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Transitional Justice as an opportunity for decriminalisation of sexual and gender minorities in The Gambia
No full textThe aim of this study is to assess the opportunity offered by Transitional Justice mechanisms in The Gambia for the recognition of violence against LGBT people and to foster a path toward decriminalisation of same-sex intimacy. Under Yayah Jammeh rule, the violence against LGBT as a pattern of persecution and hatred. The State persecution policy placed the country as one of the most intolerant African nations against LGBT people. The outcome of the 2016 Gambian elections changed the course of politics in Gambia, and in 2018 a Truth and Reconciliation Commission was installed to deal with a past of violence and autocracy, in 2018. This article aims to map the developments regarding violence against LGBT people and highlights the importance to include all forms of violence as a healing strategy in transitional justice. Also, it aims to assess how effective may be these mechanisms to decriminalisation of same-sex acts in transitional societies
Acculturation and adaptation of international students at Portuguese universities
No full textThe importance of understanding the adaptation of international students is particularly relevant to the expansion of the internationalization of higher education. This paper examines various psychosocial features with regard to the intercultural relations of international students (IS) in Portugal. This country is receiving an increasing number of IS. Two key components of intercultural relations are acculturation and adaptation. As regards the acculturation process, we examine studies on cultural identity, acculturation strategies, and perceived discrimination. As regards psychological adaptation, we examine studies on several indicators of subjective well-being (overall well-being, satisfaction with life, satisfaction with academic life, satisfaction with migration life), and loneliness. Finally, it is reviewed research on sociocultural adaptation. This set of reviewed studies on international students is consonant with the perspective that most migrant people adapt well in the society of settlement, notwithstanding the difficulties found across the intercultural contact. A relevant contribution to the acculturation field was the demonstration that sociocultural adaptation difficulty fully mediated the relationships of perceived discrimination and two indicators of psychological adaptation, satisfaction with life and loneliness. This underlying relationship of perceived discrimination with psychological adaptation means that programs to decrease sociocultural adaptation difficulties among international students may help to improve their psychological adaptation. Several other practical recommendations can be drawn from this set of studies
On Relational Histories of Spatial Law and Transgression
No full textThis chapter explores a particular aspect of spatial transgression, based on Henri Lefebvre’s conception of space–time as a category that involves both the built environment and social space, and inspired by the work of urbanist Ananya Roy and architectural historian Nezar AlSayyad on inhabitation under conditions of urban informality. My interest in the latter arose from my embodied, situated knowledge as a Lisboner,
intrigued that Urban Informality did not include a chapter on an European city. Growing up, I often did not have school in the afternoons, and with a couple of other unwitting teenage derivists, took buses to the end of the line, and walked around. Much later, when I started preliminary doctoral fieldwork and walking around the informally created subdivi sion of Casal de Cambra (Fig. 3.1), the motivations of the first dwellers
were both unexpected and sensible: they had moved from central Lisbon in the 1960s due to a lack of affordable housing, instead of being the rural migrants described in most accounts
Care4Mommies in action: Study protocol for promoting maternal psychological adjustment in the perinatal period [comunicação oral: poster]
No full textBecoming a mother is a life-changing event that requires mothers’ emotional regulation skills, namely self-compassion, to facilitate this transition. Compassion-based interventions (CBIs) may be useful, but their application to promote maternal wellbeing and mother-baby bonding has been scarcely considered. The current work aims to explore the acceptability, feasibility and preliminary efficacy of a CBI applied during pregnancy on the well-being and quality of mother-baby bonding at postpartum. To do so, two interlinked studies will be conducted.
Study 1 will use a mixed-method design to investigate the acceptability and feasibility of the intervention. Nurses practicing in prenatal services and pregnant women will be asked, via focus group, on their anticipated acceptability of the CBI so that it can be tailored to the context and the individual’s needs. Then, those pregnant women will be offered the CBI as asked for pre- and post-intervention quantitative data on self-compassion related constructs, maternal-fetal attachment, and mental health; they will also be asked for their qualitative appraisal of procedure of the intervention. This will inform necessary adjustment to the CBI.
Study 2 will then use a pilot cluster randomized trial to investigate the efficacy of the CBI. Mothers enrolled in group birth preparation courses (i.e., TAU) will be randomly enrolled to the CBI plus TAU or the CBI alone and assessed at pre-intervention, post-intervention prepartum, and 3-months follow at postpartum. They will be asked for quantitative data on the same constructs assessed in Study 1, except for maternal-fetal attachment that will be replaced with mother-baby bonding at follow-up.
This work will allow for the development and initial efficacy evaluation of a tailored intervention that may contribute to mother’s well-being and their ability to cope with becoming a mother and bonding with their baby, which in turn may facilitate the child’s later emotional, social and cognitive development
Guia de branding para Myside: diretrizes de comunicação e identidade
No full textO tema do presente projeto de Mestrado envolve o desenvolvimento de um Guia de Branding para a startup imobiliária brasileira MySide. Seu principal objetivo é criar e documentar as diretrizes de comunicação da marca, o que inclui: estabelecer o tom de voz da marca; defi nir a personalidade da marca; documentar diretrizes de identidade visual; e fornecer orientações práticas para diferentes setores da empresa.
Para isto, foi realizada uma revisão abrangente da literatura acerca de conceitos relevantes relacionados a branding, como história das marcas, gestão de marca, brand equity e identidade das marcas. Em adição ao conhecimento teórico, foi aplicada a metodologia qualitativa, em especial com a técnica de entrevista semi-diretiva e análise de conteúdo, a fi m de coletar dados relativos à marca e comunicação atual MySide e informações para o desenvolvimento do Guia de Branding.
O resultado contempla um guia completo e detalhado para os colaboradores da empresa, um material de suma importância considerando os desafi os de comunicação atuais e necessidade de reforçar o diferencial competitivo da marca.The present Master's research project focuses on the development of a comprehensive Branding Guide for the Brazilian real estate startup MySide. The primary objective of this project is to establish and formally document the brand’s communication guidelines, encompassing the defi nition of the brand’s tone of voice, personality, and visual identity, as well as the provision of practical directives for various departments within the organization.
To support this objective, an extensive literature review was conducted, addressing key concepts in the fi eld of branding, including brand history, brand management, brand equity and brand identity. In addition to this theoretical foundation, a qualitative research approach was employed, with particular emphasis on semi-structured interviews and content analysis. This methodology facilitated the collection of empirical data concerning MySide’s current brand perception and communication practices, as well as inputs necessary for the construction of the proposed guide.
The outcome of this research is a detailed and actionable Branding Guide intended for internal use by MySide’s team. Given the company’s current communication challenges and the imperative to reinforce its competitive advantage, this deliverable represents a strategic asset of signifi cant relevance
Matutinidade - vespertinidade, memória prospetiva e adesão à terapia endócrina em mulheres com cancro da mama
No full textA adesão à terapia endócrina é fundamental para a eficácia do tratamento do cancro da
mama, mas pode ser influenciada por fatores individuais e contextuais. Este estudo teve
como objetivo caracterizar os padrões de adesão em sobreviventes de cancro da mama
portuguesas e analisar a relação entre cronótipo, memória prospetiva, estratégias
compensatórias, distress psicológico e adesão à medicação. A amostra incluiu 84
mulheres (M=47,9; DP=8,5; 28-64 anos de idade) em tratamento com terapia endócrina.
A avaliação do cronótipo, da memória prospetiva, do distress psicológico e da adesão
foi realizada através de medidas de autorrelato. Entre as participantes, 37% tomavam
tamoxifeno e 25,2% exemestano, verificando-se associação entre cronótipo e horário
da toma da medicação. Os resultados mostraram que o cronótipo não se associou
diretamente à adesão. Contudo, mulheres mais matutinas recorreram com maior
frequência a estratégias compensatórias externas, para gerir dificuldades de memória
prospetiva, que mediaram a relação entre grau de matutinidade-vespertinidade e
disciplina na toma. A adesão à terapia endócrina mostrou ser um fenómeno multifatorial.
Intervenções personalizadas que promovam o treino da memória prospetiva e o uso de
estratégias compensatórias, associadas à gestão do distress e à adaptação do horário
da medicação ao cronótipo, podem otimizar a adesão terapêutica.Adherence to endocrine therapy is crucial for the effectiveness of breast cancer treatment
but can be influenced by individual and contextual factors. This study aimed to
characterise adherence patterns among Portuguese breast cancer survivors and to
examine the relationship between chronotype, prospective memory, compensatory
strategies, psychological distress, and medication adherence. The sample included 84
women (M = 47.9; SD = 8.5; age range 28–64) undergoing endocrine therapy.
Chronotype, prospective memory, psychological distress, and adherence were assessed
using self-report measures. Among participants, 37% were taking tamoxifen and 25.2%
exemestane, with an association observed between chronotype and medication timing.
Results showed that chronotype was not directly associated with adherence. However,
women with a morning preference made more frequent use of external compensatory
strategies to manage prospective memory difficulties, which mediated the relationship
between morningness–eveningness and treatment discipline. Adherence to endocrine
therapy emerged as a multifactorial phenomenon. Tailored interventions promoting
prospective memory training and the use of compensatory strategies, combined with
distress management and adjusting medication timing to chronotype, may optimise
therapeutic adherence
Taxation on non-recoverable packaging as a sustainability measure in tourist-intensive regions
No full textThe main objective of this paper is the examining the legislative measures the Portuguese government took regarding single-use packaging and how these fiscal instruments constitute a sustainability measure in tourist-intensive regions.
The application of the polluter pays principle necessarily leads to envi-ronmental taxation as an instrument for preventing, restoring and combating pollution. Taxes are used to raise funds for environmental protection. From this perspective, the tax principle requires that the costs of pollution be borne by those responsible. In an extra-fiscal way, it encourages a conservative op-erating environment and combats polluting behaviour
Maternal gatekeeping and paternal self-efficacy and mental health: The mediation of dyadic adjustment
No full textAlthough underexplored, maternal gatekeeping can negatively interfere in the experience of fatherhood, leading to negative family outcomes. This study aimed to analyze the mediation role of dyadic adjustment in the association between maternal gatekeeping and paternal self-efficacy and mental health. A sample of 142 fathers of children aged between 0 months and 10 years completed self-reported measures of maternal gatekeeping, dyadic adjustment, parenting self-efficacy, and mental health. Lower perception of maternal gate-opening behaviors and higher perception of maternal gate-closing behaviors were associated with lower paternal self-efficacy and higher mental health problems. The association between maternal gatekeeping and paternal self-efficacy and mental health problems was mediated by dyadic adjustment. Findings suggested the importance of considering dyadic dimensions to understand the association between maternal gatekeeping and paternal self-efficacy and mental health problems. Parenting interventions aiming to promote paternal self-efficacy and mental health should adopt a couple-focused approach and target maternal gatekeeping
A new hotel classification model combining guest reviews with official hotel classification systems: Bridging expert and consumer ratings
No full textThis paper explores the potential of combining online guest reviews with hotel classification systems, focusing on the feasibility of incorporating such reviews at the star-classification level. Leveraging machine learning techniques on a database of Portuguese hotels and their corresponding ratings on Booking.com, this study reveals a weak association between official hotel star categories and mean review scores of satisfaction items rated by users during the review process, suggesting a discrepancy between official star-classifications and consumer expectations and experiences. Based on the results, a new classification model is proposed, which integrates a classification system based on Booking.com reviews alongside traditional star categories, aiming to complement hotel star-classifications with a further quality dimension as perceived by customers through online reviews. This model provides travellers with more informative and reliable information, facilitating decision-making in the hotel selection process
