Introduction: Retirement is a transitional event, experienced by middle-aged individuals, and its consequences can interfere with their health status. Changing family structures are also changing patterns and experiences related to retirement. When both members of the couple are going through this transition, it may also be necessary to redefine the relationship as identities, patterns, roles, and expectations ...
Racism is a global hierarchy of superiority and inferiority that has been politically, culturally, and economically produced and reproduced for centuries by the institutions, in different countries, depending on their colonial history. In that sense, racism cannot be seen as a concept that is equal in every region of the world. Racism in sport is a research topic that has been particularly valued in recent year...
The contribution that active sexism and daily sexist attitudes and behaviours provide to gender inequality happens in a large scale and seems to be a recurrent problem. The majority of authors’ state that sexism can be divided in two categories: benevolent sexism and hostile sexism. One of the major problems is that the concept of sexism still faces, along with the concept of feminism, its society misunderstand...
Sexism is a complex construct since authors have different notions to present about the topic. Some of them state that sexism is the actions of prejudice based on gender. Therefore, to understand the evolution of sexism in advertising, we should focus on a niche that is provided by the emotional appeals: sexual appeal. The consequences of these stereotypes range from affecting female self-image to misogynistic ...
Introduction: Ageing population is a great challenge for modern societies which have to adapt themselves to this new reality. Increasing longevity and low birth rates also contribute to an aged population, with implications both socially and economically. With increased longevity, people live more years after retirement and should be more prepared to deal with the difficulties that can arise from this transitio...
Introduction: Ageing population is a great challenge for modern societies which have to adapt themselves to this new reality. Increasing longevity and low birth rates also contribute to an aged population, with implications both socially and economically. With increased longevity, people live more years after retirement and should be more prepared to deal with the difficulties that can arise from this transitio...
Introduction: Retirement is one of the major transitions in a person life. The work identity is, many times, the only identity the person has and so a loss of identity can be felted after retirement. It can also lead to different vulnerabilities, including health vulnerabilities. Increasing longevity leads to more years after retirement with all the social and economic costs around this situation. People need t...
Introduction: Retirement is one of the major transitions in a person life. The work identity is, many times, the only identity the person has and so a loss of identity can be felted after retirement. It can also lead to different vulnerabilities, including health vulnerabilities. Increasing longevity leads to more years after retirement with all the social and economic costs around this situation. People need t...
Background Retirement is a transition that occurs at the conclusion of the work phase of life, after years in which work has played an important role, and this can interfere with every dimension of the human ageing process. It can be seen as an event, as a status or as a process. Independently of these perspectives, intervention programs can promote the health status of individuals and their families during thi...
O envelhecimento é uma resultante da interação contínua e dinâmica verificada entre diversos fatores, cujo desenvolvimento se inicia logo com o nascimento (Spirduso, 2005) e termina com o final da vida. Atingir os 65 anos de idade não constitui, por esse facto, uma condicionante de envelhecimento; colocando-se este patamar apenas como um indicador de que se poderá estar a vivenciar uma mais avançada fase do pro...