%0 Journal Article %T Sintomatologia de Couvade e o envolvimento paterno vivenciado durante a gravidez %A Ferreira %A Liliana Sousa %A Leal %A Isabel %A Maroco %A Jo£żo %J Psicologia, Sa¨²de & Doen£żas %D 2010 %I Scientific Electronic Library Online %X in order to assess the existence of couvade symptoms and their relation with the paternal involvement, an observational, descriptive and cross-sectional study was designed, in which a convenience sample of 200 expectant fathers participated. the materials used were: a socio--demographic questionnaire, developed for this study; a questionnaire regarding different pregnancy related aspects (planned vs. unplanned/unwanted vs. wanted, age, gestational period, parenthood status and risks associated to the pregnancy); the symtomatology inventory (black, holditch--davis, sandelowski, & harris, 1995); and the portuguese version of the antenatal emocional attachment scale (condon, 1993; gomez & leal, 2007). the main findings of our study were the confirmation of couvade symptoms in our sample, and the non--association between these symptoms and paternal involvement. %K couvade syndrome %K expectant--fathers %K parental involvement %K pregnancy. %U http://www.scielo.gpeari.mctes.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1645-00862010000200007&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en