A5010692833- Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
- Cultural Differences and Values
- Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- Forgiveness and Related Behaviors
- Racial and Ethnic Identity Research
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Social and Intergroup Psychology
- Migration, Racism, and Human Rights
- Migration, Health and Trauma
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
- International Student and Expatriate Challenges
- Emotional Intelligence and Performance
- Eating Disorders and Behaviors
- Gender Roles and Identity Studies
- Resilience and Mental Health
- Media, Gender, and Advertising
- Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
- Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification
- Behavioral Health and Interventions
- Employment and Welfare Studies
- Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
- Migration and Labor Dynamics
- Religion and Society in Latin America
- Personality Traits and Psychology
Universidade do Porto
2016-2025
Clemson University
2023
Anglia Ruskin University
2020
University of the West of Scotland
2020
Universitat de València
2020
Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola
2020
Peruvian University of Applied Sciences
2020
Universidad Continental
2020
University of Oradea
2020
South-West University "Neofit Rilski"
2020
About 70% of more than half a million Implicit Association Tests completed by citizens 34 countries revealed expected implicit stereotypes associating science with males females. We discovered that nation-level predicted sex differences in 8th-grade and mathematics achievement. Self-reported did not provide additional predictive validity the achievement gap. suggest participation performance are mutually reinforcing, contributing to persistent gender gap engagement.
This study reports results from the first International Body Project (IBP-I), which surveyed 7,434 individuals in 10 major world regions about body weight ideals and dissatisfaction. Participants completed female Contour Drawing Figure Rating Scale (CDFRS) self-reported their exposure to Western local media. Results indicated there were significant cross-regional differences ideal figure dissatisfaction, but effect sizes small across high-socioeconomic-status (SES) sites. Within cultures,...
Leung and colleagues have revealed a five-dimensional structure of social axioms across individuals from five cultural groups. The present research was designed to reveal the culture level factor its correlates 41 nations. An ecological analysis on 60 items Social Axioms Survey extracted two factors: Dynamic Externality with value measures tapping collectivism, hierarchy, conservatism national indices indicative lower development. Societal Cynicism is less strongly broadly correlated...
Significance Biologists and social scientists have long tried to understand why some societies more fluid open interpersonal relationships—differences in relational mobility—and how those differences influence individual behaviors. We measure mobility 39 find that relationships are stable hard form east Asia, North Africa, the Middle East, while they West Latin America. Results show relationally mobile cultures tend higher trust intimacy. Exploring potential causes, we greater environmental...
The outbreak of the pandemic flu, Influenza A H1N1 (Swine Flu) in early 2009, provided a major challenge to health services around world. Previous pandemics have led stockpiling goods, victimisation particular population groups, and cancellation travel boycotting foods (e.g. pork). We examined initial behavioural attitudinal responses towards A, ("Swine flu") six days following WHO alert level 5, regional differences these responses. 328 respondents completed cross-sectional Internet or...
Drawing from the International Comparative Study of Ethnocultural Youth (ICSEY) dataset, this paper examines immigrant paradox phenomenon among a group youth in five European countries. The sample consisted over 2700 and 1400 national (age range 13 – 18 years) living Finland, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal Sweden. At core is counterintuitive finding that immigrants often show better adaptation outcomes than their peers spite poorer socioeconomic status. However, argues for more conservative...
ABSTRACT The relationship between religious involvement and forgiveness was assessed in three samples of Western Europeans living a social environment dominated by the Catholic tradition. comprised nonbelievers/nonattendees, believers/nonattendees, believers/regular attendees, people. Age were shown to affect willingness forgive an interactive way: effect stronger for elderly group. We also found that what made difference mainly commitment religion (attendance church taking vows), not mere...
Although a greater degree of personal obesity is associated with weaker negativity toward overweight people on both explicit (i.e., self-report) and implicit indirect behavioral) measures, still prefer thin average. We investigated whether the national cultural context – particularly prevalence predicts attitudes independent identity weight status. Data were collected from total sample 338,121 citizens 71 nations in 22 different languages Project Implicit website...
The purpose of this study was to investigate the psychometrics characteristics revised UCLA Loneliness Scale with Portuguese adolescents. Adolescents from public schools Porto were presented Scale, Self-Consciousness Clinical Self-Concept Inventory, and also responded some additional questions. proved satisfactory on various criteria No gender sociocultural differences found. A negative correlation found self-consciousness, total self-concept their dimensions, self-rated physical...
The relationship between forgivingness (enduring resentment, sensitivity to circumstances, and overall propensity forgive) a number of personality dimensions relevant was examined. These were self‐esteem, shyness embarrassment, on one hand, self‐construal perceived loneliness, the other hand. main relationships concerned interpersonal personality: shyness, independence from others, interdependence with others. However, intra‐personal, strictly self‐referential concomitants these (self‐esteem...
Abstract Sustainable human resource management is gaining importance in organizations due to its role developing a sustainable work environment and well‐being. This paper discusses the relationship between employee perceptions of job satisfaction 54 countries. We propose that HRM positively associated with but this moderated by employees' identification organization country‐level individualism–collectivism. Thus, we suggest national culture functions as second‐level moderator organizational...
Using the Love Attitude Scale, first objective of this study was to examine extent which Lee’s six-factor colors love model able account for data gathered across a large number countries in Africa, Asia, South America, and Europe. Confirmatory factor analyses showed that structure postulated by Lee could be applied multiple cultures. The second possible cross-cultural variations attitudes related love. hypotheses were (a) factors involving strong personal feelings, such as mania, Eros,...
Loneliness is a pervasive experience which everyone has experienced. It subjective experience, influenced by one's personality and situational variables. This study examined the influence of age culture on perceived causes loneliness. One thousand, three hundred forty-seven Canadian Portuguese participants from all walks life volunteered to answer an 82-item yes/no questionnaire reflecting their The used in this composed factors that describe loneliness: Personal inadequacies, Developmental...
This study was undertaken to examine young women's and men's styles of love in three cultures: England, India, Portugal. 562 students completed the Love Attitudes Scale (Hendrick & Hendrick, 1986), as measures Lee's styles. Cultural background gender were investigated correlates among British, Indian, Portuguese university students. Men viewed more permissive, friendship oriented, pragmatic, agapic, but less manic than did women. Culture differences or Gender x interactions also found....