Who Should the Child Should Live With? A Student Decision-Making Study Between Brazil and England
This study aimed to investigate the awareness of undergraduate students regarding the best interests principle of children and adolescents, and how they consider it in cases of custody disputes following conjugal separation. The research employed a quantitative approach with an experimental design b...
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2025-05-01
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| author | Josimar Antônio de Alcântara Mendes Thomas Ormerod Marília Pacheco de Almeida Giulia Veiga de Leite Ribeiro Melo Luiz Otávio Vieira |
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| description | This study aimed to investigate the awareness of undergraduate students regarding the best interests principle of children and adolescents, and how they consider it in cases of custody disputes following conjugal separation. The research employed a quantitative approach with an experimental design based on vignettes. A total of 530 undergraduate students from Law, Psychology, and Social Work programs in Brazil and England were recruited. The results revealed that most students have little knowledge or have never heard of the best interests of the child/adolescent during their academic training. The students tended to maintain the current custody arrangement when dealing with the contextual needs of the child (e.g., mental health, emotional bonds). They changed their decision-making style when dealing with material-physiological needs (e.g., food, housing). This article discusses the implications of these decision-making patterns, as well as the lack of literacy on the best interests of the child/adolescent in the training of these undergraduate students. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-e5c950b1635445afa3006b586c68938c2025-08-20T01:52:59ZporUniversidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ)Estudos e Pesquisas em Psicologia1676-30411808-42812025-05-012510.12957/epp.2025.6986259323Who Should the Child Should Live With? A Student Decision-Making Study Between Brazil and EnglandJosimar Antônio de Alcântara Mendes0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8230-1998Thomas Ormerod1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9180-1326Marília Pacheco de Almeida2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9639-3253Giulia Veiga de Leite Ribeiro Melo3https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4648-6494Luiz Otávio Vieira4https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1183-7047University of SussexUniversidade de SussexUniversidade de BrasíliaUniversidade de BrasíliaUniversidade de BrasíliaThis study aimed to investigate the awareness of undergraduate students regarding the best interests principle of children and adolescents, and how they consider it in cases of custody disputes following conjugal separation. The research employed a quantitative approach with an experimental design based on vignettes. A total of 530 undergraduate students from Law, Psychology, and Social Work programs in Brazil and England were recruited. The results revealed that most students have little knowledge or have never heard of the best interests of the child/adolescent during their academic training. The students tended to maintain the current custody arrangement when dealing with the contextual needs of the child (e.g., mental health, emotional bonds). They changed their decision-making style when dealing with material-physiological needs (e.g., food, housing). This article discusses the implications of these decision-making patterns, as well as the lack of literacy on the best interests of the child/adolescent in the training of these undergraduate students.https://www.e-publicacoes.uerj.br/revispsi/article/view/69862child custodychild custody decision-makingdivorceuncertainty |
| spellingShingle | Josimar Antônio de Alcântara Mendes Thomas Ormerod Marília Pacheco de Almeida Giulia Veiga de Leite Ribeiro Melo Luiz Otávio Vieira Who Should the Child Should Live With? A Student Decision-Making Study Between Brazil and England Estudos e Pesquisas em Psicologia child custody child custody decision-making divorce uncertainty |
| title | Who Should the Child Should Live With? A Student Decision-Making Study Between Brazil and England |
| title_full | Who Should the Child Should Live With? A Student Decision-Making Study Between Brazil and England |
| title_fullStr | Who Should the Child Should Live With? A Student Decision-Making Study Between Brazil and England |
| title_full_unstemmed | Who Should the Child Should Live With? A Student Decision-Making Study Between Brazil and England |
| title_short | Who Should the Child Should Live With? A Student Decision-Making Study Between Brazil and England |
| title_sort | who should the child should live with a student decision making study between brazil and england |
| topic | child custody child custody decision-making divorce uncertainty |
| url | https://www.e-publicacoes.uerj.br/revispsi/article/view/69862 |
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