Purpose The prevalence of parental burnout, a condition that has severe consequences for both parents and children, varies dramatically across countries and is highest in Western countries characterized by high individualism. Method In this study, we examined the mediators of the relationship between individualism measured at the country level and parental burnout measured at the individual level in 36 countrie...
Parental burnout (PB) is a pervasive phenomenon. Parenting is embedded in cultural values, and previous research has shown the role of individualism in PB. In this paper, we reanalyze previously collected data to identify profiles based on the four dimensions of PB, and explore whether these profiles vary across countries’ levels of collectivistic-individualistic (COL-IND) values. Our sample comprised 16,885 in...
What is it to be “an ideal parent”? Does the answer differ across countries and social classes? To answer these questions in a way that minimizes bias and ethnocentrism, we used openended questions to explore ideal-parent beliefs among 8,357 mothers and 3,517 fathers from 37 countries. Leximancer Semantic Network Analysis was utilized to first determine parenting culture zones (i.e., countries with shared ideal...
Abstract: The global impact of cancer emphasizes the importance of developing innovative, effective and minimally invasive therapies. In the context of superficial cancers, the development of a multifunctional nanoparticle-based system and its in vitro and in vivo safety and efficacy characterization are, herein, proposed as a proof-of-concept. This multifunctional system consists of gold nanoparticles coated w...
O estágio curricular internacional surgiu na sequência de dois Erasmus realizados pela estudante na Polónia em dois semestres diferentes. A escolha do estágio internacional seguiu três pensamentos distintos, mas complementares: estar em contacto com um meio laboral diferente do Português; criar mais habilidades linguísticas relacionadas com o espanhol e inglês; e, por fim, conviver com uma cultura em que, apesa...
After the long period of abstinence from information and communication technologies by Portuguese teachers, and a multitude of academic debates on the interest of their use at, and for the school, it finally seems possible to target attention exclusively on the way they are, or could be, used in schools. This article derives from a multiple case study in the non-higher education, with mixed, mainly qualitative ...
Objective. To identify the main difficulties first-time mothers experience in the postpartum period, during the first six months of the baby’s life. Methods. Level I qualitative, exploratory-descriptive study. The sample consisted of 11 first-time mothers of full-term healthy newborns. The data were collected through the “focus group” method. The mothers’ discourse was subject to content analysis, categorizing ...
Objetivos: (1) apresentar um estudo quasi-experimental para aferir a eficácia de uma abordagem tática ao ensino dos jogos desportivas coletivos de invasão (JDC-I), e (2) apresentar os resultados da fiabilidade da equipa de avaliação num estudo piloto. Neste estudo, serão incluídas 4 turmas do 3º Ciclo, divididas em dois grupos: experimental (GE) e controlo (GC). O GE será submetido a uma abordagem tática ao ens...
Os jogos desportivos coletivos de invasão (JDC-I) assumem uma grande expressão no curriculum da Educação Física no contexto escolar. A forma como os JDC-I têm sido tradicionalmente ensinados na escola é problemática, uma vez que se privilegia o ensino dos skills em detrimento da consciência tática, crítica para uma melhor performance em jogo. Partindo do pressuposto que os estudantes transferem aprendizagens do...