levels of stress in the parenting domain can lead to parental burnout, a condition that has severe consequences for both parents and children. It is not yet clear, however, whether parental burnout varies by culture, and if so, why it might do so. In this study, we examined the prevalence of parental burnout in 42 countries (17,409 parents; 71...
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In this study, we tested a predictive model for young people's self-efficacy beliefs regarding adult roles to identify their resources and resources of their contexts in the transition to adulthood. Participants were 434 young men and women (aged between 18 and 29 years) from the State of Rio de Janeiro. The instruments used were: Self-efficacy Sca...
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Throughout the last century and the beginning of the present one, multiple events have contributed to the legitimization of families formed by lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender/gender diverse individuals (LGBT). First, the social roles of men and women have come to be seen as not irrevocably linked to their sex assigned at birth. Second, the...
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High levels of stress in the parenting domain can lead to parental burnout, a condition that has severe consequences for both parents and children. It is not yet clear, however, whether parental burnout varies by culture, and if so, why it might do so. In this study, we examined the prevalence of parental burnout in 42 countries (17,409 parents; 71...
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Adolescents living in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) are not only exposed to underprivileged conditions - they are also at greater risk of being raised with negative parenting practices that may have detrimental effects on their psychosocial development and health. Thus, the implementation and evaluation of family-based interventions that...
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Within the ages of ten and thirteen years, children experience changes in elementary school. Focusing on students from public schools, the aim of this study was to investigate whether, from the 5th to 6th grade, they change indicators of performance, social skills, self-satisfaction and support network, self-concept and stress dimensions from one g...
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This study aimed to examine the validity of the Brazilian–Portuguese version of the Parental Burnout Assessment (PBA), the current gold‐standard measure of parental burnout (PB). We surveyed parents in Portugal (N = 407) and Brazil (N = 301). We (a) compared the factor structure of the Brazilian–Portuguese version with the original structure of the...
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We carried out an evaluation of the evidence of internal structure and scores reliability of the Social Skills Inventory for the Elderly (SSI-E) in a sample of 616 Brazilian elderly, between the ages of 60 and 94, from diverse Social-economic stratum. We used EFA, CFA, and reliability measures (Composite Reliability). SSI-E is a 20-item instrument...
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Division of family tasks between the members of a couple often reflects gender (in)equality in the family. Identifying how couples with different unemployment configurations divide family tasks may contribute to a better understanding of the process. In this study, we evaluated how unemployed couples (only husbands, only wives, and both; n = 291) d...
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The analysis of magazines targeted to mothers allows us to know current dominant motherhood models, as well as their evolution and permeability to social changes, medical concerns, and existing political strategies. In this article, we analyse the content of 16 articles of the 2015 Portuguese edition of Pais & Filhos magazine to verify whether it r...
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The transition between the two cycles of Elementary School is a process with anticipations and expectations in the 5th as well as demands and adaptations in the 6th year. The objective of this paper is to investigate the effects of the transition taking into account the nature of the transition. A prospective study was carried out with two data col...
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The objective of this study was to assess the internal structure of the Brazilian version of the Parenting Practices Scales, examining its dimensionality and the internal consistency of their subscales in a sample of vulnerable young individuals (N = 452). The six-factor structure was replicated through Confirmatory Factor Analysis; however, Cronba...
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This study aimed to describe the development and the empirical evidence of reliability and validity of an instrument that proposes to assess, in the context of maternal depression, family organization resources and cumulative risks in families with school-age children. The items were constructed based on protection processes and developmental outco...
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Parental monitoring has been associated with academic performance, social competence, self-esteem, and adjustment in children and adolescents. The objective of the study was to study the psychometric properties of the Parental Monitoring Questionnaire (PMQ). In a prospective study performed in public schools, with students of the 5th (n = 415) and...
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Objective: Many studies point to the negative impact of discrimination on the psychological and social functioning of ethnic minority persons. The realization of these studies across multiple European countries enables a systematization of this knowledge, which is our goal in the present work. Method: This study presents a systematic review and a m...
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Background: Motherhood is an emotional rollercoaster. This is overlooked by most literature, which tends to refer mothers’ pathological states of postpartum depression and anxiety, mainly seeking to understand their causes or predicting factors, and consequences on children’s development. Objective: In this study, we aim to observe the diversity of...
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Este estudo teve como objetivo avaliar a estrutura fatorial de uma versão portuguesa do Inventário de Habilidades Sociais Conjugais. Após adaptação do idioma português do Brasil para o português europeu, o inventário foi aplicado em 540 portugueses (com idades entre 20 a 70 anos), que estavam a viver em conjugalidade há pelo menos um ano. A análise...
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Family cohesion or family solidarity may be defined as shared affection, support and caring among family members. This family support may be particularly relevant when families face socio-economic difficulties such as those caused by unemployment. In fact, family support has been found as a source of adaptation for individuals, predicting wellbeing...
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The Self-Assessment Questionnaire for Parental Educational Competency (PEC-SAQ) is an instrument that aims to evaluate the perception of parental competence in its functions. In Brazil, it is scarcely used and the objective of this research is to analyze the psychometric properties of PEC-SAQ. A sample of 151 mothers and fathers was used, the major...
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Nowadays, online social networks are important sources of informal support for mothers due to their accessibility and extensive information on childrearing and motherhood performance. This study aims to identify the current motherhood model prevalent in Portuguese Facebook, namely through its groups and pages concerning motherhood. In October 2015,...
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Apesar dos diversos estudos acerca das repercussões psicossociais do desemprego, grande parte evidencia essa situação somente no plano individual. Assim, este estudo objetivou realizar uma revisão sistemática sobre o impacto do desemprego no relacionamento conjugal. Fez-se a pesquisa bibliográfica nas bases Academic Search Complete, PsycArticles, P...
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Despite the number of studies about the psychosocial factors associated with unemployment, most examine the effect on the individual level. In this study, our objective was to conduct a systematic review of the impact of unemployment on the marital relationship. The bibliographic research was performed on the Academic Search Complete, PsycArticles,...
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In this study, we explore the predictors of academic self-efficacy in professional education students in Portugal and Brazil, considering as possible predictors sociodemographic variables, external and internal protection. The study involved 2783 students, with averages age of 17,02 (Portugal) and 17,96 (Brazil), who answered self-report questionna...
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Portugal and Brazil have presented high levels of unemployment, although the Portuguese economy is growing in recent years. In this study, we compared satisfaction with life and marital satisfaction between Portuguese and Brazilian couples. Differences were examined between countries and according to unemployment configurations, it means, the gende...
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Introduction Recent studies on the life satisfaction in children and young people have investigated its association with vulnerability, discrimination, the individual’s school environment and network of relationships, and mental health. The growing interest in the area demands instruments with good psychometric properties. Aim The aim of this stud...
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A vitimização por pares e a discriminação, nomeadamente de minorias étnicas e sexuais, têm um efeito negativo no funcionamento psicossocial, mas diversos estudos começam a abordar a resiliência perante estas adversidades. Neste sentido, o objetivo deste estudo foi identificar mecanismos protetores da saúde mental e do desajustamento externo na pres...
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Few studies have examined lesbians’ and gay men’s parental decision-making processes. Our goal in this work was to review what literature says about this understudied area of research. We first looked at transformations that have made it possible for lesbian- and gay-parented families to gain visibility. We then described how parental aspirations o...
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Here you can download a free copy of the paper, until July 15: https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1V6HrVu8lO10F Victimisation has a negative effect on psychosocial functioning. Based on the resilience theory, and with a sample of 2975 Portuguese students, the present study aims to: i) identify patterns of adjustment in the face of peer victimisation a...
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Extensive evidence points to the importance of father-child relationship in the development and for the wellbeing of children, mothers and fathers. Father involvement is multidimensional and includes direct and indirect father-child involvements. In order to progress in this area, a valid measure of this construct, like the Inventory of Father Invo...
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Given the mental health disparities among LGB and heterosexual youth, literature has increasingly emphasized the need to identify the mechanisms that promote resilience among sexual minorities. This systematic review sought to answer the question: what are the protection mechanisms against homophobia among LGB youth? Of the 147 references located i...
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Objective To analyze how the endorsement of motives for and against having children act at a dyadic level to predict childbearing intentions. Background Understanding what leads individuals to have children is a topic of interest among family researchers and policy makers given that fertility rates have been decreasing in many countries. Most stud...
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RESUMO: a presente pesquisa objetivou identificar estudos que investigaram sobre o autoconceito e a autoeficácia em crianças com deficiência física, evidenciar e discutir sobre o que eles têm revelado acerca das autoavaliações nesta população. Trata-se de um levantamento bibliográfico com critérios de revisão sistemática da literatura. A busca foi...
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Neste estudo, investigamos o fenômeno do desemprego sob o ponto de vista biográfico-subjetivo. Utilizamos um survey e, por meio de resposta aberta, os 151 participantes listaram aspectos positivos e negativos sobre a experiência de estar em desemprego. Com recurso ao programa NVivo e utilizando a metodologia de análise de conteúdo, realizamos análi...
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Extensive evidence points to the importance of father-child relationship in the development and for the wellbeing of children, mothers and fathers. Father involvement is multidimensional and includes direct and indirect father-child involvements. In order to progress in this area, a valid measure of this construct, like the Inventory of Father Invo...
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Objectives: Our goal was to characterize predictors of attitudes toward lesbian and gay parent families (LGPF), held by students enrolled in Psychology, Social Work, Medicine, Nursing, Elementary and Pre-School Education programs in Portugal. Methods: We examined the predictive value of students' (N = 600) socio-demographic characteristics when ass...
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This study sought to investigate the effect of race on measures of body fat (body mass index - BMI, waist circumference - WC and waist-hip ratio - WHR), as well as its relationship with diabetes, among elderly individuals living in urban areas in seven places in Brazil, according to gender. This is a cross-sectional study carried out with a probabi...
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Introduction: The literature indicates positive impacts on child development for those children attending day care centers, when this context includes good practices. It is believed that a set of actions, networking, coordinated by managers can positively to impact the children development. Objective: Although the literature indicate the fields of...
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The present study seeks to ascertain the attitudes of Portuguese psychology students (future psychologists) toward the development of children adopted by lesbian and gay parents. Each participant (N = 182) read a vignette describing an adoption of a child by lesbian and gay persons. After reading the vignette, participants rated four different aspe...
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This study aimed to investigate childrearing practices as related to children and adolescents poisoned by lead, and their correlation with behavioral problems. The authors used a reduced version of the Inventory of Parental Styles (IEP) to assess parenting practices and the SSRS-BR for behavioral problems. Participants included 155 children and ado...
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O desemprego é um dos principais problemas da sociedade ocidental atual. Analisamos uma amostra de 151 portugueses desempregados, pedindo-­-lhes que listassem características positivas e negativas de estar em desemprego. Através do método de análise de conteúdo e com apoio do programa NVivo, foram realizadas análises de frequência e por categoria t...
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O objetivo deste estudo foi investigar os fatores associados ao Bem-Estar Subjetivo em pessoas casadas e solteiras. Participaram três grupos independentes (casados, solteiros que namoram e solteiros que não namoram), selecionados por critérios de conveniência (n = 374). Instrumentos: Escala de Bem-estar Subjetivo, Questionário de Conjugalidade dos...
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For the purpose of investigating conditions associated with child's adjustment to Elementary School-EF, we evaluated academic achievement, social skills, behavior problems and stress, in association with years in preschool-EI, quality of EF, socioeconomic level - NSE, and gender. Participants were 100 boys and 86 girls in 1st year of EF, mean age 6...
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Chronic diseases, signals and symptoms of health problems and objective losses in functionality are seen as strongly related to low levels of life satisfaction in old age. Among seniors, self-rated health is associated with both quality of health and life satisfaction, but its relationships with objective health measures are controversial. This stu...
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This study investigates associations between mental health, perception of discrimination (unfair treatment and personal rejection), and family environment dimensions—satisfaction, intimacy, admiration, and conflict in the relationships with the mother and the father, and familial optimism—in a sample of 84 gay, lesbian, and bisexual (GLB) Portugues...
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This study examined the association between a measure of parental marital relationship (PCP, in Portuguese) perceived by unmarried children who date and a measure of satisfaction and subjective well-being in romantic relationships of these young adults. In this study 140 unmarried subjects participated (mean age = 21 years; dating = 3 years). The f...
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ResumoO objetivo deste estudo foi a adaptação da Escala de Discriminação Quotidiana para a população jovem portuguesa. Após tradução, ajustes semânticos aos itens, inclusão de dois itens para aumento da validade de constructo e a aferição da validade facial, os itens da escala foram respondidos por 2996 jovens estudantes do ensino secundário em Por...
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O objetivo deste estudo foi investigar as relações existentes entre a medida da conjugalidade dos pais, tal como percebida por filhos casados, e medidas do bem-estar subjetivo e da satisfação em relacionamentos amorosos apresentados por esses filhos. Os participantes foram 118 brasileiros casados havia 16,17 (DP = 9,98) anos, com média de idade de...
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The present study aims to characterize attitudes toward adoption by same-sex couples in a sample of Portuguese university students. Using a quasi-experimental design, participants (N = 500) were presented a vignette describing a couple adopting a child, manipulating couple sexual orientation and child gender. After reading the vignette, participant...
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In this study we compared prejudice against lesbians and gay men in Portugal and Brazil, in a sample of university students (N = 844). Two forms of prejudice were assessed: one with a more traditional nature (pathologization of homosexuality) and a more contemporary one (modern heterosexism). Because these prejudices are not independent of gender,...
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This study had as an objective to present an integrative review of scientific national and international literature about same-sex relationships. The following databases were consulted: SciELO, LILACS, PePSIC, Oxford, Wilson, Ovid e EBSCO, 2000 to 2013, and 20 articles were retrieved, most of them theoretical studies. Studies about marriage and par...
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This study aimed to compare childrens' perceptions on the conjugality of their parents in married and unmarried individuals. There were 374 participants divided into three groups: married (n=118), singles who date (n=140), and singles who do not date (n=116). The instruments used were the Scale of Subjective Well-being, Parental Conjugality Questio...
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This study aimed to compare childrens’ perceptions on the conjugality of their parents in married and unmarried individuals. There were 374 participants divided into three groups: married (n=118), singles who date (n=140), and singles who do not date (n=116). The instruments used were the Scale of Subjective Well-being, Parental Conjugality Questio...
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As habilidades sociais são reconhecidas como fator de proteção ao longo do desenvolvimento humano, contra os impactos dos fatores de risco. Neste estudo, considerando a situação de risco de crianças e adolescentes contaminadas por chumbo, buscou-se identificar as variáveis (habilidades sociais, práticas parentais, problemas de comportamento e compe...
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The sense of pleasure that arises from engagement in activities is of fundamental importance for the well-being of older adults. In this study, we initiate the investigation of the psychometric properties of a Brazilian version (OPPES-BR) of The California Older Person’s Pleasant Events Schedule (COPPES), which measures the frequency of older peopl...