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Adaptation of the eco-anxiety scale to adult Portuguese native speakers: a vali...
Ferrajão, Paulo; Torres, Nuno; Martins, Amadeu QuelhasEco-anxiety is a multidimensional construct that includes emotional, behavioral and cognitive manifestations related to potential environmental calamities. There is a need to adapt and validate measures that evaluate eco-anxiety into Portuguese using a multi-trait approach. This study examined the psychometric properties of the Hogg Eco-Anxiety Scale (HEAS) in adult Portuguese speakers (18–83 years old). Data w...
Adaptation of the Revised Environmental Identity Scale to Adult Portuguese Nati...
Ferrajão, Paulo; Torres, Nuno; Martins, Amadeu QuelhasEnvironmental identity is a dimension of personal identity that reflects an individual’s sense of connection with nature and personal view of nature as part of her/his identity. There is a need to adapt and validate measures that assess environmental identity, namely in Portuguese. This study analyzed the validity and reliability of the Revised Environmental Identity Scale (Revised EID) in a sample of native sp...
An overview of threats exploring the confusion between top-level domains and fi...
Sales, Anderson; Torres, Nuno; Pinto, PedroCyberattacks exploit deceptions involving the Domain Name Service (DNS) to direct users to fake websites, such as typosquatting attacks, which exploit natural typographical errors, and homograph attacks, where different Unicode characters resemble the legitimate ones. The deception attacks may also exploit the confusion between DNS domain names, specifically Top-Level Domains (TLDs), and file extensions. Recent...
Assessing cybersecurity hygiene and cyber threats awareness in the campus: A ca...
Oliveira, Luís; Chmielewski, Andrzej; Rutecka, Paulina; Cicha, Karina; Rizun, Mariia; Torres, Nuno; Pinto, PedroCybersecurity skills are of utmost importance to prevent or mitigate the impact of cyberattacks. In higher education, there are graduations related to Information Technology (IT), where students are expected to develop technical skills, including cybersecurity. Thus, it is relevant to assess students’ cybersecurity awareness regarding cybersecurity hygiene and cyber threats when they start their academic studie...
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...
Examining the Factorial Structure of the Maternal Separation Anxiety Scale in a...
Guedes, Maryse; Monteiro, Lígia Maria Santos; Santos, António J.; Torres, Nuno; Verissimo, ManuelaThe 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...
Crenças sobre o papel do pai numa amostra de homens Portugueses: Implicações pa...
Amaral, Rita; Monteiro, Lígia Maria Santos; Santos, Carolina; Torres, NunoEste estudo teve como objetivo analisar variáveis explicativas da qualidade da parentalidade na perspetiva do pai, nomeadamente: 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 entr...
Preditores do envolvimento paterno numa amostra de famílias portuguesas. O pape...
Monteiro, Lígia Maria Santos; Torres, Nuno; Salinas-Quiroz, FernandoO 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...