Graduated in Psychology from the Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar, 2012; Brazil). Master in Psychology from the Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar, 2016), having carried out a research internship abroad at the University of Porto, Portugal. PhD in Psychology from the Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar, 2020), with a doctoral internship abroad, developed at the University of Guelph, Canada. She held a postdoctoral internship at the Université catholique de Louvain (Belgium). She is currently a postdoctoral fellow in Psychological Assessment at the University of San Francisco (USF; Brazil). She has experience in Psychology, working mainly on the following topics: adult development, father involvement and family relationships, parental burnout, psychological assessment, and psychometrics. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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There is still no consensus on the equivalence of parental involvement of fathers and mothers. However, the importance of father involvement is known, which makes its precise assessment necessary. Psychometrics characteristics of the Inventário de Envolvimento Paterno (IFI-BR) have already been verified in Brazil (adequate reliability and diverse validity evidence). However, psychometric …
Father involvement is influenced by fathers', mothers' and children's psychosocial conditions, and is related to impacts on the healthy development of the children and their parents. An empirically tested theoretical model and a psychometrically sound instrument to measure this involvement would contribute to the quality of professional work in this area. The Inventory of Father Involveme…
Given recent changes in the routines of couples with young children, researchers are studying new patterns of father-child interaction. Existing research indicates that when fathers are actively involved in raising their children, there are benefits for the children's development, the marital relationship and the fathers' sense of his competence as parents. However, the absence of a valid…
Despite its importance, parenting can also cause negative feelings of exhaustion. This happens when there is a chronic imbalance between personal resources and stressors related to the parental context, which can result in conditions such as parental burnout (PB). Thus, it is necessary to better understand this construct and its relationships, including fathers' perspective and considerin…
Father involvement affects children's lives as well as the wellbeing of both parents. However, few researchers have empirically challenged the theoretical models of father involvement which is imperative to better understand and evaluate the relevance and meaning of father involvement and fathering. With a particular interest in positive father-child relationships, one of the primary obje…
Existing research indicates that when fathers are actively involved in raising their children, there are benefits for the children's development, the marital relationship and the fathers' sense of his competence as parents. However, the absence of a valid instrument to directly measure father involvement, in Brazil, hampers the evaluation of parent intervention programs that aim to streng…
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