This paper reports on parents' empowerment, using the concept of appreciative inquiry, that is, the process of transforming and strengthening a system to heighten positive potential of parents (Cooperrider, 1990). It draws ...

The exploratory research presented in this article investigated the perspectives on the gender roles and stereotypes in the care of children and their sexual education of a small group of educated parents, using a patriarchal ...

Cross-cultural studies are necessary to test and understand how measures work in diverse multicultural societies. Positive parenting needs to be defined and the basic elements making up this construct need to be established. ...

The research highlights the importance of immigrant parents assuming a leading and mediating role in the processes of school adjustment and their children’s educational inclusion. However, the difficulties that parents ...

The objective of this study was to investigate the practices of parental involvement of the schools faced on mothers whose their children have autism. It was observed a shortage of national studies about the theme even ...

Introduction: Anxiety is considered fairly common in young people, with high prevalence rates and the tendency to worsen over time. The associations between emotional intelligence, perceived parenting styles and anxiety ...