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What makes fathers involved? Fathers’ time, education, and cooperative coparenting
Diniz, Eva; Pais Brandão, Tânia Raquel; Verissimo, ManuelaFather involvement is considered multidetermined, being influenced by personal and family characteristics. These variables, however, are rarely examined together, leaving unclear what makes fathers involved. A multilevel dyadic approach was used to examine the relationship between fathers’ and mothers’ demographics, parenting stress, coparenting, and father involvement among dual-earner couples (n=311 dyads). F...
The role of child, maternal and household factors in the reported use of physic...
Rancheiro, Telma; Guedes, Maryse; Verissimo, ManuelaAbstract: Physical punishment is the use of physical force to cause to body pain or discomfort, to correct children’s misbehaviour (Gershoff, 2008) and negatively impacts children’s development (Gershoff, 2002). To overcome limitations in the current state-of-art knowledge in Portugal, this study aimed to describe the maternal reports about the use of different physical punishment practices in the last year and...
The relationships between empathy and social behaviours in middle childhood
Pires, Eva; Fernandes, M.; Fernandes, C.; Verissimo, ManuelaAbstract: Concern for others’ welfare is part of normative development. However, some children respond to others’ distress with concern and helpful approaches, while others respond with suspicion, hostility, indifference. Although the literature around empathy has increased over the years, there isn’t a consensus over its associations with prosociality and internalizing or externalizing problems. A sample of 19...
Attachment to mother and father, sleep, and well-being in late middle childhood
Perpétuo, Catarina; El Sheikh, Mona; Diniz, Eva; Verissimo, ManuelaThe security of attachment has been related to several advantageous developmental outcomes, such as good sleep quality and higher well-being indicators. However, few studies concern the associations between attachment dimensions to both parents, sleep, and well-being in late middle childhood. Our study aims to expand knowledge in this area, clarifying the above-mentioned associations by considering the secure b...
Associations between secure base script knowledge in early childhood and percei...
Fernandes, C.; Fernandes, M.; Antunes, Marta; Santos, António J.; Vaughn, Brian; Verissimo, ManuelaAbstract: Previous studies suggest that mental representations of attachment can show moderate stability across childhood but none of these considered the child’s use of the Secure Base Script (SBS). This study tested the longitudinal stability of attachment representations from early to middle childhood, providing data that will allow us to determine whether the SBS score behaves like other attachment measures...
Associations between secure base script knowledge in early childhood and percei...
Fernandes, Carla; Fernandes, Marilia; Antunes, Marta; Santos, António J.; Vaughn, Brian; Verissimo, ManuelaPrevious studies suggest that mental representations of attachment can show moderate stability across childhood but none of these considered the child’s use of the Secure Base Script (SBS). This study tested the longitudinal stability of attachment representations from early to middle childhood, providing data that will allow us to determine whether the SBS score behaves like other attachment measures for early...
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...
Early attachment to mothers and fathers: Contributions to preschoolers' emotion...
Fernandes, Carla; Fernandes, Marilia; Santos, António J.; Antunes, Marta; Monteiro, Lígia; Vaughn, Brian E.; Verissimo, ManuelaChildren acquire and develop emotional regulatory skills in the context of parent-child attachment relationships, nonetheless empirical studies have focused mainly on mother and less information is available regarding the role of both parent-child attachment relationships. Furthermore, despite its importance, there is no information regarding preschool years. This study aims to fill this gap by exploring the po...
A systematic review on attachment and sleep at preschool age
Perpétuo, Catarina; Diniz, Eva; Verissimo, ManuelaSleep is a biological process that impacts nearly every domain of a child’s life. Sleep-wake regulation influences and it is highly influenced by developmental variables related to parent-child relationships, such as attachment. The main goal of the present systematic review is to analyze and integrate the findings of empirical studies investigating the relations between attachment and sleep in preschool age, a...