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Costa, Ana; Faria, Luísa – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2023
This study examined and compared how the trajectories of two types of implicit theories (IT; general intelligence and emotional intelligence EI) evolve over the 3-year period of the Portuguese secondary school period. The effects of students' gender, academic achievement, and EI on the developmental path of IT were also explored. Two hundred…
Descriptors: Emotional Intelligence, Intelligence, Foreign Countries, Secondary Schools
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Obrovská, Jana; Aguiar, Cecília; Silva, Carla Sofia; Petrogiannis, Konstantinos – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2023
Roma communities are a disadvantaged minority in Europe which is particularly underrepresented in social and educational research. This study aimed to investigate the predictors of Roma mothers' educational aspirations for their children in the Czech Republic, Greece, and Portugal. Participants included 461 mothers with a Roma background (135 from…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Academic Aspiration, Parent Aspiration, Migrants
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Maio, Rui; Guichard, Sofia; Cadima, Joana – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2022
Although intercultural practices are believed to be extremely relevant to combat educational disadvantages, evidence on the factors that are related to their implementation is not yet well established. This study aims to deepen the understanding regarding the implementation of intercultural practices by professionals working in disadvantaged and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cultural Awareness, Intercultural Communication, Disadvantaged
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Ferreira, Inês A.; Silva, Carla S.; Neves, Leonor; Guichard, Sofia; Aguiar, Cecília – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2021
Previous research highlights several benefits of shared book reading (SBR) for child development, but less studies exist about its predictors (Yarosz and Barnett, 2001). Literature on home SBR in Portugal is scarce (Araújo & Costa, 2015; Peixoto et al., 2008), and studies on its predictors in families at socioeconomic risk or Roma families in…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Reading Aloud to Others, Family Environment, Social Differences
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Dias, Paulo César; Peixoto, Ricardo; Cadime, Irene – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2021
Recent 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…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Burnout, Teacher Characteristics, Job Satisfaction
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Melkonian, Michael; Areepattamannil, Shaljan; Menano, Luisa; Fildago, Patricia – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2019
Drawing on data from the fifth cycle of the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA), the authors examined the relations of reported acculturation orientations--heritage as well as host culture-orientations--and perceived cultural distance between host and heritage culture with academic performance among 399 first- and second-generation…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Acculturation, Adolescents, Adolescent Attitudes
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Simões, Francisco; Calheiros, Maria Manuela – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2019
The present study tests a model of the interplay between teaching style determinants, interpersonal resources, and teacher burnout dimensions, controlling for teachers' experience variables. Two-hundred and ninety-seven teachers in the Portuguese educational system teaching in a rural region participated in the research. Using a Structural…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teaching Styles, Interpersonal Competence, Teacher Burnout