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Can community and educational interventions designed from the ground-up promote...
Barata, M. C.; Alexandre, J.; Castro, C.; Colaço, C.Introduction: Social and emotional learning (SEL) is a powerful predictor of several outcomes throughout life, such as relationships, citizenship behavior, academic and job performance, and mental and physical health. The Portuguese Gulbenkian Academies for Knowledge supported the implementation and rigorous impact assessment of community and educational interventions aiming to promote SEL in participants 0 and...
How does religiosity influence gambling? A cross‑cultural study between Portugu...
Calado, F.; Vernon, M.; Nuyens, F.; Alexandre, J.; Griffiths, M. D.Research has shown that religion can play a protective role in diverse risky behaviors among young people. However, very little is known about the effect of religion in gambling, especially among young problem gamblers. A strong moral belief regarding gambling may prevent adolescents and young adults engaging in gambling and developing problems. Nevertheless, some evidence suggests that religion might have an i...
Contributos da avaliação técnica na tomada de decisão judicial no âmbito tutela...
Pessanha, E.; Alexandre, J.; Maia, A.Este estudo propõe analisar o contributo da avaliação técnica na tomada de decisão judicial tutelar educativa nas fases pré e pós sentenciais. Para o efeito, foram consultados 30 processos judiciais tutelares educativos de 37 jovens comunidades compreendidas entre os 12 e os 16 anos, tendo sido feita uma análise documental, com recurso à construção de uma grelha analítica. Os resultados indicam que os magistrad...
Validation of a community-based application of the Portuguese version of the su...
Castro, C.; Barata, C.; Alexandre, J.; Colaço, C.Introduction: Children and adolescents’ social and emotional skills have been gaining attention in diverse settings. With over 100 conceptual frameworks available, there is now a common move toward framing these skills as social and emotional learning (SEL), assuming that they are not only amiable to development, but also malleable to change as a product of intervention. As such, there is a strong need for a co...
Assessing the benefits of the “Intergalactic World” social emotional learning p...
Antunes, R.; Alexandre, J.; Guedes, M.; Filipe, M. G.; Veríssimo, M.Introduction: “Intergalactic World” is a new social–emotional program designed to reduce psychopathological symptoms and improve social and emotional skills in children aged 8–12. This study aims to evaluate the program’s benefits from teachers’ and caregivers’ perspectives, focusing on internalizing and externalizing behaviors. Methods: The findings were obtained through self-reported measures using a pretest-...
Perceptions of sexual abuse in sport: A qualitative study in the Portuguese spo...
Alexandre, J.; Castro, C.; Gama, M.; Antunes, P.Child sexual abuse is a complex issue that can take place in different contexts. Sports settings have specific features which pose increased risk for sexual abuse to occur. Recently, a country-specific roadmap for effective child safeguarding in sport was launched. Considering the need to achieve a comprehensive picture of violence against children in sports settings in Portugal, we analyzed the perceptions of ...
Development and validation of a measure of quality in playgroups: Playgroups en...
Russo, V.; Barata, C.; Alexandre, J.; Leitão, C.; Sousa, B.Playgroups are community-based services that bring together young children and their caregivers for the purpose of play and social activities. Preliminary evidence shows that playgroup impacts may be dependent on the quality of the playgroup. However, to date, there is no reliable and valid measure of playgroup quality. In this paper we describe the development and validation of the Playgroup Environment Rating...
Estado emocional e coping em estudantes universitários no confinamento provocad...
Alexandre, J.; Carvalho, H.; Fonseca, A. M.; Castro, C.Considerando a vulnerabilidade da saúde mental dos jovens adultos, e a mudança abrupta das suas rotinas no primeiro confinamento decretado em Portugal, em março de 2020, devido à pandemia provocada pela COVID-19, este estudo analisou 1) o estado emocional de uma amostra de estudantes universitários durante o primeiro confinamento, 2) as estratégias de coping reportadas durante esse período, 3) o papel mediador ...
Benefícios de um novo programa de aprendizagem socioemocional na redução da sin...
Antunes, R.; Guedes, M.; Alexandre, J.; Veríssimo, M.O presente estudo teve como objetivo examinar as perceções das crianças com idades compreendidas entre os 8 e os 12 anos, que participaram no novo programa de aprendizagem socioemocional “O Mundo dos Intergalácticos”de curta duração, acerca da evolução dos sintomas psicopatológicos (ansiedade, depressão e stresse) e das competências socioemocionais globais, do pré-teste para o pós-teste e follow-up (6meses), co...
“Aventuras do Búzio e da Coral” – Benefícios do jogo de prevenção universal do ...
Alexandre, J.; Agulhas, R.; Carvalho, H.; Lopes, C.O abuso sexual é uma problemática com elevada prevalência e com um impacto negativo muito significativo na vida de uma criança ou jovem, da sua família e da comunidade. Neste contexto, é fundamental disseminar a utilização de materiais de prevenção universal. No presente artigo procurou- -se avaliar em que medida o jogo “Vamos prevenir! As aventuras do Búzio e da Coral” (Agulhas et al., 2016), destinado a crian...