Family reactions to child sexual abuse (CSA) are important, but there is a lack of research on the effect of maternal and paternal reactions on social attributions towards the victim and perpetrator. We conducted an experimental study (N = 549, aged 18-76) using vignettes in which the reactions of the mother or father (blame, denial, or support) were manipulated. Statistically significant differences were found...
Evidence suggests that women worldwide experience mistreatment during institutional childbirth. This qualitative study aimed to explore obstetric violence in Portugal, specifically, its related factors and perceived impact. The inductive thematic analysis of 19 semi-structured interviews with women living in Portugal (22–41 years old), who identified themselves as victims, revealed six central themes: (1) obste...
COVID-19 lockdown measures have impacted the environment with both positive and negative effects. However, how human populations have perceived such changes in the natural environment and how they may have changed their daily habits have not been yet thoroughly evaluated. The objectives of this work were to investigate (1) the social perception of the environmental changes produced by the COVID-19 pandemic lock...
Anadromous fish challenge human jurisdictions and are exposed to cumulative pressures originating in the marine, freshwater, and terrestrial realms. Here, a detailed questionnaire survey to anadromous fishers (river Mondego, n = 35; international river Minho/Miño, n = 38) assesses and compares perceptions on sustainability and management for important small-scale estuarine and inland fisheries in the NW Iberian...
A presente comunicação apresenta as conclusões da tese de doutoramento, com o mesmo nome, desenvolvida no âmbito do doutoramento em Arquitetura dos Territórios Metropolitanos Contemporâneos no ISCTE-IUL. A investigação teve como objetivo a analise das inter-relações entre arte e arquitetura na construção de espaço público. Deste modo, procurou-se analisar a influência da prática artística na prática arquitetóni...
Research on attitudes toward Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) consistently shows that men are more likely to endorse myths about CSA events, victims and perpetrators, compared to women. Here we present two studies that examine why these gender differences occur. Study one (N ¼ 439) followed a dispositional approach to test the mediating role of empathy, social dominance orientation (SDO) and propensity for moral diseng...
A large number of web-based e-Health applications have been developed through time, allowing doctors to access different types of functionalities, like knowing which medication the patient has consumed or performing online consultations. Internet systems for healthcare can be improved by using artificial intelligence mechanisms for the process of detecting diseases and obtaining biological data, allowing medica...
There is a compelling need to explore the mechanisms linking violence to mental health. This study tested the mediating role of self-efficacy and coping in the association between victimization and mental health. Data were obtained from 422 adults (aged 18-77; M = 30.05; SD = 10.93). Self-efficacy and maladaptive coping strategies mediated the association between physical victimization and anxiety, and the asso...
O presente artigo centra-se na análise sobre como a relação entre arte e arquitetura pode contribuir para a construção de um espaço público mais integrador, inclusivo e diversificado. Partindo do conceito elaborado por Hannah Arendt de espaço público como o “espaço da aparência” e o espaço que, simultaneamente, nos liga e põe em comum (1958/2001), iremos ver como este é também um espaço político (Lefebvre, 1970...
he literature suggests that being subject to a stressful life and victimization may negatively affect mental health, and that women and men seem to differ in these variables. Nevertheless, neither the mediating role of victimization experiences in the relationship between stress and mental health, nor the moderated role of sex have been explored. A sample of 826 adults, aged from 18 to 77 years old, completed a...