Family and Development

Code:

MTP10

Acronym:

FD

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Psychology

Instance: 2023/2024 - 2S

Active?	No
Web Page:	http://https://sigarra.up.pt/fpceup/pt/ucurr_geral.ficha_uc_view?pv_ocorrencia_id=407604
Course/CS Responsible:	Master in Psychology Themes

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MTP	0	Official Curricular Structure	1	-	6	54	162

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

This course aims to contribute to the scientific training of practitioners in the family and parenting domain, enabling them to contact with theoretical perspectives and empirical studies. In a more specific way it is intended to sensitize students to:

1. The role of the social and historical context in determining family's experiences
2. The family's role in determining children’s development and adjustment
3. The complexity of parent-child interactions and their impact on children’s development and adjustment
4. Positive parenting
5. The levels of parenting intervention

Learning outcomes and competences

At the end of the semester students should be able to:

1. Discuss family functioning and parental behavior using the most relevant theoretical models
2. Discuss the relationship between parental actions, cognitions and emotions
3. Identify positive parenting principles
4. Place families on different levels of parenting intervention according to their specific needs
5. Define evidence-based parenting programs.

Working method

Presencial

Program

1. Theoretical models framing positive parenting
   
   
   
   1. Attachment theory
   
   
   2. Sociogenetic approach
   
   
   3. The bioecological model of human development
   
   
   
   


2. Parental behavior
   
   
   
   1. Child rearing styles and practices
   
   
   2. The moderating effect of child temperament
   
   
   
   


3. Parental cognitions and emotions
   
   
   
   1. Attribution theory
   
   
   2. Parental meta-emotion
   
   
   
   


4. Positive parenting principles


5. Parenting intervention.

Mandatory literature

Asmussen Kirsten; The^evidence-based parenting practitioner.s handbook. ISBN: 978-0-415-60993-7
Bornstein Marc H. 340; Handbook of parenting. ISBN: 0-8058-3778-7 (vol.1)
Cruz Orlanda; Parentalidade. ISBN: 978-989-8148-83-4
Matthew R. Sanders; The power of positive parenting. ISBN: 978-0-19-062906-9

Teaching methods and learning activities

. Lecture

. Discussion of problem situations

. Discussion of homework activities

. Role-playing

keywords

Social sciences > Psychological sciences > Psychology > Developmental psychology
Social sciences > Psychological sciences > Psychology > Educational psychology

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

designation	Weight (%)
Exame	60,00
Participação presencial	10,00
Trabalho escrito	30,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	96,00
Frequência das aulas	54,00
Trabalho de campo	6,00
Trabalho escrito	6,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

Students must be present in, at least, 75% of the classes and present the written essays.

Calculation formula of final grade

Final grade is based on the student’s achievement in the following three components (weights in parenthesis):

Final exam (60%)

Written essays (30%).

Active participation in classes (10%)

Grades will be presented on the 0 to 20 scale.

The student must have at least 8 points in each component.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Any situation involving a special assessment should be presented by students and reviewed by professors at the beginning of the semester.

Classification improvement

Only applicable to the final exam.