Tese de Doutoramento em Psicologia Aplicada; The body of knowledge on the causes and correlates of offending behavior is completely reliant on the quality of crime measures. However, methodological research on the assessment of offending behavior is very scarce. This doctoral dissertation aimed to assess the state of the art of crime measurement and to improve the accuracy of self-reports of offending (SRO). Ch...
The understanding of the social representations about the functions of deliberate self-harm can be an important factor for the comprehension of this phenomenon. Nonetheless, only a few studies focused on this topic and specifically on the social representations from adolescents with and without a history of deliberate self-harm and their parents.
This study evaluates the psychometric properties of the Family Adaptability and Cohesion Evaluation Scale IV (FACES IV) Package which contains three scales: FACES IV; Family Communication Scale (FCS); and Family Satisfaction Scale (FSS). Participants were 553 Portuguese adults (184 males and 369 females), between the ages of 19 and 57. An item reduction process resulted in a final 4- item per subscale solution....
Both future orientation and impulsivity are intrinsic parts of an adolescent’s self-control, and empirical evidence clearly establishes them as crucial features on the origin of juvenile deviant behavior. However, we do not yet fully understand how these variables relate in explaining deviant conduct. In the present study, we tested a mediation model between these variables among 126 Portuguese adolescents. Fin...
This study presents the development and analysis of the psychometric properties of the Deviant Behavior Variety Scale (DBVS). Participants were 861 Portuguese adolescents (54 % female), aged between 12 and 19 years old. Two alternative models were tested using Confirmatory Factor Analysis. Although both models showed good fit indexes, the two-factor model didn’t presented discriminant validity. Further results ...
De acordo com a Teoria Geral do Crime as práticas parentais ineficazes são a principal causa do baixo autocontrolo e, por sua vez, o autocontrolo será o principal responsável pelo desenvolvimento de comportamentos delinquentes. No presente estudo temos como objetivo analisar empiricamente estas afirmações, ou seja, verificar a influência do funcionamento familiar no autocontrolo e seguidamente analisar se o aut...
De acordo com a Teoria Geral do Crime as práticas parentais ineficazes são a principal causa do baixo autocontrolo que, por sua vez, o autocontrolo será o principal responsável pelo desenvolvimento de comportamentos delinquentes. No presente estudo temos como objetivo analisar empiricamente estas afirmações, ou seja, verificar a influência do funcionamento familiar no autocontrolo e seguidamente analisar se o a...
Dissertação de Mestrado em Psicocriminologia, apresentada ao ISPA - Instituto Universitário; À semelhança da generalidade dos modelos teóricos criminológicos actuais, a Teoria Geral do Crime (Gottfredson & Hirschi, 1990) atribui grande importância ao contexto familiar, particularmente na promoção de autocontrolo nos seus elementos em desenvolvimento, característica aqui considerada como a premissa central da de...