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The baby care scale: a psychometric study with fathers during pregnancy and the...
Pinto, Tiago Miguel; Nunes-Costa, Rui; Figueiredo, BárbaraThe Baby Care Scale (BCS) was designed to assess the involvement of father in infant care during pregnancy and the postpartum period. This study aimed to examine the psychometric characteristics of the BCS - antenatal (BCS-AN) and BCS - postnatal (BCS-PN) versions. A sample of 100 primiparous fathers completed the BCS-AN and/or the BCS-PN and self-reported the measures of anxiety and depressive symptoms and of ...
Paternal Adjustment and Paternal Attitudes Questionnaire: Antenatal and postnat...
Pinto, Tiago Pinto; Samorinha, Catarina; Tendais, Iva Alexandra Barbosa; Nunes-Costa, Rui; Figueiredo, BárbaraThe Paternal Adjustment and Paternal Attitudes Questionnaire (PAPA) was designed to assess paternal adjustment and paternal attitudes during the transition to parenthood. This study aimed to examine the psychometric characteristics of the Portuguese versions of the PAPA-Antenatal (PAPA-AN) and -Postnatal (PAPA-PN) versions. A nonclinical sample of 128 fathers was recruited in the obstetrics outpatient unit, and...
Psychosocial adjustment and physical health in children of divorce
Nunes-Costa, Rui; Lamela, Diogo; Figueiredo, BárbaraObjective: To review the literature on the effects of parental divorce over the psychological maladjustment and physical health problems in children of divorced parents, thus contributing to the integration of existing scientific knowledge based on the biopsychosocial model of the impact of divorce on children’s physical health as proposed by Troxel and Matthews (2004). Sources: Review of the literature using M...