Objectives: This study aimed to examine the effects of poverty on child well-being and family functioning among low-income families. Specifically, it explored the role of parental stress, family dynamics, and contextual strain on children’s behavioral and emotional outcomes. Using a sample of families receiving welfare support, the research sought to assess the impact of conditional cash transfer programs and t...
Background Children’s time use is a complex developmental phenomenon in need of a more in-depth, detailed understanding. Objective The present study aimed to provide a comprehensive description of children’s everyday lives in middle childhood and examine how different portfolios and patterns of daily activities occurring at home, school, and community are influenced by multilevel ecological factors. Method Base...
Neste capítulo, revisitamos as origens das medidas de autorrelato e analisamos as suas caraterísticas, confrontando-as com as das estatísticas oficiais. As medidas de autorrelato são um método de recolha de informação amplamente usado na Criminologia, cujas potencialidades e limitações devem ser conhecidas e ponderadas. ∙ No panorama nacional, abordamos os instrumentos de delinquência autorrevelada adaptados pa...
Learning, leisure, social, and movement activities are essential facets of children´s development affecting their physical, mental, and social well-being. During the first Covid-19 lockdown and post-lockdown period, children´s everyday lives were disrupted and altered in significant ways for an extended period, raising several concerns regarding its negative effects. This study investigated children´s daily act...
Esta pesquisa teve como objetivos, por um lado, compreender a estruturação das avaliações psicológica em ações de guarda e, por outro, identificar a existência de homogeneidade ou heterogeneidade nessas práticas. Participaram neste estudo 29 psicólogos jurídicos brasileiros, que responderam a um questionário online construído com base na literatura. A análise dos resultados foi realizada através da Análise Temá...
Specialized literature points consistently to the relevance of parental stress in parenting practices and in the risk of child abuse. At the same time, it is known that socioeconomic status constitutes a risk factor to parental stress. This research aimed to compare differences in parental stress and risk of child abuse between different socioeconomic families, as well as determine whether parental stress const...
Background: Social inclusion is a context for both risk and protective factors of migrant youth delinquency. This study aims to shed light on the issue by comparing delinquency amongst native, first-generation, and second-generation immigrant youths in Portugal, a country located in the south of Europe, an area where research in this field is still scarce. Methods: The research is based on the International Sel...
A educação emocional na escola funciona como estratégia de desenvolvimento para alunos e professores gerirem melhor as suas emoções. A educação cognitiva proporciona um contributo crucial para uma melhor compreensão do funcionamento do cérebro, tornando-se numa ferramenta muito útil para melhorar a qualidade e eficiência do processo ensino-aprendizagem. O objetivo geral deste trabalho consistiu em analisar o po...
The concept of childhood adversity has been highlighted in the literature, given its relevance and impact on child development. According to the adaptation-based approach, children who develop in adverse environments adapt cognitively and behaviorally to them. The purpose of this study was to investigate possible relationships between adverse experiences and social information processes of threat detection beha...
Research with children who are victims of domestic violence necessarily involves careful methodological and ethical consideration. This encompasses an analysis of research planning, procedures and techniques, taking into account study objectives and the unique characteristics of participants. In this chapter we intend to discuss the relevance of methodological and ethical aspects in the studies on violence invo...