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- Adaptação da escala de significados da Grã-Parentalidade - Versão Avós - à população portuguesaPublication . Peixoto, Ricardo; Gonçalves, Carlos ManuelDesde há vários anos, a família tem sofrido mudanças significativas, resultando numa maior probabilidade de coexistência e convivência de várias gerações familiares. Consequentemente, as relações intergeracionais, nomeadamente entre avós e netos, têm assumido grande relevância na investigação nacional e internacional. O presente trabalho pretende adaptar a Escala de Significados da Grã-Parentalidade versão avós – ESGP-A – (Triadó & Villar, 2000) à população portuguesa. Participaram 294 avôs/avós com idades compreendidas entre os 52 e os 90 anos. O valor global de alfa de Cronbach da adaptação foi de 0,85, variando entre 0,62 e 0,88 para as 5 respetivas sub-escalas, com um total de 27 itens, tendo variância explicada total de 53,2%. As qualidades psicométricas da escala, consideradas aceitáveis, apontam para um instrumento com potencial para a investigação em Portugal. Pretende-se, em futuros desenvolvimentos, melhorar os valores de alfa de Cronbach das sub-escalas com valores inferiores a 0,70, acrescentado novos itens que visam ainda aumentar a variância explicada. Apesar das diferenças encontradas na organização dos itens das várias sub-escalas, mantém-se a coerência conceptual subjacente à escala original. Discutem-se e justificam-se as diferenças em relação à versão original e ponderam-se as limitações desta adaptação, apontando-se futuros desenvolvimentos.
- Associations between burnout and personal and professional characteristics: a study of Portuguese teachersPublication . Dias, Paulo César; Peixoto, Ricardo; Cadime, IreneRecent research has suggested that teachers’ burnout is growing and, consequently, affecting their overall satisfaction with life and professional involvement. The goal of this study was to assess burnout in Portuguese teachers and to explore whether burnout levels are associated with teachers’ personal and professional characteristics. A sociodemographic questionnaire and the Oldenburg Burnout Inventory (OLBI) were used to collect data from a sample of 262 teachers, who were mostly female (66.0%), were aged between 26 and 63 years (mean = 44, SD = 7.95), and had an average of 18 years of experience in teaching regular classes (SD = 9.22) and an average of 2 years of experience in special education (SD = 4.97). The results suggested the adequate psychometric properties of the OLBI in Portuguese teachers. Moreover, the older the teachers were, the higher the levels of burnout they reported. Burnout was positively associated with the number of years of experience but only in regular education teachers. Although no differences in burnout as a function of experience in inclusive classrooms were found, a positive correlation of teachers’ burnout with the number of students with special needs in the classroom was identified. The results are discussed according to the literature, and suggestions for future studies are presented.
- Burnout among Portuguese pastoral ministersPublication . Dias, Paulo César; Peixoto, Ricardo; Rodrigues, Luís M. FigueiredoBurnout has been recognised as an occupational risk but also an indicator of organisational conditions and adjustment. This paper explores the role of personal, psychological, and professional experience factors in pastoral burnout compared to burnout in other caring professions. Using a set of questionnaires, data were collected from 64 pastoral ministry members, 192 elder care assistants and 258 teachers. Pastoral ministry members showed lower exhaustion and higher satisfaction with future security. Additionally, burnout symptoms were related to depression and stress. When compared with other groups, pastoral ministry members revealed lower levels of burnout. The results are discussed, and suggestions for further studies are presented.
- Burnout: personal and work factors in volunteer and career firefightersPublication . Dias, Paulo C.; Oliveira, Íris M.; Rodrigues, Anabela; Peixoto, RicardoPurpose: Firefighters are daily confronted with adverse, unpredictable and demanding situations. It is a dangerous profession that puts firefighters at risk of developing burnout. Although the literature has already identified personal and work-related factors of burnout, the examination of specific factors explaining burnout among volunteer and career firefighters is still needed. The purpose of this study is to investigate the explaining role of personal and work-related factors on volunteer and career firefighters' burnout. Design/methodology/approach: A nonrandom convenience sample of 250 firefighters (67% volunteer; M-age = 31.88) completed a sociodemographic questionnaire, the Oldenburg Burnout Inventory, the Proactive Coping Scale and a standard of living subscale item. Hierarchical multiple linear regression models were tested. Fisher's criterion was considered, with p-values lower than 0.05 interpreted as statistically significant. Findings Personal and work-related factors accounted for 18% of volunteer and 31% of career firefighters' variations in burnout. Personal factors offered a greater contribution explaining volunteer and career firefighters' burnout. Still, variations in the role played by age, family responsibilities, proactive coping and satisfaction with standard of living on burnout were found among volunteer and career firefighters. Taking the work-related factors into account, working in rotative shifts constituted a risk factor for career firefighters' burnout. Research limitations/implications This study advances the understanding about the role of personal and work-related factors in volunteer and career firefighters' burnout. Originality/value: This study adds information about specific factors explaining burnout among voluntary and career firefighters. It deepens existing knowledge on variations in the role played by age, family responsibilities, work conditions, proactive coping and satisfaction with standard of living on the burnout of volunteer and career firefighters.
- Employees’ fit to telework and work well-being: (in)voluntariness in telework as a mediating variable?Publication . Lopes, Sílvia; Dias, Paulo C.; Sabino, Ana; Cesário, Francisco; Peixoto, RicardoPurpose: The present study aims to examine the mediating role of (in)voluntariness in teleworking in explaining the relationship between employees’ fit to telework and work well-being (i.e. work engagement and exhaustion). Design/methodology/approach: A cross-sectional survey design was used in this study. The sample comprised 222 individuals performing telework in Portugal. Statistical analyses employed were descriptive statistics, Pearson’s correlation, confirmatory factor and structural equation analyses, and mediation analysis using Hayes Process macro. Findings: The findings confirmed the hypothesis that employees’ fit to telework raises the voluntariness in telework and decreases involuntariness in telework. However, contrary to expectations, no significant relationships were found between voluntariness in telework, work engagement and exhaustion. Yet, involuntariness in telework showed a significant role in decreasing work engagement and increasing workers’ exhaustion. The mediating role of involuntariness in telework was confirmed in explaining the relationship between employees’ fit to telework and exhaustion. Practical implications: Managers in global firms can draw from the results to understand how employees’ fit to telework directly and/or indirectly contributes to work well-being and develop human resource (HR) management practices aiming to increase employees’ fit to telework. Originality/value: Although teleworking is already studied, to the best of the authors’ knowledge, no studies have analyzed the same conceptual model employees’ fit to telework, (in)voluntariness in teleworking and work well-being.
- Mastering new technologies: does it relate to teleworkers’ (in)voluntariness and well-being?Publication . Dias, Paulo; Lopes, Sílvia; Peixoto, RicardoPurpose: This study aims to examine the associations among mastering new technologies, teleworkers’ voluntariness and involuntariness and employee well-being (i.e. work engagement and exhaustion). To the best of the authors’ knowledge, no studies have explored the relationships among these constructs in the same conceptual model. Design/methodology/approach: Data were collected from a sample of 451 individuals performing telework in Portugal. AMOS was used to test all hypotheses of the study. Findings: The findings showed a positive relationship between mastering new technologies and teleworkers’ voluntariness and a negative relationship between mastering new technologies and teleworkers’ involuntariness. However, contrary to expectations, voluntariness in teleworking was not significantly related to either work engagement or exhaustion. However, consistent with the theoretical background of self-determination theory, involuntariness in teleworking was negatively related to work engagement and positively related to exhaustion. Originality/value: This study contributes to the literature by addressing the analysis of telework-related variables that may impact workers’ well-being. Implications for human resource management policies and knowledge management are discussed.
- Psychopathology in nullity of marriage cases: contributes of the relational-symbolic modelPublication . Peixoto, Ricardo; Raguso, Fabrizia; Trigueiros, Liliana Fernandes SilvaOn any human reality, people experience differently the same event, which originates different narratives to describe them. The existence of a psychopathology on an individual reinforces these differences, since it is often the condition that takes the individual to a maladjusted interpretation of the reality. A couple’s relationship is no different in that regard. A nullity of marriage case, because it includes several unknown individual decision making elements and maturational elements (except to oneself), doesn’t allow, in most cases, direct, factual or conclusive evidence of its nullity, especially in cases where some form of psychopathology is pointed out. Although Psychopathology and Psychiatry offer a vast array of tools in order to detect these pathologies, we find situations where the nonexistent pathology could indicate a valid marriage, but the way the relationship was built and evolved before marriage, as well as the development of each spouse, may indicate other elements that may limit one’s ability to decide. Therefore, we may have situations where traditional Psychopathology or Psychiatry may be insufficient for some nullity of marriage requests. The Relational-Symbolic Model has on its core the study of family development including the families of origin, through the study of familial transmission of values and ways of life, the conscious/unconscious assumption of the transmitted family models and the way the new couple combines their families influences that each has received. This knowledge may help to determine individual inadequacies which may be deterrent to the matrimonial vows, even if an individual psychopathology doesn’t exist. The study of these cases may also shed some light on relationship consistency elements. With this study, we intend to analyze cases that have been evaluated using the Relational-Symbolic Model in order to discuss its possible contributions to this kind of evaluation. We also intend to understand if there are common elements of marriage consistency and inconsistency in those cases. As for methodology, we will use multiple case study, because it allows to find and analyze both similarities and differences between the cases and, therefore, to contribute for a deep analysis of the subject.
- Purpose in life in higher education: is there a role for service-learning?Publication . Ribeiro, Luísa Mota; Doroftei, Alexandra; Miranda, Francisca; Themudo, Carmo; Dias, Paulo; Peixoto, Ricardo; Oliveira, Ana; Correia, Maria; Aramburuzabala, Pilar; Rosário, Pedro; Bringle, Robert G.The current study analyzed university students’ purpose in life in the context of service-learning (SL) courses developed in a university in Portugal. Briefly, 112 graduation and master students, from different areas, involved in 15 SL courses (82 female; 73.2%; age ranging from 18 to 51; M = 23; SD = 6.51) participated in this study. Questionnaires included an open-ended question about students’ purpose in life. Four closed-ended questions were included to understand student’s perceptions of change in their purpose in life arising from the SL courses and other perceptions about their SL course. Qualitative data were analyzed via content analysis with NVivo. Results indicated that students’ purpose in life ranged from social-related goals, such as helping or caring for others, to personal-related goals, including personal growth and well-being. Most of the students (71.4%) reported that their purpose in life changed moderately or a lot after participating in a SL course. Findings are discussed in light of the literature, identifying implications for the development of SL courses in higher education, considering the contribution of this pedagogic methodology to the definition and reconfiguration of young people’s purpose in life.
- Significados e impacto das experiências de aprendizagem-serviço: perspetivas de estudantes universitáriosPublication . Ribeiro, Luísa Mota; Miranda, Francisca; Correia, Maria; Dias, Paulo; Ribeiro, Célia; Peixoto, Ricardo; Oliveira, Ana; Themudo, Carmo; Pona, Rita Paiva e; Costa, Helena Gil da; Costa, Joana Cunha e; Silva, Marta