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How we survived: older adults’ adjustment to the lockdowns due to the COVID-19 ...
Jarego, Margarida; Tasker, Fiona; Costa, Pedro Alexandre; Pais-Ribeiro, José; Ferreira-Valente, AlexandraOlder adults were found to be the most susceptible group to suffer the physical health consequences of a COVID-19 infection and were considered vulnerable to the negative effects of the lockdowns due to the COVID-19 pandemic, yet unlike many young adults did not generally experience an increased rate of mental health problems. Our study explored the strategies older adults in Portugal deployed during the mandat...
How we survived: older adults’ adjustment to the lockdowns due to the COVID-19 ...
Jarego, Margarida; Tasker, Fiona; Costa, Pedro Alexandre; Pais-Ribeiro, José; Ferreira-Valente, AlexandraOlder adults were found to be the most susceptible group to suffer the physical health consequences of a COVID-19 infection and were considered vulnerable to the negative effects of the lockdowns due to the COVID-19 pandemic, yet unlike many young adults did not generally experience an increased rate of mental health problems. Our study explored the strategies older adults in Portugal deployed during the mandat...
Psychological Adjustment Profiles of LGBTQ+ Young Adults Residing with Their Pa...
Vázquez, Inês; Gato, Jorge Júlio de Carvalho Valadas; Coimbra, Susana; Tasker, Fiona; Barrientos, Jaime; Miscioscia, Marina; Cerqueira-Santos, ElderThe COVID-19 pandemic has been associated with poor mental health symptoms, particularly among vulnerable populations such as LGBTQ+ individuals. In the present study, we aimed to (i) identify different psychological adjustment profiles among LGBTQ+ young adults during the COVID-19 pandemic and compare LGBTQ+ young adults in relation to (ii) sociodemographic characteristics and COVID-19-related experiences and ...
Different placement practices for different families? Children’s adjustment in ...
Costa, Pedro Alexandre; Tasker, Fiona; Leal, Isabel Maria PereiraThe purpose of this study was to examine the characteristics of children placed with lesbian, gay, and heterosexual adopters, and to examine children's problem behaviors and positive psychosocial adjustment across the three family types.
Different Placement Practices for Different Families? Children’s Adjustment in ...
Costa, Pedro Alexandre; Tasker, Fiona; Leal, Isabel PereiraObjective: The purpose of this study was to examine the characteristics of children placed with lesbian, gay, and heterosexual adopters, and to examine children’s problem behaviors and positive psychosocial adjustment across the three family types. Background: There is evidence that children with hard-to-place profiles may be more likely to be matched with lesbian and gay parents. In addition, children adopted ...
Reactions from family of origin to the disclosure of lesbian motherhood via don...
Costa, Pedro Alexandre; Tasker, Fiona; Carneiro, Francis Anne Teplitzky; Pereira, Henrique; Leal, Isabel Maria PereiraMost studies of planned lesbian motherhood via donor insemination (DI) have sampled lesbian mothers in individualistic societies where adults have relatively distant connection to their family of origin. Our study examined the experiences of biological and non-biological lesbian mothers in five families who had children through DI after disclosing their motherhood status to their family networks in Portugal, a ...
Adaptação das versões completa e breve da Escala de Relação Coparental (ERC) em...
Leal, Isabel Maria Pereira; Tasker, Fiona; Garcia, Inês Queiroz; Costa, Pedro AlexandreA Escala de Relação Coparental (ERC) é uma das medidas mais utilizadas para avaliar a relação de coparentalidade. Pretendeu-se avaliar as propriedades psicométricas das versões completa e breve da ERC numa amostra comunitária de 779 pais e mães portugueses, com idades entre os 23 e os 65 anos (M = 42.73; DP = 5.27). As análises fatoriais confirmatórias forneceram evidências de um bom ajustamento dos dados, fiab...
Pathways to Fatherhood: Psychological Well-Being Among Israeli Gay Fathers Thro...
Shenkman, Geva; Siboni, Ofer; Tasker, Fiona; Costa, Pedro AlexandreThis study explored differences in psychological well-being as assessed by life satisfaction, parenthood satisfaction, depressive symptoms and the Big Five personality dimensions among 219 Israeli fathers; 76 gay men who had become fathers through a heterosexual relationship, 63 gay men who had become fathers through surrogacy, and 78 heterosexual men. After controlling for sociodemographic characteristics, gay...
Psychometric properties of the parent’s versions of the SDQ and the PANAS-X in ...
Costa, Pedro Alexandre; Tasker, Fiona; Ramos, Catarina; Leal, Isabel Maria PereiraThis study examined the psychometric properties of the parent's versions of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) and the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule-Extended Form (PANAS-X) in a community sample of Portuguese parents. A total of 1100 SDQ and PANAS-X were collected from an online sample of 761 parents, whose ages ranged from 23 to 65 years (M = 42, SD = 5). Confirmatory factor analyses pr...
Reactions from family of origin to the disclosure of lesbian motherhood via don...
Costa, Pedro Alexandre; Tasker, Fiona; Carneiro, Francis Anne; Pereira, Henrique; Leal, I.Most studies of planned lesbian motherhood via donor insemination (DI) have sampled lesbian mothers in individualistic societies where adults have relatively distant connection to their family of origin. Our study examined the experiences of biological and non-biological lesbian mothers in five families who had children through DI after disclosing their motherhood status to their family networks in Portugal, a ...