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Salivary oxytocin after play with parents predicts behavioural problems in pres...
Torres, N.; Martins, D.; Monteiro, L.; Santos, A. J.; Vaughn, B. E.; Verissimo, MBackground: 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 psychopa- thology during childhood. However, several questions still remain about the extent to which,...
The role of child’s age, sex, and temperament in father involvement during the ...
Santos, C.; Monteiro, L.; Torres, N.(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...
Rhythm but not melody processing helps reading via phonological awareness and p...
Sousa, J.; Martins, M.; Torres, N.; Castro, S. L.; Silva, S.Despite abundant evidence that music skills relate to enhanced reading performance, the mechanisms subtending this relation are still under discussion. The Temporal Sampling Framework (TSF) provides a well-defined explanation for the music-reading link: musical rhythm perception would relate to reading because it helps to encode speech units, which, in turn, is fundamental to reading. However, in spite of this ...
Parenting sensitivity, salivary oxytocin levels and children’s behavioral probl...
Torres, N.; Santos, C.; Monteiro, L.The 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...
Examining the factorial structure of the maternal separation anxiety scale in a...
Guedes, M.; Monteiro, L.; Santos, A. J.; Torres, N.; Veríssimo, M.The increase in women’s labor market participation emphasizes the importance of understanding maternal separation anxiety, that is, the unpleasant maternal emotional state, due to the actual or anticipated short-term separation from the child. Drawing on the insights of the attachment and psychoanalytic perspectives, the Maternal Separation Anxiety Scale (MSAS) was developed to overcome existing measurement gap...
Implication paternelle chez des enfants d’âge préscolaire. Contributions des st...
Santos, C.; Monteiro, L.; Torres, N.; Tereno, S.Cette étude vise à analyser les facteurs prédictifs de l’implication du père, en tenant compte du style parental, du niveau d’études et les heures de travail, ainsi que des caractéristiques des enfants: leur âge, sexe et affectivité négative. Cent quatre-vingt-six familles nucléaires, avec des enfants d’âge préscolaire (90 garçons), ont participé à l’étude. Les résultats indiquent que les facteurs prédictifs si...
Toward an understanding on father involvement in divorced families
Diniz, E.; Monteiro, L.; Torres, N.; Tereno, S.; Veríssimo, M.Important changes regarding the traditional family structure and the beliefs about gender roles, more specifically about the parental roles, have contributed to an increasing number of studies focusing on the father and his involvement in the family, especially with the child. However, research is still scarce among divorced families. Therefore the main goal of this study was to analyze father involvement with ...
Crenças sobre o papel do pai numa amostra de homens portugueses: implicações pa...
Amaral, R.; Monteiro, L.; Santos, C.; Torres, N.Este estudo teve como objetivo analisar variáveis explicativas da qualidade da parentalidade na perspetiva do pai, em particular as crenças sobre o seu papel e variáveis sociodemográficas como a idade, habilitações literárias e trabalho. Participaram 207 pais, de famílias nucleares, com crianças a frequentar o pré-escolar (105 rapazes). Os resultados indicam que existem associações significativas e positivas en...
Preditores do envolvimento paterno numa amostra de famílias portuguesa. O papel...
Monteiro, L.; Torres, N.; Salinas-Quiroz, F.O presente estudo visou analisar preditores do envolvimento paterno em atividades do dia-a-dia relacionadas com a criança, considerando a perspetiva do pai (crenças sobre o papel do pai) e testando o possível papel regulador da mãe (via crenças maternas). Foram controladas variáveis sociodemográficas dos cuidadores (e.g., habilitações) e da criança (e.g., sexo). Participaram no estudo 241 famílias nucleares (pa...
How do hypothalamic nonapeptides shape youth’s sociality? A systematic review o...
Torres, N.; Martins, D.; Santos, A. J.; Prata, D.; Veríssimo, L.The hypothalamic nonapeptides oxytocin and vasopressin are important modulators of socio-affective behaviours in a wide variety of animal species, including humans. Nevertheless, there is little research addressing their possible roles on socio-affective dimensions of human behaviour across development, during which considerable behavioural and physiological change occurs. Questions still remain about the exten...