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RE - Série 2, n.º 02: (2017)

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Browsing RE - Série 2, n.º 02: (2017) by Author "Costa, José"

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  • Parenting scale self-test: study of psychometric properties
    Publication . Matos, Ana; Costa, José; Pinheiro, Maria; Silva, Eliana; Marques, Cristiana
    Introduction: The Parenting Scale Self-Test (Gottman & Declaire, 1997) evaluates what parents think about emotions and the way they react to them. It also tries to determine the ways by which the parents teach their children to recognize, express and deal with emotions. Objective: The aim of this study is to evaluate some psychometric properties of PSST, namely its factorial structure and internal consistency. Methods: The sample consisted of 335 parents (65.07% female and 34.93% male) whose children are between 14 and 20 years of age. An exploratory factorial analysis was conducted using the principal components method with direct oblimin rotation. Results: The structure of the scale changed from the original, presenting in the Portuguese sample three parenting styles towards emotions: disapproving, explorer and accepting styles. The internal consistency of the scale showed alpha values of .87, .85 and .70, respectively. Conclusions: This research constitutes an initial step in the study and adaptation of the psychometric properties of the PSST in a sample of the Portuguese population, and is an important contribution for future research and clinical practice.
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  • The moderating effect of parenting styles on the relationship between social anxiety and depressive symptomatology in adolescents
    Publication . Silva, Eliana; Matos, Ana; Costa, José; Ramos, Vanessa; Lopes, Joana
    Intruduction: The comorbidity between depression and social anxiety is high in adolescence. Parental emotion socialization behaviors have been associated with the development of social skills and depressive symptomatology. Objectives: This study aims to explore the moderating effect of parenting styles on the relationship between social anxiety and depression, to study the associations between them, and to analyze the relationship between parenting styles, social anxiety and depressive symptomatology in adolescents. Methods: The sample consisted of 122 parents and their children. Self-report instruments were used to assess social anxiety, depressive symptomatology and parenting styles. Results: It was found that social anxiety is significantly associated to depression and that the former has a predictive effect on the latter. The parenting styles revealed no significant associations with either depressive symptomatology or with social anxiety, but a moderating effect of explorer parenting style was found in the relationship between social anxiety (public performance) and depressive symptomatology. Conclusions: The present investigation confirmed the existence of a significant association between social anxiety and depressive symptomatology in adolescence and suggests an effect of parental practices of emotional socialization in this relation, which, however, should be replicated in future research. It will also be important to study the effect of parenting styles on children's emotional regulation skills and their possible mediating effect on the relationship between social anxiety and depression.
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