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Exchange Market Pressure in African Lusophone Countries [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper explores the credibility of exchange rate arrangements for the five African Portuguese-speaking (PALOP) countries. Our working hypothesis is that credibility necessarily implies low mean exchange market pressure (EMP), low EMP conditional ...
Macedo, Jorge Braga de   +2 more
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Birth‐Related Experiences and Postpartum Depression: The Protective Role of Self‐Compassion

open access: yesBirth, EarlyView.
Does self‐compassion (SC) moderate the relationship between birth satisfaction, type of birth, and early skin‐to‐skin contact (SSC) in women's PPD symptoms? Methods: 987 women with an infant aged 0–5 months. 62.1% Vaginal delivery. 66.3% SSC contact after delivery.
Helena Moreira, Colin R. Martin
wiley   +1 more source

Lexical inference training for homonyms: Two randomized controlled trials for children with English as a first and an additional language

open access: yesBritish Journal of Educational Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Many words have multiple meanings, which present challenges to learning, yet research has yet to identify effective interventions for homonyms. Lexical inference may be a promising strategy. Aim To evaluate a brief, novel lexical inference intervention for homonyms. Samples Children aged 7–8 years (Study 1: N = 180, Study 2: N = 76).
Sophie A. Booton   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Universities Fostering Financially Healthy Competencies: Mitigating Domestic Bias for Optimal Decision‐Making

open access: yesBulletin of Economic Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study explores the relationship between financial capability and domestic bias in investment decisions among economics and business students at the University of Santiago de Compostela. Financial capability is defined as the combination of knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors that enable individuals to make informed financial decisions and
Marcos Álvarez‐Espiño   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Flows of educational knowledge. The space-time of Portuguese speaking countries [PDF]

open access: yes, 2002
Carvalho, Luís Miguel   +4 more
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Orphanhood Status and Antecedents to Placement Among a Multinational Sample of Adults With Care Experience

open access: yesChild &Family Social Work, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Globally, millions of children are adopted or placed in alternative care settings (i.e., residential, foster, or kinship care). The current study explores the factors leading to separation from parents and adoption or placement in alternative care by investigating orphanhood status, perceived antecedents to placement, types of alternative care
Nicole Gilbertson Wilke   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Parental Understandings of ‘Stranger Danger’: Balancing Fear of Victimisation by Strangers Against Enabling Autonomy and Independence in Children

open access: yesChildren &Society, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT For decades, children have been taught about ‘stranger danger’. Fear of the stranger has been associated with overly cautious parenting strategies, and the curtailing of freedoms as children transition to adolescents. This article aims to examine the extent to which parents consider this issue of stranger danger in their decisions to grant ...
Craig Collie
wiley   +1 more source

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