Este estudo visou analisar as relações entre a capacidade de conciliar trabalho e família, as experiencias parentais de stress e recompensa e o envolvimento parental na perspetiva materna. Participaram 532 mães que responderam a 3 questionários: 1) Escala Conciliar Trabalho e Família (NICHD, 1991, Martins et al., 2008); 2) Escala de Experiências Parentais (NICHD, 1991, Martins et al., 2008); 3) Escala de Envolvimento Parental: Atividades de Cuidados e de Socialização (Monteiro et al., 2008). Os resultados indicam que dificuldades em gerir a conciliação do mundo familiar e profissional estão significativamente associadas a experiências de parentalidade stressantes por parte das mães desta amostra. ABSTRACT The goals of the study were to analyze the associations between maternal perceptions about the constraints and benefits associated with the concurrent management of family needs and demands of a professional career, maternal experiences of stress and reward in the parental role and relative paternal involvement in a sample of 532 mothers. Three questionnaires were used: 1) Combining Work and Family Scale (NICHD, 1991, Martins et al., 2008), 2) Parent Role Quality Scale (NICHD, 1991, Martins et al., 2008), and 3) Father Involvement Scale: childcare and socialization activities (Monteiro et al., 2008). Results show that mothers feel that difficulties in managing work and family duties are significantly stressful in this sample.

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