This thematic axis integrates projects focused on family adjustment processes to different situations that affect families at different levels (e.g., economic crisis, health situations, military displacements). It also encompasses the study of wellbeing predictors in marital relationships and parenthood, and the role of families within the system of children and young people’ promotion and protection, such as adoption families or foster families. Digital skills and the impact of ICT use in the family context (and broader educational contexts) are also included, with a special focus on children and senior population.
PROJECTS
- 0-3 DigiKids
- Being a Couple
- Child Poverty: Truth or Consequence? The Effects of Family Income on Children's Holistic Development
- CUIDAR: Toward a Culture of Protection and Good Treatment of Children and Young People
- Family Foster Care of Children in Portugal: Dynamics and Perspectives
- hAPPy Kids
- Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Wellbeing of Children and Adolescents
- KiDiCoTi: Kids’ Digital Lives in COVID-19 Crisis Times (KiDiCoTi)
- Predicting and Promoting Empathy
- The Invisible Pillars of Families: Development and Validation of the "4EverFamily Questionnaire - Family Experience Assessment Scale