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Condom use in casual sexual relationship scripts
Alvarez, Maria-João; Luz, Rita; Pegado, Ana; Godinho, Cristina Albuquerque; Baptista, Beatriz; Pereira, Cicero RobertoCasual sexual relationships (CSRs) are increasingly common among young adults, yet research rarely explores whether condom use is part of the behavioral scripts guiding these encounters. This study, grounded in a cognitive script framework, examined the inclusion of condom use in three heterosexual CSR types—friends with benefits, one-night stands, and hook-ups—as well as in dating/regular relationships. Data w...
Condom use across casual and committed relationships: the role of relationship ...
Godinho, Cristina A.; Pereira, Cicero Roberto; Pegado, Ana; Luz, Rita; Alvarez, Maria-JoãoBackground While the existence of a complex variety of casual sexual relationships (CSRs) has beenacknowledged, studies rarely describe the prevalence of condom use across these relationships or how their hybrid nature, specifically relationship characteristics, affect condom use.This study aims to describe condom use within committed relationships and various types of casual sexual relationships (CSRs), examin...
Medication Management in Daycare Centers and Preschools: a manual construction
Costa-Veiga, Ana; Gonçalves, Margarida; Duarte, Marta; Luz, RitaBackground: Medication management is the process from selecting the medication to its administration and monitoring, including steps such as storage. This process, applied to the context of daycare centers and preschools, has the main objective of ensuring the administration of the correct medicine to the correct child, at the correct dose, time and route of administration, as well as ensuring good storage cond...
Multiple casual sex scripts: shared beliefs about behavior among Portuguese eme...
Luz, Rita; Pegado, Ana; Godinho, Cristina; Pereira, Cícero; Alvarez, Maria JoãoObjective: Empirical research to differentiate casual sex scripts is still limited. We aimed to ascertain the sexual scripts for three main types of casual sexual relationships: hookup, friends with benefits and one-night stands. Methods: Through a mixed-method approach, we performed a study consisting in two sequential tasks to (1) complete three lists of script actions, and (2) identify the most agreed-upon a...
Gestão da medicação em creches e pré-escolar: a construção de manual
Costa-Veiga, Ana; Gonçalves, Margarida; Duarte, Marta; Luz, RitaEnquadramento: A gestão da medicação é o processo desde a seleção do medicamento à sua administração e monitorização, incluindo etapas como o armazenamento. Este processo, aplicado ao contexto de creches e pré-escolar, tem como objetivo principal garantir a administração do medicamento correto à criança correta, na dose, hora e pela via de administração corretas, bem como assegurar boas condições de armazenamen...
Multiple Casual Sex Scripts: Shared Beliefs about Behavior among Portuguese Eme...
Luz, Rita; Pegado, Ana; Godinho, Cristina; Pereira, Cicero Roberto; Alvarez, Maria-JoãoObjective: Empirical research to differentiate casual sex scripts is still limited. We aimed to ascertain the sexual scripts for three main types of casual sexual relationships: hookup, friends with benefits and one-night stands. Methods: Through a mixed-method approach, we performed a study consisting in two sequential tasks to (1) complete three lists of script actions, and (2) identify the most agreed-upon a...
A fertile ground for ambiguities: casual sexual relationships among Portuguese ...
Luz, Rita; Godinho, Cristina A.; Pereira, Cicero R.Casual sexual relationships (CSRs) are frequent relationship experiences in young adulthood that provide opportunities for many to explore sexual relationships and to construct their sexual identity. Empirical research on casual sex is still lacking outside North-American countries, despite evidence pointing to the need to contextualize sexual interactions in their own sociocultural context. In order to better ...
Clear-cut terms and culture-sensitive characteristics of distinctive casual sex...
Alvarez, Maria-João; Pereira, Cícero R.; Godinho, Cristina A.; Luz, RitaCasual sexual relationships (CSR) are increasingly common but limited empirical research has addressed their terminology and distinctive characteristics. This study sought to identify the most clear-cut terms and to consider how culture-sensitive characteristics distinguish casual sexual relationships among Portuguese emerging adults (N = 262, 18-29 years old). We combined two qualitative studies – one by assoc...
Short and Long-Term Efficacy of Laparoscopic Ovarian Diathermy in Women with Po...
Luz, Rita; Barros, Joana; Aguiar, Ana; Rodrigues, Cátia; Soares, Ana Paula; Nunes, Joaquim; Sousa, Sandra; Calhaz-Jorge, CarlosIntroduction: Polycystic ovary syndrome is the most frequent cause of anovulatory infertility and management involves a multistep approach. Laparoscopic ovarian diathermy is accepted as a second-line treatment of patients who failed to respond to clomiphene citrate. The aims of this study were to determine the efficacy of this technique at short and long-term and to perform an analysis of predictive factors of ...
Uterine Carcinosarcoma: Clinicopathological Features and Prognostic Factors
Luz, Rita; Ferreira, Joana; Rocha, Mara; Jorge, Ana Francisca; Félix, AnaIntroduction: Uterine carcinosarcoma is a rare and aggressive biphasic malignancy and is currently included in the high risk endometrial carcinoma group. The aims of this study were to determine the clinicopathological profile, treatment, recurrence/progression patterns, survival and prognostic factors.Material and Methods: Retrospective study of 42 patients, surgically staged and followed-up at a cancer centre...