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Assessing the benefits of the “Intergalactic World” social emotional learning p...
Antunes, Rita; Alexandre, Joana; Guedes, Maryse; Filipe, Marisa G.; Veríssimo, ManuelaIntroduction: “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-...
Validation of a community-based application of the Portuguese version of the su...
Castro, Catarina; Barata, Clara; Alexandre, Joana; Colaço, CarlaIntroduction: 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...
Contributos da avaliação técnica na tomada de decisão judicial no âmbito tutela...
Pessanha, Elisabete; Alexandre, Joana; Maia, AngelaThis study aims to analyze the contribution of social and psychological assessments in juvenile justice decision making in pre and post sentencing phases. For this purpose, 30 court cases of young people aged between 12 and 16 have been consulted. Document analysis was conducted through an analytic grid. The results indicate that the judges agree with 93, 3% of socio-educational measures suggested by the social...
Contributions of Social and Psychological Assessments in Juvenile Justice Decis...
Pessanha, Elisabete; Alexandre, Joana; Maia, ÂngelaThis study aims to analyze the contribution of social and psychological assessments in juvenile justice decision making in pre and post sentencing phases. For this purpose, 30 court cases of young people aged between 12 and 16 have been consulted. Document analysis was conducted through an analytic grid. The results indicate that the judges agree with 93,3% of socio-educational measures suggested by the social ...
O papel do ócio no bem-estar subjetivo das crianças [abstract]
Delgado, Paulo; Alexandre, Joana; Oliveira, Joana; Carvalho, Helena; Carvalho, João M. S.O bem-estar subjetivo/ Subjetive well-being (SWB) constitui uma importante dimensão no estudo da qualidade de vida das crianças (Ben-Arieh, Casas, Frønes, & Korbin, 2014; Bradshaw, 2015; Casas, 2016). Nos últimos anos, têm sido realizados estudos regulares que analisam o bem-estar subjetivo das crianças incluídas na população em geral, no âmbito do Children World Project (http://www.isciweb.org.). [...]
Development and Validation of a Measure of Quality in Playgroups: Playgroups En...
Russo, Vanessa; Barata, M. Clara; Alexandre, Joana; Leitão, Catarina; Sousa, Bruno dePlaygroups 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...
Benefits of a new socio-emotional learning program in reducing psychopathologic...
Antunes, Rita; Guedes, Maryse; Alexandre, Joana; Veríssimo, ManuelaThis study aimed to examine the perceptions of children aged eight to 12 years old who participated in the new short-term socio-emotional learning program “O Mundo dos Intergalácticos” about the evolution of psychopathological symptoms (anxiety, depression and stress) and overall socioemotional skills from pre-test to post-test and follow-up (six months), considering gender and age group (8-9 vs. 10-12 years). ...
The powerful combination of group interviews and drawings: how to give children...
Alexandre, Joana; Russo, Vanessa; Castro, Catarina; Fazenda, Débora; Barata, Maria ClaraThe study of subjective well-being is of great importance as it has been related with positive development throughout the whole life course. The traditional focus given to parents or experts reporting on behalf of children has given way to the emergence of an increasing number of approaches giving children a voice in the understanding of their own well-being. The purpose of the study presented in this chapter w...
O papel do ócio no bem-estar das crianças
Delgado, Paulo; Alexandre, Joana; Oliveira, Joana; Carvalho, Helena; Carvalho, João M. S.O bem-estar subjetivo/ Subjetive well-being (SWB) constitui uma importante dimensão no estudo da qualidade de vida das crianças (Ben-Arieh, Casas, Frønes, & Korbin, 2014; Bradshaw, 2015; Casas, 2016). Nos últimos anos, têm sido realizados estudos regulares que analisam o bem-estar subjetivo das crianças incluídas na população em geral, no âmbito do Children World Project (http://www.isciweb.org.). Os estudos do...
School achievement and well-being of immigrant children: The role of acculturat...
Guerra, Rita; Rodrigues, Ricardo Borges; Aguiar, Cecília; Carmona, Margarida; Alexandre, Joana; Costa-Lopes, RuiThis survey study examined the role of perceived discrimination and acculturation orientations on immigrant children's achievement and well-being in the school context. Immigrant (n = 229), immigrant descendant (n = 196), and native Portuguese children (n = 168) from 4th to 6th grade participated in the study. Results showed the expected gap: immigrant and immigrant descendant children revealed lower school ach...