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- Academic achievement and emotional and behavioural problems: the moderating role of genderPublication . Dias, Pedro; Veríssimo, Lurdes; Carneiro, Alexandra; Figueiredo, BárbaraThe present study aimed to explore the association between academic achievement and emotional and behavioural problems and the moderation role of gender in this association. 1350 Portuguese school-aged children and adolescents from first to ninth grade (6–15-year-old), part of a national representative sample, were assessed by teachers and parents with questionnaires from the Achenbach System of Empirically Based Assessment (ASEBA). Results show that academic achievement significantly predicts child and adolescent’s internalizing, externalizing, and total problems. Gender moderates the association between academic achievement and child and adolescent’s externalizing and total problems, both at school and in the family context. The results underscore the relevance of academic achievement in children and adolescent’s emotional and behavioural problems, and particularly in boys.
- Agreement and disagreement on emotional and behavioral problems in a sample of preschool-age childrenPublication . Carneiro, Alexandra; Dias, Pedro; Pinto, Raquel; Baiao, Rita; Mesquita, Ana; Soares, IsabelThe present study aimed to identify predictors of agreement and disagreement concerning emotional and behavioral problems reported by the mothers and teachers of preschool-aged children. Participants included 172 (89 boys) children, their mothers, and their preschool teachers. Mothers were asked to complete the Child Behavior Checklist for Ages 11/2-5 (CBCL 11/2-5), the Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI), and a sociodemographic questionnaire, and were observed engaging in an interactive task with their child. Preschool teachers completed the Caregiver Teacher Report Form for Ages 11/2-5 (CTRF). The results show low cross-informant agreement. None of the studied variables predicted cross-informant agreement; however, maternal psychopathology and the presence of an assistant in the classroom were predictors of disagreement between mothers and teachers. Although these results highlight the influence of maternal and school context variables on the disagreement among informants' reports on the emotional and behavioral problems of preschool-aged children, additional research in this field is needed.
- Assessment of Psychopathology in children with the ASEBA battery: Preliminary psychometric data from the Portuguese populationPublication . Dias, Pedro; Carneiro, Alexandra; Campos, Joana; Lima, Vânia Sousa; Machado, Bárbara César; Xavier, Maria Raúl; Veríssimo, Lurdes
- Assessment of psychopathology in Portuguese referred children: preliminar psychometric data with the ASEBA batteryPublication . Dias, Pedro; Carneiro, Alexandra; Lima, Vânia Sousa; Machado, Bárbara César; Veríssimo, Lurdes; Xavier, Maria Raúl
- Assessment of psychopathology in Portuguese referred children: Preliminary psychometric data with the ASEBA batteryPublication . Dias, Pedro; Carneiro, Alexandra; Lima, Vânia Sousa; Machado, Bárbara César; Xavier, Maria Raúl; Veríssimo, Lurdes; Santos, Sónia
- Assessment of temperament at 13 and 24 months using maternal report: validation of the Portuguese version of infant characteristics questionnairePublication . Carneiro, Alexandra; Dias, Pedro; Magalhães, Carla; Soares, Isabel; Rangel-Henriques, Margarida; Silva, Joana; Marques, Sofia; Baptista, JoanaTemperament is a set of individual traits that has his origins in biology that is demonstrated from earlychildhood, and has some kind of continuity over time. So, and since the assessment of temperament allows us to understand further the child’s functioning, it becomes relevant validate instruments to collect this type of data. The studies presented here are part of a broader research project that aims to understand the development of children aged from 0 to 60 months. More specifically, the two studies generally aim to validate the Infant Characteristics Questionnaire (ICQ1) for 13 and 24 months of age for the Portuguese population, using mothers as informants. The first sample consists in 289 infants aged between 11 and 20months (Study 1) and the second sample comprised 398 children aged between 21 and 32 months (Study2). The two samples were collected in nurseries and day-care area of †northern Portugal, and are convenience samples. In collecting data, in addition to completing the ICQ1, the mother was asked to complete a questionnaire with demographic information about her, child and pregnancy. The specific objectives of this study were to evaluate the psychometric properties of the two versions of this instrument such as construct validity and internal consistency. The results show that factorial solutions achieved were both appropriate for these versions of ICQ1 to 13 months and to 24 months. In addition, levels of internal consistency of the dimensions obtained are generally adequate.
- At the ‘risky’ end of things: labelling, self-concept and the role of supportive relationships in young livesPublication . Matos, Raquel; Campos, Luísa; Martins, Filipe; Deakin, Jo; Carneiro, Alexandra; Fox, Claire; Markina, AnnaThe ‘risky’ label attached to certain groups of young people has disproportionately made them the target of ‘interventions’ designed to monitor, rehabilitate or punish. This article explores how young people experience and respond to that label across many aspects of their lives from school to leisure and from justice to welfare. We employ the notion of self-concept to understand the negative impact of labelling on young people and by contrast, the enabling influence of supportive relationships. Our analysis points to a relevant link between labelling and conflict and young people’s self-concept, as well as to the relationship between self-concept and demonstrations of different forms of agency. Drawing on key findings from a meta-ethnographic synthesis of case studies from three countries (Estonia, Portugal and UK), we find that, regardless of the country where young people live, the significant relationships in their lives are essential for breaking the ‘risk-labelled’ cycle and to promote a more positive path. The case studies were developed with 71 participants (49 male), mostly aged between 15 and 24 years old, who presented long paths of conflict with major normative social institutions like the family, school, or the law, frequently leading to school exclusion and, sometimes, anti-social or criminal behaviour.
- Avaliação da Psicopatologia em Crianças e Adolescentes Portugueses com a Bateria ASEBA em Amostras Normativas e Clínicas: Estudo PreliminarPublication . Carneiro, Alexandra; Dias, Pedro; Lima, Vânia Sousa; Machado, Bárbara César; Xavier, Maria Raúl; Veríssimo, Lurdes; Campos, Joana
- Avaliação da psicopatologia em crianças e adolescentes portugueses com a bateria ASEBA: resultados preliminares com amostra normativaPublication . Dias, Pedro; Carneiro, Alexandra; Lima, Vânia Sousa; Machado, Bárbara César; Veríssimo, Lurdes; Xavier, Maria Raúl
- Avaliação do temperamento aos 13 e aos 24 meses através do relato do educador: validação da versão portuguesa do Infant Characterístics QuestionnairePublication . Magalhães, Carla; Dias, Pedro; Carneiro, Alexandra; Soares, Isabel; Rangel-Henriques, Margarida; Silva, Joana; Marques, Sofia; Baptista, JoanaSão apresentados dois estudos de validação do Infant Characteristics Questionnaire (ICQ; Bates, Freeland & Lounsbury, 1979) para a população portuguesa, junto de educadores de crianças entre os 11 e os 20 meses de idade (Estudo 1) e educadores de crianças entre os 21 e os 32 meses de idade (Estudo 2). No primeiro estudo foi avaliada uma amostra de conveniência de 289 bebés e, no segundo, uma amostra de conveniência de 398 crianças. O objectivo dos estudos foi a avaliação das qualidades psicométricas deste instrumento. Os estudos permitiram alcançar soluções factoriais adequadas para o ICQ, a partir do relato dos educadores. Os níveis de consistência interna das dimensões obtidas são, no geral, satisfatórios.