T his study approaches the experiences in Residential Care Homes from the perspective of eighteen former fostered adults and aims: (i) to know the reasons for the residential care measure; (ii) to identify the feelings experienced during the residential care measure; (iii) to identify the values and skills developed during the residential care measure; and (iv) to infer the factors promoting and inhibiting the ...
This qualitative and exploratory research aims to explain the conceptions of technicians about people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) and the concept of social participation, as well as to identify factors facilitating and inhibiting social participation and outline recommendations for the promotion of social participation. A questionnaire and semi-structured interview were used. In this ...
This quantitative, exploratory, and cross-sectional study aimed to know the level of intercultural sensitivity of students from Portuguese-speaking African Countries of a higher education institution located in the north and interior of Portugal. A total of 76 students taken part, mostly female (69,74%), of which 7,89% were student-workers, with an average age of 21,86 years (SD = 6,00). Data was gathered throu...
Adopting a bio-ecological perspective, bullying is considered a relational phenomenon influenced by several systems. Focusing on the school context, there is a growing interest in studying perceptions of bullying from the perspective of teaching professionals, particularly teachers. As operational assistants are responsible for the surveillance of school spaces where bullying events usually occur, these profess...
Partindo do modelo bioecológico de Bronfeenbrenner e Morris (2006), com este estudo exploratório e quantitativo, pretende-se conhecer o perfil social dos estudantes oriundos dos países PALOP e identificar as suas necessidades, mediante um inquérito por questionário. Colaboraram 112 estudantes, de ambos os sexos, sendo a média etária de 22,52 anos. Os resultados indicam que, mais de metade dos inquiridos, aufere...
No imaginário social prevalecem construções sociais da velhice que influenciam a forma como a sociedade e o próprio idoso encaram o processo de envelhecimento, o valor conferido à pessoa e aos seus contextos relacionais próximos e distais (Bronfenbrenner and Morris, 2006). Com este estudo descritivo, exploratório, de abordagem qualitativa pretende-se analisar como o idoso residente em Cabo Verde perceciona e vi...