Comportamentos de risco na juventude: Uma perspetiva de género e interseccional

Tese de Doutoramento em Psicologia - Especialidade em Psicologia Social

A mediação sociofamiliar no âmbito do acolhimento residencial

A intervenção junto das famílias de crianças e jovens em contexto de acolhimento residencial visa o reforço das suas competências pessoais, familiares e sociais através de intervenções focalizadas e orientadas para a reunificação familiar. Tendo em consideração a complexidade do trabalho que deve ser desenvolvido junto destas famílias, na articulação dos seus sistemas envolventes (familiar, institucional e social), urge a necessidade de se criar condições que agilizem este processo de comunicação e interação. A mediação assume um papel importante neste processo, nomeadamente junto das famílias vulneráveis e socialmente em risco e/ou perigo e das diversas instituições intervenientes na institucionalização de crianças e jovens. Apresenta-se uma proposta de mediação sociofamiliar que visa o empoderamento das famílias, o fortalecimento dos laços familiares e a sua participação na construção de alternativas viáveis, responsáveis e duradouras, com vista à reunificação familiar das crianças e jovens em acolhimento residencial. A mediação sociofamiliar consiste num trabalho de facilitação da comunicação entre indivíduos da mesma família e os seus sistemas sociais e de proteção como forma de tornar mais próximas as suas relações e interações, essenciais ao equilibrado desenvolvimento das crianças e jovens e ao (re)estabelecimento dos laços afetivos no interior do sistema familiar.

Europa: uma questão profana ou sagrada?: estudo sobre as relações entre o poder político e as religiões no âmbito do processo de integração europeia

Dissertação de mestrado em Direito da União Europeia

O reforço da democracia local no âmbito da reforma da administração autárquica

Dissertação de mestrado em Direito das Autarquias Locais

Consequências da mora do segurador e o princípio neminem laedere no âmbito contratual

Relatório de atividade profissional de mestrado em Direito dos Contratos e da Empresa

Self-esteem, assertiveness and resilience in adolescents institutionalized

The institutionalization of children and adolescents has been an increasingly visible problem in modern society. Unfavourable socio-economic conditions have been joining the behavior problems and school absenteeism. When the family fails in its competence for education, social security or the Court withdraws the child or adolescent to a host institution. The aim of this research was to characterize self-esteem, assertiveness and resilience of institutionalized adolescents in the northern region of Portugal and to establish associations with these dependent variables and gender, scholar level and duration of the institutionalization. For the purpose of this study a wider questionnaire was carried out, and validated with a smaller group. It was a transversal study following a predominantly quantitative methodology, with a convenience sample. The sample included 101 adolescents (55 female and 46 males) from eight institutions, aged between 11 to 21 years old (average 15.45). For self-esteem the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (Rosenberg, 1965), already validate for Portuguese adolescents, was used. For assertiveness and resilience it was applied the Global Evaluation Scale of Assertiveness and the Global Evaluation Scale of Resilience (Jardim & Pereira, 2006) we previously adapted and validated for adolescents. Collected data was introduced in a SPSS database. A descriptive analysis was done to characterize the sample concerning all the variables. To establish associations between individual factors and dependent variables t test, correlations and non-parametric test were applied. Results indicated a relatively low self-esteem (28.03), with girls having a lower value than boys, without significant differences. No correlations were found between self-esteem and the time in the institution. Assertiveness of the sample is average (23.97) and higher for girls than boys, with a positive significant correlation with the scholar grade. Also the resilience is average (25.97), having girls a little lower mean than boys and no significant differences or correlations were found.

Study of validation of the Portuguese version of the inventory «Experiences in Close Relationships»

The Experiences in Close Relationships Inventory permits to evaluate attachment in close relationships during adulthood based on two dimensions able to be present in this kind of relationships: the avoidance of proximity and the anxiety related with to abandonment. It is a self-report 7- points likert scale composed by 36 items. The Portuguese version was administered to a sample of 551 university students (60% female), the majority with ages between 19 and 24 years old (88%) in a dating relationship (86%). The principal components analysis with oblimin rotation was performed. The total scale has good internal consistency (α=.86), as also has the 2 sub-scales: anxiety (α=.86) and avoidance (α=.88). The two dimensions evaluated are significantly correlated with socio-demographics, relational characteristics (jealousy, relationship distress, and compromise), wishes (enmeshment versus differentiation) and fears (abandonment versus control) related to attitudes in significant relationships, which testify the construct validity of the instrument. The results obtained are coherent with the original version and other ECR‘s adaptations. Practitioners and researchers in the context of clinical psychology and related areas have now at their disposal the Portuguese version of the ECR inventory, which has shown its very high usefulness in the study of close relationships, and specifically attachment in adulthood.