Lara Ayala-Nunes
Biographic Data
| ID | 347060 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lara Ayala-Nunes |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lara |
| FAMILY NAME | Ayala-Nunes |
| SIGNATURE | AYALA-NUNES L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universidad de Sevilla |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5070-7731 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 18 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 13 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The Enrich Marital Satisfaction (EMS) Scale
Marital satisfaction is a key construct in the assessment of a couple’s relationship, and it encompasses aspects such as the feelings of affection, trust, and companionship that arise from the exchanges between spouses. The ENRICH Marital Satisfaction (EMS) Scale has been widely used as a reliable measure to assess marital satisfaction. In the present study, we aimed to analyze the psychometric properties and the factor structure of the EMS Scale…
The Adapted Duke-UNC Functional Social Support Questionnaire in a Community Sample of Portuguese Parents
Purpose: Social support measures have generated empirical evidence of helping relationships and their role in family functioning and well-being. Social support networks affect parental practices and the ways in which families overcome stressful life events. Thus, it is important to gather knowledge about the different forms of support that families can benefit from. The aim of this study was to translate, adapt, and validate the Portuguese versio…
The enrich marital satisfaction scale
Marital satisfaction is a multidimensional construct that encompasses the satisfaction with marital interactions and with the emotional and the practical aspects of marriage. Marital satisfaction has a great impact on personal well-being and affects the family as a whole; low marital satisfaction has been associated with unhappiness and with higher divorce rates. Furthermore, marital satisfaction is related with family functioning and is an indic…
Parents’ perceived social support and children’s psychological adjustment
Perceived social support has often been investigated due to its direct and indirect effects in reducing the impact of several risk factors on physical and psychological well-being. Moreover, many studies have revealed a link between social support and positive parenting, which in turn has an impact on children’s well-being. In Portugal, there is a significant lack of studies in this area. The aim of the present study was to analyze the relationsh…
The Brief Cope
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 (Copi…
The effectiveness of a child day-care program in child welfare services
A Ecological Model of Well-Being in Child Welfare Referred Children
The Reactive–Proactive Aggression Questionnaire
Quality of life of Portuguese and Spanish adolescents. A comparative study between natives and immigrants
The aim of this study was to analyse differences in quality of life (QOL) between Spanish and Portuguese immigrant and native adolescents. In total, 475 native and immigrant adolescents (52% boys) from Algarve (Portugal) and Huelva (Spain), aged between 12 and 17 years old, were assessed with the KIDSCREEN-52. QOL dimensions were not related to most academic variables, with the exception of number of school failures, Financial Resources and Socia…
The Social Anxiety Scale for Adolescents
Parenting and stress
This study analyzed parenting stress, parental sense of competence, and stressful life events in families at psychosocial risk in Western Andalusia (Spain) and the Algarve (Portugal). Differences and similarities between families from both countries on these dimensions were explored, as well as the influence of country of origin in determining risk profiles for this population. Although both groups shared some sociodemographic characteristics, di…
Family feedback in Child Welfare Services
Psychometric properties of an adapted version of the parental sense of competence ( PSOC ) scale for P ortuguese at‐risk parents
Parental sense of competence is one of the central dimensions targeted on psychosocial interventions aimed at supporting at‐risk families. Researchers and practitioners need reliable instruments to assess the parental role adapted for these families. Although the parental sense of competence ( PSOC ) scale has been frequently used to assess this construct, there is still no adapted version for P ortuguese parents. In this study, the reliability, …
A Ecological Model of Well-Being in Child Welfare Referred Children
Psychometric properties of an adapted version of the parental sense of competence ( PSOC ) scale for P ortuguese at‐risk parents
Parental sense of competence is one of the central dimensions targeted on psychosocial interventions aimed at supporting at‐risk families. Researchers and practitioners need reliable instruments to assess the parental role adapted for these families. Although the parental sense of competence ( PSOC ) scale has been frequently used to assess this construct, there is still no adapted version for P ortuguese parents. In this study, the reliability, …
The enrich marital satisfaction scale
Marital satisfaction is a multidimensional construct that encompasses the satisfaction with marital interactions and with the emotional and the practical aspects of marriage. Marital satisfaction has a great impact on personal well-being and affects the family as a whole; low marital satisfaction has been associated with unhappiness and with higher divorce rates. Furthermore, marital satisfaction is related with family functioning and is an indic…
Parenting and stress
This study analyzed parenting stress, parental sense of competence, and stressful life events in families at psychosocial risk in Western Andalusia (Spain) and the Algarve (Portugal). Differences and similarities between families from both countries on these dimensions were explored, as well as the influence of country of origin in determining risk profiles for this population. Although both groups shared some sociodemographic characteristics, di…
Family feedback in Child Welfare Services
Psychometric properties of an adapted version of the parental sense of competence ( PSOC ) scale for P ortuguese at‐risk parents
Parental sense of competence is one of the central dimensions targeted on psychosocial interventions aimed at supporting at‐risk families. Researchers and practitioners need reliable instruments to assess the parental role adapted for these families. Although the parental sense of competence ( PSOC ) scale has been frequently used to assess this construct, there is still no adapted version for P ortuguese parents. In this study, the reliability, …
Parenting and stress
This study analyzed parenting stress, parental sense of competence, and stressful life events in families at psychosocial risk in Western Andalusia (Spain) and the Algarve (Portugal). Differences and similarities between families from both countries on these dimensions were explored, as well as the influence of country of origin in determining risk profiles for this population. Although both groups shared some sociodemographic characteristics, di…
Quality of life of Portuguese and Spanish adolescents. A comparative study between natives and immigrants
The aim of this study was to analyse differences in quality of life (QOL) between Spanish and Portuguese immigrant and native adolescents. In total, 475 native and immigrant adolescents (52% boys) from Algarve (Portugal) and Huelva (Spain), aged between 12 and 17 years old, were assessed with the KIDSCREEN-52. QOL dimensions were not related to most academic variables, with the exception of number of school failures, Financial Resources and Socia…
The Social Anxiety Scale for Adolescents
The Reactive–Proactive Aggression Questionnaire
The effectiveness of a child day-care program in child welfare services
A Ecological Model of Well-Being in Child Welfare Referred Children
Parents’ perceived social support and children’s psychological adjustment
Perceived social support has often been investigated due to its direct and indirect effects in reducing the impact of several risk factors on physical and psychological well-being. Moreover, many studies have revealed a link between social support and positive parenting, which in turn has an impact on children’s well-being. In Portugal, there is a significant lack of studies in this area. The aim of the present study was to analyze the relationsh…
The Brief Cope
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 (Copi…
The Enrich Marital Satisfaction (EMS) Scale
Marital satisfaction is a key construct in the assessment of a couple’s relationship, and it encompasses aspects such as the feelings of affection, trust, and companionship that arise from the exchanges between spouses. The ENRICH Marital Satisfaction (EMS) Scale has been widely used as a reliable measure to assess marital satisfaction. In the present study, we aimed to analyze the psychometric properties and the factor structure of the EMS Scale…
The Adapted Duke-UNC Functional Social Support Questionnaire in a Community Sample of Portuguese Parents
Purpose: Social support measures have generated empirical evidence of helping relationships and their role in family functioning and well-being. Social support networks affect parental practices and the ways in which families overcome stressful life events. Thus, it is important to gather knowledge about the different forms of support that families can benefit from. The aim of this study was to translate, adapt, and validate the Portuguese versio…
The enrich marital satisfaction scale
Marital satisfaction is a multidimensional construct that encompasses the satisfaction with marital interactions and with the emotional and the practical aspects of marriage. Marital satisfaction has a great impact on personal well-being and affects the family as a whole; low marital satisfaction has been associated with unhappiness and with higher divorce rates. Furthermore, marital satisfaction is related with family functioning and is an indic…
Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (12 works) · Psychology (12 works) · Developmental psychology (11 works) · Social Psychology (10 works) · Clinical Psychology (9 works) · Social Psychology (9 works) · Clinical Psychology (8 works) · Confirmatory factor analysis (7 works) · Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum (7 works) · Portuguese (7 works)