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Father’s engagement in direct care is associated with children’s social compete...
Nóblega, Magaly; Monteiro, Lígia; Santos, Carolina; Diniz, Eva; Guimet, Marisut; Ugarte, Andrea; Marinelli, FrancescoABSTRACT: Evidence shows that fathers have an important role in child development, but few studies explore this influence in the Latin American context. This study aimed to contribute to bridge this gap by analyzing in a Peruvian urban, mainly middle socioeconomic sample, the associations between different dimensions of father engagement (i.e., interaction in direct care, teaching/discipline, and play activitie...
Work Gains and strains on father involvement: The mediating role of parenting s...
Diniz, Eva; Monteiro, Lígia; Veríssimo, ManuelaThe balance between work and family demands is one of the main challenges of contemporary parenting. However, most of the research has focused on mothers’ perspectives, with fathers’ perspectives about the links between work–family activities and father involvement, as well as the role of indirect effects, such as parenting styles, being less explored. This study aims to bridge these gaps by exploring whether w...
Parenting sensitivity, salivary oxytocin levels and children’s behavioral probl...
Torres, Nuno; Santos, Carolina; Monteiro, LígiaThe present study focused on the quality of parenting behaviors (sensitivity and intrusiveness), its associations with children's levels of oxytocin (OXT), and with children's behavioral problems in the preschool context. Thirty nuclear families, including both parents and one focal child, and their preschool teachers participated in the study. Salivary OXT was collected (during two separate home visits) from c...
The role of child’s age, sex, and temperament in father involvement during the ...
Santos, Carolina; Monteiro, Lígia; Torres, Nuno(1) Background: The aim of the study was to explore how child’s characteristics (age, sex, and temperament) were associated with father’s involvement in child-related activities. In a sample of 410 bi-parental families with pre-school age children. (2) Methods: Dividing the sample into two age groups, OLS regression models were conducted for each dimension of father involvement with child characteristics as pre...
Salivary oxytocin after play with parents predicts behavioural problems in pres...
Torres, Nuno; Martins, Daniel; Monteiro, Lígia; Santos, António J.; Vaughn, Brian; Verissimo, ManuelaBackground: Oxytocin (OXT) has attracted research interest for its potential involvement in many of the behavioural problems observed in childhood. Due to its logistical advantages, saliva is an attractive fluid to quantify neuropeptides in children. Salivary OXT has been suggested as a potential biomarker for psychopathology during childhood. However, several questions still remain about the extent to which, a...
Parenting and child well-being during the COVID-19 outbreak: The importance of ...
Diniz, Eva; Brandão, Tânia; Monteiro, Lígia; Veríssimo, ManuelaThe pandemic situation of COVID-19 has introduced new challenges on family routines, affecting interpersonal relationships, which may have detrimental consequences to child well-being. The current study aimed to examine the direct effects of marital adjustment on child socioemotional adjustment and to test if parental self-efficacy mediated this association during home confinement due to COVID-19. A final sampl...
Early attachment to mothers and fathers: Contributions to preschoolers' emotion...
Fernandes, Carla; Fernandes, Marilia; Santos, António J.; Antunes, Marta; Monteiro, Lígia; Vaughn, Brian E.; Verissimo, ManuelaChildren acquire and develop emotional regulatory skills in the context of parent-child attachment relationships, nonetheless empirical studies have focused mainly on mother and less information is available regarding the role of both parent-child attachment relationships. Furthermore, despite its importance, there is no information regarding preschool years. This study aims to fill this gap by exploring the po...
Uma análise exploratória das relações entre as representações de vinculação do ...
Monteiro, Lígia; Maia, Rita; Fernandes, Carla; Fernandes, Marília; Antunes, Marta; Veríssimo, ManuelaEste estudo teve como principal objetivo explorar as relações entre as representações de vinculação (script de base segura) do pai, e o seu envolvimento em atividades práticas (relacionadas com a gestão e cuidados à criança) e em atividades com características lúdicas (brincadeira/lazer). Participaram 62 famílias nucleares, com crianças entre os 2 e os 5 anos, de estatuto socioeconómico médio e de duplo-rendime...
Profiles of father's relative involvement and children’s socio-emocional adjust...
Amaral, Rita; Monteiro, Lígia; Santos, CarolinaThe present study aimed to identify profiles of fathers on the basis of their Involvement in several activities (care and socialization) related to children’s daily life testing, subsequently, if there were differences in children’s social adjustment. Two-hundred and eighty-three nuclear families with preschool age children (139 boys) participated in the study. Two profiles were identified: Profile 1 – playmate...
Father’s involvement and parenting styles in Portuguese families. The role of e...
Monteiro, Lígia; Fernandes, Marília; Torres, Nuno; Santos, CarolinaEarly studies on fathers focused mainly on his presence in or absence from children’s lives, and the amount of time they spent with them. More recently, several authors have stated the importance of understanding the quality of father involvement to comprehend fully its impact on child development. However, studies have also reported that socio-demographic variables, namely, father educational levels and employ...