Isabel Narciso
Biographic Data
| ID | 4228150 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Isabel Narciso |
| GIVEN NAMES | Isabel |
| FAMILY NAME | Narciso |
| SIGNATURE | NARCISO I |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Lisbon |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0787-7203 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 23 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 72 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 23 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Breaking the cycle of socioeconomic disadvantage
Readiness for change in at-risk families
It is critical to increase engagement among at-risk families in parenting programs. • Assessing parent readiness for change is crucial to prevent dropout and low adherence. • We developed a brief, reliable measure of parental readiness for change for at-risk parents. • The results support the validity and reliability of the PFRCS-SV. • The scale is suitable for various settings, including research and clinical or social services. Low education an…
Supporting At‐Risk Families
At‐risk families often face chronic stress and adversity, affecting their ability to provide safe environments for their children. While interventions are vital for promoting recovery and reunification, their effectiveness is not yet well understood. This study uses in‐depth interviews with 24 psychologists and social workers to explore professionals' views on family recovery, including its meaning, key facilitating and inhibiting factors, recove…
Parental Attributions—Mothers’ Voices in Economically and Socially Disadvantaged Contexts
In the present study, the attributions of socially and economically disadvantaged mothers for their own negative parenting behavior and for their children's undesirable behaviors as perceived by parents-understood as misbehavior-were analyzed. To this end, an exploratory study with a qualitative design was developed, in which 24 socially and economically disadvantaged mothers were individually interviewed. The data were analyzed following a thema…
Driving for Success in Family Reunification—Professionals’ Views on Intervention
Family reunification is a complex process and is consensually considered the best solution for children in care, as soon as the family has changed the dysfunctional patterns that prevent child safety and well-being. Intervention throughout the entire process is crucial to the success of family reunification. This study aimed to explore and understand child protection professionals’ views on factors influencing (un)successful family reunification …
How Do Family Court Judges Theorize about Parental Alienation? A Qualitative Exploration of the Territory
Parental alienation (PA) and its conceptualization or understanding of the process underlying this dynamic has long been controversial, but it has also been frequently brought to courtrooms. This study provides an account of how legal professionals conceptualize "parental alienation" and how they describe the characteristics of the phenomenon. Using a qualitative design, 21 family court judges (range 33-60 years; 11 men and 10 women), working wit…
Second Journey through a Descriptive Review of Research on African Marital Relationships – Empirical Findings
This study follows up on a prior review of empirical research on African marital relationships (scientific dissemination, thematic focus, and methodology), and presents a summary of the results of empirical studies conducted in Africa (2000–2018) on psychological processes and patterns in conjugality. Forty-one empirical studies, performed predominantly in countries such as Nigeria, Ghana and South Africa, were analyzed. The main themes identifie…
Empirical research on parental alienation
Interactive Processes in Grief and Couples' Adjustment After the Death of a Child
The death of a child is an individual process of grief but also a context of significant relational processes, which have been only rarely considered in research. The aim of this study was to examine the interactive processes within bereaved parents. Eighteen married bereaved parents were interviewed individually. The semistructured script included questions about the couples' relationship after the death of the child, particularly the relational…
First Journey by a Descriptive Review of Empirical Research on African Marital Relationships—Scientific Dissemination, Thematic Focus, and Methodology
Family and marital research remains unrepresentative in African societies. The current study is a descriptive literature review of empirical research on African marital relationships published in peer-reviewed journals since the beginning of the 21st century. The aim of this study was to describe this body of research with regard to its methodology, main thematic foci, and scientific dissemination. Ninety studies published across 63 scientific jo…
Adoptive parents' evaluation of expectations and children's behavior problems
Mapping the “good mother” – Meanings and experiences in economically and socially disadvantaged contexts
Posttraumatic growth in bereaved parents
In clinical practice, health professionals assisting bereaved parents should pay attention to men and parents of older children, who might be at higher risk of difficulties in developing PTG. Additionally, promoting a more internalized bond with the child, resilience and dyadic coping, especially stress communication, can constitute important therapeutic goals. (PsycINFO Database Record
Parenting and emotional well-being of adoptive school-aged children
Values’ family flow
The present study analyzed cross-generational trends in values and family patterns of value association across three generations (grandparents, parents and children). In this study, 101 family triads with adolescent children (N = 303) completed questionnaires assessing personal values. Grandparents’ values (Generation 1) were measured through parents’ perceptions of their own parents. In general, parents prioritize collectivist values, and there …
Infidelity in Dating Relationships
O papel do ajustamento diádico na sintomatologia psicopatológica e qualidade de vida de doentes com perturbação psiquiátrica e dos parceiros saudáveis
O objetivo do presente estudo consistiu em avaliar o ajustamento individual e conjugal de casais numcontexto de perturbação psiquiátrica de um dos seus membros, explorando-se o papel dos indicadoresde ajustamento diádico na sintomatologia psicopatológica e qualidade de vida do doente e do parceirosaudável. A amostra foi constituída por 108 casais, 54 casais onde um elemento tem uma perturbaçãodiagnosticada (27 casais em que o doente identificado …
Self‐Destructive Symptomatic Frames in Clinical Adolescents
This study examines individual and family predictors of different self‐destructive patterns—only suicidal ideation, only nonsuicidal self‐injury ( NSSI ), or suicide attempts (that may also include both suicide ideation ( SI ) and NSSI )—in a sample of outpatient adolescents ( N = 42; 86% females) with mean age of 16 years ( SD = 1.86). Results indicated that there are differences in youngsters with self‐destructive behaviors in their perception …
Authenticity, work and change
Using the lenses of systemic family psychology and family sociology, this study explores the meanings of couple intimacy and the factors that have an impact on it. Through the qualitative analysis of 33 joint couple interviews, several links were found between current intimacy debates (ie, togetherness versus autonomy), which help to build a complex picture of relationship dynamics. The participants’ perspectives provided three important results.…
What is Sexual Satisfaction? Thematic Analysis of Lay People's Definitions
Sexual satisfaction is an important indicator of sexual health and is strongly associated with relationship satisfaction. However, research exploring lay definitions of sexual satisfaction has been scarce. We present thematic analysis of written responses of 449 women and 311 men to the question "How would you define sexual satisfaction?" The participants were heterosexual individuals with a mean age of 36.05 years (SD = 8.34) involved in a commi…
Processo de validação da Global Measure of Sexual Satisfaction em três amostras da população portuguesa
A satisfação sexual é um indicador importante da saúde sexual, contudo, a sua definição não é consensual. A Global Measure of Sexual Satisfaction (GMSEX) é um instrumento que avalia a satisfação sexual global no contexto de uma relação íntima. Pretendeu-se avaliar o comportamento psicométrico deste instrumento em três amostras distintas da população portuguesa, constituídas por participantes comprometidos em relações de coabitação: duas amostras …
Couple-Focused Interventions for HIV-Serodiscordant Couples During Transition to Motherhood
Family rituals in married couples
This study examined the association between self‐reports of family rituals and relationship attachment, relationship quality, and closeness in 150 married couples in Portugal. Using structural equation modeling to examine both within‐individual and across‐partner effects, the results were generally as predicted. First, lower levels of avoidant attachment were related to greater family investment in rituals. Second, greater family investment in ri…
What is Sexual Satisfaction? Thematic Analysis of Lay People's Definitions
Sexual satisfaction is an important indicator of sexual health and is strongly associated with relationship satisfaction. However, research exploring lay definitions of sexual satisfaction has been scarce. We present thematic analysis of written responses of 449 women and 311 men to the question "How would you define sexual satisfaction?" The participants were heterosexual individuals with a mean age of 36.05 years (SD = 8.34) involved in a commi…
Infidelity in Dating Relationships
Authenticity, work and change
Using the lenses of systemic family psychology and family sociology, this study explores the meanings of couple intimacy and the factors that have an impact on it. Through the qualitative analysis of 33 joint couple interviews, several links were found between current intimacy debates (ie, togetherness versus autonomy), which help to build a complex picture of relationship dynamics. The participants’ perspectives provided three important results.…
Values’ family flow
The present study analyzed cross-generational trends in values and family patterns of value association across three generations (grandparents, parents and children). In this study, 101 family triads with adolescent children (N = 303) completed questionnaires assessing personal values. Grandparents’ values (Generation 1) were measured through parents’ perceptions of their own parents. In general, parents prioritize collectivist values, and there …
Interactive Processes in Grief and Couples' Adjustment After the Death of a Child
The death of a child is an individual process of grief but also a context of significant relational processes, which have been only rarely considered in research. The aim of this study was to examine the interactive processes within bereaved parents. Eighteen married bereaved parents were interviewed individually. The semistructured script included questions about the couples' relationship after the death of the child, particularly the relational…
Mapping the “good mother” – Meanings and experiences in economically and socially disadvantaged contexts
Processo de validação da Global Measure of Sexual Satisfaction em três amostras da população portuguesa
A satisfação sexual é um indicador importante da saúde sexual, contudo, a sua definição não é consensual. A Global Measure of Sexual Satisfaction (GMSEX) é um instrumento que avalia a satisfação sexual global no contexto de uma relação íntima. Pretendeu-se avaliar o comportamento psicométrico deste instrumento em três amostras distintas da população portuguesa, constituídas por participantes comprometidos em relações de coabitação: duas amostras …
Adoptive parents' evaluation of expectations and children's behavior problems
Parenting and emotional well-being of adoptive school-aged children
Family rituals in married couples
This study examined the association between self‐reports of family rituals and relationship attachment, relationship quality, and closeness in 150 married couples in Portugal. Using structural equation modeling to examine both within‐individual and across‐partner effects, the results were generally as predicted. First, lower levels of avoidant attachment were related to greater family investment in rituals. Second, greater family investment in ri…
Couple-Focused Interventions for HIV-Serodiscordant Couples During Transition to Motherhood
Authenticity, work and change
Using the lenses of systemic family psychology and family sociology, this study explores the meanings of couple intimacy and the factors that have an impact on it. Through the qualitative analysis of 33 joint couple interviews, several links were found between current intimacy debates (ie, togetherness versus autonomy), which help to build a complex picture of relationship dynamics. The participants’ perspectives provided three important results.…
What is Sexual Satisfaction? Thematic Analysis of Lay People's Definitions
Sexual satisfaction is an important indicator of sexual health and is strongly associated with relationship satisfaction. However, research exploring lay definitions of sexual satisfaction has been scarce. We present thematic analysis of written responses of 449 women and 311 men to the question "How would you define sexual satisfaction?" The participants were heterosexual individuals with a mean age of 36.05 years (SD = 8.34) involved in a commi…
Processo de validação da Global Measure of Sexual Satisfaction em três amostras da população portuguesa
A satisfação sexual é um indicador importante da saúde sexual, contudo, a sua definição não é consensual. A Global Measure of Sexual Satisfaction (GMSEX) é um instrumento que avalia a satisfação sexual global no contexto de uma relação íntima. Pretendeu-se avaliar o comportamento psicométrico deste instrumento em três amostras distintas da população portuguesa, constituídas por participantes comprometidos em relações de coabitação: duas amostras …
O papel do ajustamento diádico na sintomatologia psicopatológica e qualidade de vida de doentes com perturbação psiquiátrica e dos parceiros saudáveis
O objetivo do presente estudo consistiu em avaliar o ajustamento individual e conjugal de casais numcontexto de perturbação psiquiátrica de um dos seus membros, explorando-se o papel dos indicadoresde ajustamento diádico na sintomatologia psicopatológica e qualidade de vida do doente e do parceirosaudável. A amostra foi constituída por 108 casais, 54 casais onde um elemento tem uma perturbaçãodiagnosticada (27 casais em que o doente identificado …
Self‐Destructive Symptomatic Frames in Clinical Adolescents
This study examines individual and family predictors of different self‐destructive patterns—only suicidal ideation, only nonsuicidal self‐injury ( NSSI ), or suicide attempts (that may also include both suicide ideation ( SI ) and NSSI )—in a sample of outpatient adolescents ( N = 42; 86% females) with mean age of 16 years ( SD = 1.86). Results indicated that there are differences in youngsters with self‐destructive behaviors in their perception …
Values’ family flow
The present study analyzed cross-generational trends in values and family patterns of value association across three generations (grandparents, parents and children). In this study, 101 family triads with adolescent children (N = 303) completed questionnaires assessing personal values. Grandparents’ values (Generation 1) were measured through parents’ perceptions of their own parents. In general, parents prioritize collectivist values, and there …
Infidelity in Dating Relationships
Posttraumatic growth in bereaved parents
In clinical practice, health professionals assisting bereaved parents should pay attention to men and parents of older children, who might be at higher risk of difficulties in developing PTG. Additionally, promoting a more internalized bond with the child, resilience and dyadic coping, especially stress communication, can constitute important therapeutic goals. (PsycINFO Database Record
Parenting and emotional well-being of adoptive school-aged children
First Journey by a Descriptive Review of Empirical Research on African Marital Relationships—Scientific Dissemination, Thematic Focus, and Methodology
Family and marital research remains unrepresentative in African societies. The current study is a descriptive literature review of empirical research on African marital relationships published in peer-reviewed journals since the beginning of the 21st century. The aim of this study was to describe this body of research with regard to its methodology, main thematic foci, and scientific dissemination. Ninety studies published across 63 scientific jo…
Adoptive parents' evaluation of expectations and children's behavior problems
Mapping the “good mother” – Meanings and experiences in economically and socially disadvantaged contexts
Interactive Processes in Grief and Couples' Adjustment After the Death of a Child
The death of a child is an individual process of grief but also a context of significant relational processes, which have been only rarely considered in research. The aim of this study was to examine the interactive processes within bereaved parents. Eighteen married bereaved parents were interviewed individually. The semistructured script included questions about the couples' relationship after the death of the child, particularly the relational…
Empirical research on parental alienation
Second Journey through a Descriptive Review of Research on African Marital Relationships – Empirical Findings
This study follows up on a prior review of empirical research on African marital relationships (scientific dissemination, thematic focus, and methodology), and presents a summary of the results of empirical studies conducted in Africa (2000–2018) on psychological processes and patterns in conjugality. Forty-one empirical studies, performed predominantly in countries such as Nigeria, Ghana and South Africa, were analyzed. The main themes identifie…
Parental Attributions—Mothers’ Voices in Economically and Socially Disadvantaged Contexts
In the present study, the attributions of socially and economically disadvantaged mothers for their own negative parenting behavior and for their children's undesirable behaviors as perceived by parents-understood as misbehavior-were analyzed. To this end, an exploratory study with a qualitative design was developed, in which 24 socially and economically disadvantaged mothers were individually interviewed. The data were analyzed following a thema…
Driving for Success in Family Reunification—Professionals’ Views on Intervention
Family reunification is a complex process and is consensually considered the best solution for children in care, as soon as the family has changed the dysfunctional patterns that prevent child safety and well-being. Intervention throughout the entire process is crucial to the success of family reunification. This study aimed to explore and understand child protection professionals’ views on factors influencing (un)successful family reunification …
How Do Family Court Judges Theorize about Parental Alienation? A Qualitative Exploration of the Territory
Parental alienation (PA) and its conceptualization or understanding of the process underlying this dynamic has long been controversial, but it has also been frequently brought to courtrooms. This study provides an account of how legal professionals conceptualize "parental alienation" and how they describe the characteristics of the phenomenon. Using a qualitative design, 21 family court judges (range 33-60 years; 11 men and 10 women), working wit…
Supporting At‐Risk Families
At‐risk families often face chronic stress and adversity, affecting their ability to provide safe environments for their children. While interventions are vital for promoting recovery and reunification, their effectiveness is not yet well understood. This study uses in‐depth interviews with 24 psychologists and social workers to explore professionals' views on family recovery, including its meaning, key facilitating and inhibiting factors, recove…
Breaking the cycle of socioeconomic disadvantage
Readiness for change in at-risk families
It is critical to increase engagement among at-risk families in parenting programs. • Assessing parent readiness for change is crucial to prevent dropout and low adherence. • We developed a brief, reliable measure of parental readiness for change for at-risk parents. • The results support the validity and reliability of the PFRCS-SV. • The scale is suitable for various settings, including research and clinical or social services. Low education an…
Psychology (19 works) · Social Psychology (13 works) · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics (12 works) · Developmental psychology (12 works) · Social Psychology (9 works) · Qualitative research (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (7 works) · Family Dynamics and Relationships (6 works) · Political science (6 works)