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Children's right to participation in residential care: A staff-based study in P...
Magalhães, E.; Calheiros, M. M.; Carvalho, H.; Pinheiro, M.Background Youth in residential care (RC) reveal high-risk trajectories, which require upholding their rights and providing them with opportunities to participate. Objective We aimed to identify staff profiles focused on their perceptions of participation and the association with sociodemographic variables. Participants and setting This study included quantitative analysis of qualitative data collected from 87 ...
Out of sight is not out of mind: Associations between perceived maternal attach...
Ferreira, M.; Calheiros, M. M.; Silva, C. S.; Magalhães, E.The present study aimed to explore the associations between perceived maternal attachment and self-representations of youth in residential care (RC), considering the potential moderator role of youth’s sex and age and the potential concurrent effect of frequency and type of family visits and length of time in RC. To this end, a sample of 659 youth aged 11–18 (M = 15.65, SD = 1.72) from RC settings filled out se...
Quality of relationships between residential staff and youth: A systematic review
Pinheiro, M.; Magalhães, E.; Calheiros, M. M.; Macdonald, D.Regardless of the type of residential care context, entering in care is an impactful event that involves the separation of young people from their relatives, as well as the need to adapt to a new context. This adaptation might be facilitated by the quality of relationships with professionals in these settings, which in turn may positively impact young people’s psychological adjustment. Purpose: The current syst...
Youth-caregiver relationship quality in residential youth care: Professionals’ ...
Magalhães, E.; Ferreira, M.; Ornelas, S.; Silva, C. S.; Camilo, C.; Calheiros, M. M.This study aimed to explore the perceptions and experiences of professionals working in residential care (RC) settings (i.e., caregivers and directors) about youth-caregiver relationship quality (YCRQ). Method: A qualitative study was developed in Portugal including 15 caregivers (73.3% women, 23–50 years) and 15 directors (73.3% women, 34–45 years) working in 18 generalist RC units. Data were collected through...
Is it the child’s fault? Maternal attributions in child abuse and neglect
Camilo, C.; Garrido, M. V.; Calheiros, M. M.Background: Among the parental cognitions explaining maladaptive parenting, attributions about a child’s misbehavior seem important. However, there is little research on neglectful parents, and the different patterns of parental attributions associated with child abuse and child neglect are still underexplained. The current study examines parental attributions associated with child abuse and child neglect. Meth...
Organizational social context and academic achievement of youth in residential ...
Silva, C. S.; Carvalho, H.; Magalhães, E.; Attar-Schwartz, S.; Ornelas, S. V.; Calheiros, M. M.Existing research examining the academic performance of youth in residential care has often overlooked the contextual factors contributing to youth achievements. Guided by an ecological perspective, this study aimed to investigate the associations between various dimensions of residential care settings’ (RCS) organizational social context (i.e., organizational climate, structure, and work attitudes) and youth's...
Parental attitudes in child maltreatment
Camilo, C.; Garrido, M. V.; Calheiros, M. M.An information-processing approach to maladaptive parenting suggests that high-risk and maltreating parents are likely to hold inaccurate and biased preexisting cognitive schemata about child development and child rearing. Importantly, these schemas, which may include values, beliefs, expectations, and attitudes, are known to influence the way parents perceive and subsequently act toward their children. However...
A COVID-19 e a sociedade portuguesa: avaliação, estratégias e políticas pública...
Godinho, S.; Calheiros, M. M.; Garrido, M. V.; Ferreira, M.; Graça, J.; Sarroeira, A.A pandemia entrou rapidamente nas nossas vidas. A 2 de março de 2020, Portugal anunciava os seus primeiros casos de contágio de COVID-19. Apenas 16 dias depois, e já com a declaração de pandemia por parte da Organização Mundial da Saúde, era decretado o primeiro de vários estados de emergência no país. Desde então, há poucas esferas das nossas vidas que não tenham sido afetadas pela pandemia: da forma como trab...
Participation of young people in residential care: Professionals’ perceptions a...
Magalhães, E.; Pinheiro, M.; Calheiros, M. M.Fulfilling young people’s right to participation in residential care is critical, as it is associated with better psychological outcomes. This chapter describes a qualitative study, involving Portuguese professionals working in residential care (N = 87) who completed an online survey with a set of open-ended questions. Content analysis revealed six core categories – the Concept of Participation, Participation L...
Organizational social context and psychopathology of youth in residential care:...
Silva, C. S.; Calheiros, M. M.; Carvalho, H.; Magalhães, E.Drawing on an ecological approach with multiple informants, this study investigated the mediating role of youth–caregiver relationship quality in associations between different features of residential care settings' organizational social context and youth's psychopathology. Participants were 378 youth aged between 12 and 25 years old, and 54 caregivers aged between 24 and 57 years old, from 29 generalist reside...