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Beliefs on Marital Violence Among Portuguese Adolescents: Monitoring Their Evol...
Neves, Sofia; Cameira, Miguel; Caridade, S.In the last two decades, the problem of violence in the family sphere in particular and in intimate relationships in general has been on the agenda for Portuguese governmental and nongovernmental agencies. Several initiatives and campaigns have been launched, which are aimed at reducing occurrence of this violence, particularly among teenagers. This present study aims to assess the evolution in adolescents' att...
Beliefs on marital violence among portuguese adolescents: monitoring their evol...
Neves, Sofia; Cameira, Miguel; Caridade, SóniaIn the last two decades, the problem of violence in the family sphere in particular and in intimate relationships in general has been on the agenda for Portuguese governmental and nongovernmental agencies. Several initiatives and campaigns have been launched, which are aimed at reducing occurrence of this violence, particularly among teenagers. This present study aims to assess the evolution in adolescents’ att...
Men and women’s prisons in the Portuguese press: the gender of punishment
Saavedra, Luísa; Seixas, Eunice Cristina Nascimento Castro; Cameira, Miguel; Silva, Ana M.Since prison life is out of common people’s sight, the media have a particularly important role in legitimating or, conversely, de-legitimating public discourses and policies about punishment, incarceration and rehabilitation. In the present study, our analysis was grounded in 83 news, 55 of these about men prisons, 24 about women prisons and 4 news about public policies in general, although having specificitie...
Economic and sociocultural poverty in drug abuse: from individual to sociopolit...
Galvão, Ana Erika Oliveira; Saavedra, Luísa; Cameira, MiguelResearch on drug abuse has often ignored users’ own opinions and perceptions about their addiction. In this study, we wanted to hear their voice on the reasons and motives why they engaged in drug abuse, and on the consequences this behavior had on their lives. Data were collected in Portugal from interviews with fifteen people under treatment for addictive behavior relative to alcohol and illegal drugs. The in...
Pobreza econômica e sociocultural no abuso de drogas: da responsabilidade indiv...
Galvão, Ana Erika Oliveira; Saavedra, Luísa; Cameira, MiguelResearch on drug abuse has often ignored users’ own opinions and perceptions about their addiction. In this study, we wanted to hear their voice on the reasons and motives why they engaged in drug abuse, and on the consequences this behavior had on their lives. Data were collected in Portugal from interviews with fifteen people under treatment for addictive behavior relative to alcohol and illegal drugs. The in...
Gender norms in Portuguese college sudents' judgments in familial homicides: ba...
Saavedra, Luísa; Cameira, Miguel; Rebelo, Sofia; Sebastião, CátiaThe gender of the offender has been proved to be an important factor in judicial sentencing. In this study, we analyze the judgments of College students regarding perpetrators of familial homicides to evaluate the presence of these gender norms and biases in the larger society. The sample included 303 college students (54.8% female) enrolled in several social sciences and engineering courses. Participants were ...
Beliefs on Marital Violence and Self-Reported Dating Violence: A Comparative St...
Neves, Ana Sofia; Cameira, Miguel; Machado, Márcia; Duarte, Vera; Machado, FranciscoIn this study, we compare Portuguese and Cape Verdean youths’ upholding of traditional beliefs about intimate partner violence (IPV) and the frequency of selfreported violent behavior in dating relationships. The sample (n =404) consisted of 183 Cape Verdean and 221 Portuguese secondary school students of both sexes (56 % female; mean age = 16). We used two questionnaires that had previously been validated in t...
Post-traumatic stress among adolescents: an exploratory study with LASC (Los An...
Silva, Pedro Mujo; Queirós, Cristina; Cameira, Miguel; Marques, AntónioPost-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) becomes a concern for researchers, seeking its causes, risk factors and symptoms. Among adolescents these studies are scarce, with few instruments for its diagnosis and mental health evaluation. To present an exploratory study focused on the adaptation of Los Angeles Symptom Checklist (LASC) among adolescents.
Burnout e engagement em profissionais de saúde do interior-norte de Portugal
Silva, Melani; Queirós, Cristina; Cameira, Miguel; Vara, Natália; Galvão, Ana MariaOs profissionais de saúde são trabalhadores com motivação e vocação para ajudar os outros. Contudo, também apresentam elevado stress provocado pelo trabalho, pois lidam com o sofrimento alheio, sendo frequentemente esquecidos no que se refere á sua saúde ocupacional. A literatura recente tem investigado os níveis de stress no trabalho, sobretudo quando este se transforma já em burnout, bem como os níveis de mot...
Conceções éticas de estudantes universitários portugueses sobre as sentenças pe...
Gonçalves, Vânia; Saavedra, Luísa; Cameira, MiguelA presente investigação tem como objetivo analisar as perceções dos estudantes universitários portugueses sobre as finalidades das sentenças penais tendo subjacentes as Teorias Absolutas e das Teorias Relativas. Pretendeu-se avaliar que objetivos de sentença são mais apoiados entre os estudantes e perceber se existem outras variáveis como preditores significativos, tais como, género, orientação politica, religi...