Drawing on an ecological approach with multiple informants, this study investigated the mediating role of youth–caregiver relationship quality in associations between different features of residential care settings' organizational social context and youth's psychopathology. Participants were 378 youth aged between 12 and 25 years old, and 54 caregivers aged between 24 and 57 years old, from 29 generalist residential youth care settings in Portugal. Given the hierarchical structure of data, analyses were performed using multilevel modeling. Results revealed that organizational social contexts characterized by higher levels of engagement, stress, and centralization, as perceived by the caregivers, were associated with lower levels of youth's externalizing problems (e.g., aggressive behavior and delinquency), reported by the caregivers, via better youth–caregiver relationship quality, perceived by the youth in care. These findings highlight the relevance of creating an organizational social context in residential care settings that supports caregivers in establishing high‐quality relationships with the youth in care, thereby promoting their mental health. This study contributes to the clarification of conflicting findings in previous studies of this field, by offering further empirical investigation of these issues.

This study analysed adolescents' self-representation construction process, relying on the Looking Glass Self Hypothesis (LGSH) in parent-child relationships. More precisely, it analysed the mediating role of mothers' and fathers' reflected appraisals (i.e., adolescents' perceptions of their parents' appraisals of them) in the association between parents' actual appraisals and adolescents' self-representations. Participants were 221 adolescents, 12 to 16 years old (Mage = 13.7, SD = 1.24; 58.6% girls), and their parents (mother and father). The standard paradigm was used to measure the LGSH elements: self-representations were measured with the Self-Representation Questionnaire for Adolescents, which was reworded to measure parents' actual and reflected appraisals. Structural equation modelling with bootstrap estimation supported the LGSH for all self-representation domains under analysis.Results revealed full mediation of mothers' reflected appraisals in associations between mothers' actual appraisals and adolescents' self-representations for the instrumental and social domains, and partial mediation for the emotional and opposition domains. As for fathers, full mediation was found for the instrumental, social and opposition dimensions, while partial mediation was observed for the emotional dimension. Results are discussed considering the specificities of the adolescent-mother/father relationship and the different self-representation domains.

Adolescents' signs of emotional insecurity in the context of interparental conflict (IC) e emotional reactivity, internal representations (i.e., constructive/destructive; spillover) and behavioral responses (i.e., withdrawal; inhibition; involvement) e were examined as mediators in the relation between IC and adolescents' self-representations. Self-reported measures were filled out by 221 Portuguese adolescents (59.3% girls; Mage ¼ 12.91), attending public elementary and secondary schools. IC predicted less favorable selfrepresentations. Adolescents' emotional reactivity and withdrawal mediated the relation between IC and emotional and physical appearance self-representations, while conflict spillover representations and constructive family representations mediated associations between IC and instrumental self-representations. This study emphasizes the importance of interparental conflict and adolescent emotional insecurity in the construction of their self-representations, having important theoretical and practical implications. It highlights the value of analyzing the specific role of several emotional insecurity dimensions, and informs practitioners' work aimed at promoting constructive conflict and adaptive emotional regulation skills.

This paper aims to explore the association between over-indebtedness and two facets of well-being – life satisfaction and emotional well-being. Although prior research has associated over-indebtedness with lower life satisfaction, this study contributes to the extant literature by revealing its effects on emotional well-being, which is a crucial component of well-being that has received less attention. Besides subjective well-being (SWB), reported health, and sleep quality were also assessed. The findings suggest that over-indebted (compared to non-over-indebted) consumers have lower life satisfaction and emotional well-being, as well as poorer (reported) health and sleep quality. Furthermore, over-indebtedness impacts life satisfaction and emotional well-being through different mechanisms. Consumers decreased perceived control accounts for the impact of over-indebtedness on both facets of well-being (as well as on reported health and sleep). Financial well-being (a specific component of life satisfaction), partly mediates the impact of indebtedness status on overall life satisfaction. The current study contributes to research focusing on the relationship between indebtedness, well-being, health, and sleep quality, and provides relevant theoretical and practical implications.

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ResumoO papel do futuro no comportamento actual dos indivíduos, em particular dos jovens, tem sido alvo de atenção ao longo do tempo, destacando-se aquele que tem vindo a ser um efeito consistente de associação entre, por um lado, a perspectivação e a construção de planos de futuro -expressados pelo conceito de perspectiva temporal de futuro (PTF) -e, por outro, a expressão de comportamentos adaptativos, que contribuem para uma maior adaptação ao meio. Dois dos contextos de estudo em que essa relação é mais abordada são os da educação e da saúde, este último especificamente ao nível da promoção de comportamentos saudáveis e da prevenção de riscos. Tendo em conta estes dois contextos, o presente trabalho pretende sistematizar e discutir um conjunto de dados, resultantes de vários estudos, e que se consideram relevantes para a evidenciação dessa relação. Palavras-chave: Perspectiva Temporal de Futuro; Motivação; Comportamento Adaptativo. AbstractThe role of future in the current individual behavior, especially among youngsters, has been receiving considerable attention. It is important to underline the consistent effect of association between future plans construction and perspectives -as expressed by the Future Time Perspective (FTP) concept and adaptive behavior expression. This aspect is considered as a contributor to higher adaptation. Two of the contexts where that relation is studied are education and health, the latter specifically at healthy behavior development and risk prevention levels. Having in mind these two dimensions, the present article intends, to discuss some data from several studies, which are considered rele-vant for giving emphasis on such relation. Keywords: Future Time Perspective; Motivation; Adaptive Behavior.No âmbito da psicologia, têm vindo a ser desenvolvidos, ao longo do tempo, diversos estudos que enfatizam o papel que o futuro -e o modo como é perspectivado pelos indivíduos -pode ter nos comportamentos que estes apresentam no presente. Apesar desse papel do futuro poder ser operacionalizado de diversos formas, consideramos que a perspectiva temporal de futuro (PTF) é um conceito que se pode designar de aglutinador e tem um grande valor parcimonioso. Não admira, assim, que este conceito tenha sido abordado de diferentes modos e objectivos: desde a sua evolução ao longo do ciclo de vida, até à sua relação com variáveis de cariz sociodemográfico, o estudo da PTF e da construção de planos de futuro tem recolhido vários contributos.Ora, passadas várias dezenas de anos desde que Nuttin (1964) publicou um dos primeiros trabalhos com maior notoriedade neste domínio, pretende-se sublinhar ou reiterar o valor adaptativo que a PTF tem no comportamento dos indivíduos, focando, para isso, dois contextos onde se têm vindo a publicar alguns trabalhos: a educação e a saúde. Para tal, apresenta-se o presente texto, que se encontra estruturado em três partes: começa-se por discutir o papel do futuro no comportamento, clarificando-se seguidamente o conceito de PTF nas suas diferentes expressões, par...

This article presents the development and validation of the child Maltreatment Severity Questionnaire (MSQ), aiming to contribute to increase the quality and efficiency of evaluation processes in the Child Protection System (CPS). To obtain a valid and reliable instrument, a set of studies was developed: Study 1—Based on two previous studies, the questionnaire was developed and the severity level of the items within maltreatment subtypes was assigned by 93 professionals from the welfare and CPS system. Consensus about the severity levels was assessed and described in terms of within-item reliability rankings; Study 2—The MSQ was filled out for 253 children and adolescents referred to the CPS. To ensure that the items within different subtypes of maltreatment were homogenous and had internal consistency, a reliability analysis was performed; Study 3—The MSQ was filled out for 1,000 children and adolescents referred to the CPS. This study involved testing validity evidence through an exploratory and a confirmatory factor analysis. We also analyzed the internal consistency, sensibility (i.e., sex and age differences) and concurrent validity of the MSQ. Findings support the adequacy and reliability of the MSQ to be used by CPS professionals in evaluating child maltreatment.

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