Social skills, empathy, love, and satisfaction in the family life cycle

Abstract

This study verified the predictive relationships between social skills, beliefs about love and marital satisfaction in the family life cycle. The participants of this study were 446 married adults, of both sexes, living in the metropolitan area of the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The explanatory variables that contributed most to the marital satisfaction of men were passion, proactive self-control, decision/commitment, and for women they were commitment, affective sensitivity, decision/commitment, and passion. It was concluded that the dimensions related to love constructs were more explanatory of marital satisfaction, except at the stage of couples with small children whose social skills were more prominent. These results may contribute to preparatory programs and therapies related to marital life.

Mobile Smart Parenting Teacher (MSPT) Application to Improve the Life Skills of Parents, Teachers, and Elementary School Students

“…MSPT application developed in this study was useful for parents who had children studying at the elementary school level to explain them how they should behave to prevent the spread of Covid-19 like kinds of food they should consume, how they should interact at school in a pandemic situation and what they should do after arriving at home. Studies conducted by (Hodge et al, 2017;Barros et al, 2019;Garrett et al, 2019) explain that MSPT is designed as a life skill -based smart parenting program that parents can use to act as a facilitator to replace teachers in teaching life skills to students (teachers act as coordinator and evaluator). This is a Research and Development (R & D) study designed to create a product.…”