Avaliação educacional: Desafios e prospecções

Nunes, Andréa Karla Ferreira; Sabino, Rosimeri Ferraz

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“…The at-risk group reported a lower educational level compared to the community sample. This result is similar to other studies that showed that at-risk families live in precarious economic, employment and educational conditions and therefore constitute a vulnerable group [ 6 , 7 , 11 ].…”

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“…There are families in which there is a variable, but significant, degree of risk for the well-being of children, although the situation is not serious enough to require child out-of-home placement [ 5 , 6 , 7 ]. In this context, and from a situational perspective, one type of stress that stands out is the one associated with the exercise of parenting.…”

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The Brief COPE: Measurement Invariance and Psychometric Properties among Community and At-Risk Portuguese Parents

Nunes

Pérez-Padilla

Martins

et al. 2021

IJERPH

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Parenting generally brings about high internal and external demands, which can be perceived as stressful when they exceed families’ resources. When faced with such stressors, parents need to deploy several adaptive strategies to successfully overcome these challenges. One of such strategies is coping, an important cognitive and behavioural skill. In this study, we intended to examine the psychometric properties of Carver’s (1997) Brief COPE (Coping Orientation to Problems Experienced), extending its cross-cultural validity among a Portuguese sample of community and at-risk parents. The sample comprised community (n = 153) and at-risk (n = 116) parents who completed the brief COPE, the Family Adaptability and Cohesion Scales and the Parenting Stress Index—Short Form. Confirmatory factor analysis, internal consistency, cross sample invariance, convergent and discriminant validity were analysed. Data from the confirmatory factor analysis revealed that the 14-factor model obtained the best fit. The results provided evidence that the Brief COPE is a psychometrically sound instrument that shows measurement invariance across samples and good reliability. Our findings demonstrated that the Portuguese version of brief COPE is a useful, time-efficient tool for both practitioners and researchers who need to assess coping strategies, a relevant construct in family context.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 91%