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- ItemAnálise de acidentes de trânsito de caminhoneiros na perspectiva da análise da atividade(Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, 2016-08-17) Cunha, Kamilla Rocha; Moraes, Thiago Drumond; Andrade, Alexsandro Luiz de; Bianco, Mônica de FátimaThe road transport loads is extremely important to the economy, which causes truck accidents become are so important to be studied, when they happen they cause an economic damage and can be fatal for those involved. Thus, the objective of this research was to analyse the situations of traffic accidents of truck drivers from the perspective of health and the activity of labor. The research leaned on the idea that the causes of accidents should be analysed considering a lot of events, and not only the technical and human failures. It used the French ergonomic approach. The research consisted of two studies, the first one was aimed at trying to show the complex relationships labor-competence-accident through a survey of sociodemographic characteristics of the truck drivers, the competences that are most important for their work and their relationship with traffic accidents. The study gathered 198 truck drives, who awsered a closed questionnaire. The second study aimed to analyse the causes of traffic accidents of truck drivers and, then, propose effective forms of prevention based on the analysis of real activity of labor. In this one, 20 truck drivers were interviewed. The analyses of qualitative data from the interviews were based on the Método da Árvore de Causas. The results of both studies allowed the analysis of traffic accidents from the perspective of the own truck drivers. They indicate that accidents are not unicausais and its origins are more complex than what is observed in other studies. For workers, traffic accidents are more related to the way work is organized and pressures than with the individual factors. The work of the truck drivers proved to be a stressful profession. The research reinforces the idea of the importance to change the way the activity is done to avoid accidents and not only offer training sessions, although a proper training is also important. To prevent accidents, the most effective way is to perform focused training in activity and an intervention in the organization itself, which seek to change your goals and redefine what is expected of the truck driver.
- ItemAspectos psicossociais da condição de torcedor de futebol(Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, 2014-09-19) Sousa, Daniel Vitor Gomes de; Andrade, Alexsandro Luiz de; Menandro, Paulo Rogério Meira; Perim, Paulo Castelar; Naiff, Denis Giovani MonteiroCheering for a football team is well known practice in many countries. In Brazil is an important phenomenon for their cultural impact, commercial, and for being part of a frequent presence on interpersonal relations in various contexts. Also, football, in various aspects, is privileged subject in media. Curiously, very few studies are available about the fans and for the most part, refer to the phenomenon of violence during the games, which is associated with specific groups of fans. The study sought to identify aspects that are recognized by fans as influences that have become fans and to continue to act as such. 395 patients, 266 men (67.3%) and 129 women (32.7%) with mean age of 28.4 years (SD = 7.81), all over 18 years old. Predominated participants living in the southeast region of the country (from 368 to 93.2%), mostly supporters of teams of Minas Gerais (Cruzeiro - Atlético and 29.4% - 26.6%). Demographic data were collected, information on the preferred team were collected, and an instrument was developed to measure aspects recognized by participants as relevant to their practice football fan. Original instrument consisted of 72 items to be answered on the standard 5-point Likert (1 - Does not characterize me; 5 - I fully characterized) which looked at three broad thematic categories: family, media, and other social contexts. The instrument and the sociodemographic questionnaire were made available on Internet sites related to the universe of football fans. Data were organized and analyzed it using SPSS - version 18.0. Factorial analysis of principal components was performed to verify the adequacy of the data and survey indicators of factorial validity of the measure. The accuracy rate of the four factors was 0.72, confirming the statistical reliability of Condition Fan Football and the internal consistency of the measure in the version with 33 items. The Dimension of Indirect Interaction (DII), Dimension Direct Interaction (DID), Dimension Media Pro Time (DMPro) and Dimension Media Counter-Time (DMCon) factors, with values of Cronbach's Alpha, respectively, 0.79, 0.89, 0.71 and 0.85, all considered satisfactory. The composition of each factor and the differences between them are the subject of discussion, as well as differences in the responses of men and women. The results show the validity and sensitivity of the measured composition of the condition of football fan developed.
- ItemAutoconsciência corporal em estudantes de música: avaliação e intervenção(Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, 2016-08-29) Subtil, Marina Medici Loureiro; Andrade, Alexsandro Luiz de; Souza, Mariane Lima de; Castro, Alessandra Paiva de; Freitas, Grace Kelly Filgueiras; Wachelke, João Fernando Rech; Menandro, Paulo Rogério Meira; Gomes, William BarbosaDue to their physical, cognitive and affective demands, learning the musical performance is perhaps one of the most complex human tasks whose boundaries are not yet able to point out in great detail. Studying an instrument involves a multifaceted and multidimensional human experience, with direct impact on the health of that studying. The health of the musician has been a theme investigated by different areas of knowledge, pointing between them, their relationship to physical and psychological processes of health and illness of this professional class. Among the phenomena that make up the health of musicians, we study the most common injuries, the causes associated with the appearance of the lesions and the same treatment tools. Bodily self-awareness appears as a variable cross all these phenomena indicated. It is considered as hypothesis in studies of different areas that individuals with better awareness and perception of the body tend to suffer less from illnesses of neuromusculoskeletal order. Thus, the overall objective of the research is to investigate the body self in university music students and its relation to the prevention and/or appearance of neuromusculoskeletal injuries related to instrumental practice. The research had mixed character and was conducted in two stages. The first is related to the creation and validation of a qualitative evaluation tool for body selfawareness and ergonomic aspects of music students, the Aergo-AutoConMusi. 415 students from undergraduate and bachelor's degree in music from different universities of Brazil participated in this phase, enrolled in all periods. The first phase resulted in two studies: the first one shows the overall evaluation of the results of the Occupational Health music students and the second one presents the development process and instrument validation. The AergoAutoConMusi validation phase resulted in three scales: a range of body self-awareness; a perception of pain scale and finally a scale preventive aspects. The second phase of the research is refered to the clinical trial uncontrolled, driven by an intervention through the Pilate’s concept and lectures on health musician. The intervention was made through the elective course health of musician, with 15 enrolled students of both sexes, aged 19-44 years, mean 26 years. The subject of the meetings were weekly, lasting three hours. Students were grouped in three per class, according to their schedule availability. The intervention phase showed qualitative and quantitative aspects of the implementation of course health of musician. The increase of some physical and behavioral aspects involved with body self-awareness can be observed both by applying the Aergo-AutoConMusi as the reports of the participants. The understanding of the body and specific training of body and behavioral skills in performance made possible in this thesis the reduction of pain complaints and the improvement in some aspects (pain perception, ergonomic aspects of music making) body self-awareness measured by the instrument. We conclude with the results of this thesis, that the body self-awareness in musicians can be based on three dimensions: body self-awareness and the perception of pain; body self-awareness and ergonomic aspects of music making and body self-awareness and preventive health components of the musician. The body's relationship to pain, body posture in performance, behavior of prevention and care in health, to improve and adjust through teaching and bodily experiences specific to the health of the musician, focused on aspects that guide the body self-awareness. For it is a multifactorial phenomenon, body self-awareness in musicians is evident as exploratory field and requires the health participation of different professionals who can contribute to their assessment and their understanding as well as the creation and implementation of programs aimed its improvement in different musical activities.
- ItemDe John Wayne a David Beckham - ressignificações das masculinidades: um estudo em representações sociais(Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, 2013-08-21) Ceotto, Eduardo Coelho; Trindade, Zeidi Araújo; Andrade, Alexsandro Luiz de; Perim, Paulo Castelar; Nascimento, Adriano Roberto Afonso do; Barros, Sibelle Maria Martins deGaining visibility and strength in the twentieth century, the feminist movement has brought several changes with respect to the participation of women in society. These changes, which were initially disdained by men, were consolidated and collected many achievements. Men are then faced with unfamiliar situations, creating difficulties in their relationship with these new women, and causing what masculinity theorists have called ‘the crisis of masculinity’. The history of gender relations based on a patriarchal model favored the construction of a type of hegemonic masculinity, represented by strong man, virile, heterosexual and dominant. In the last decade of the twentieth century, emerges the figure of the metrosexual man, who introduces himself as a man concerned with the aesthetic care and appearance, aiming at maintaining good looks, and coexisting with the traditional standard. Based on the Theory of Social Representations, this study aimed at verifying the presence of aesthetic elements in the representation of masculinity and social practices of young adults. The survey was conducted from three studies: Study 1 aimed to identify and analyze the constitutive elements of the SR of ‘man’, ‘woman’, ‘ideal man’ and ‘ideal woman’ to 192 male university students. Study 2 was a documental research, conducted with an analysis of 44 issues of Men’s Health Brazil magazine (2006-2009) in order to identify and study the elements of the SR of masculinity conveyed in the magazine. Finally, Study 3 was conducted with 384 university students of both sexes to verify the existence of a relationship between practices of beauty care and motivation for male self-care with the SR of the objects ‘ man’ and ‘woman’. Data were analyzed with the following softwares: Alceste, SPAD-T and SPSS v. 18. Evocations were processed through TISCON. Results indicated that the elements of social representations of men and women exhibit hegemonic characteristics, being the man depicted with attributes such as ‘provider’, ‘strong’ and ‘virile’ and the ‘woman’, with characteristics such as ‘caregiver’, ‘caring’ and ‘affectionate’. The SR of ‘ideal man’ are projected on the idea that the man should also be handsome, intelligent, educated and faithful, in addition to the provider. In the documental study, a possible change in the masculinity standard was identified when compared to the hegemonic standard. The SR of masculinity are associated with practices of seduction and beauty, body care and man attuned, where new practices are associated with the idea of men, such as cooking, reading incentives and CDs and DVDs suggestions, aiming at increasing the intellectual standards of the men. Regarding the study of the relationship between SR and practices, although the correlation coefficients were low, results indicate practical motivations for male selfcare. ‘Becoming handsome’ is mentioned by men as the main reason for self-care. Results lead to a general discussion of the relation between representations and practices, indicating that the incorporation of aesthetic practices can generate a new social representation of masculinity, moving away from the hegemonic model.
- ItemDesenvolvimento cognitivo na construção do raciocínio matemático e reprovação nos cursos de engenharia da Univasf(Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, 2012-03-08) Sousa, Geida Maria Cavalcanti de; Queiroz, Sávio Silveira de; Andrade, Alexsandro Luiz de; Canal, Claudia Patrocinio Pedroza; Gurgel, Carmesina Ribeiro; Sad, Lígia ArantesRecent research showed high percentage of failure in engineering courses at the Federal University of São Francisco Valley. These results stimulated the work described here, which aimed to analyze the relationship between cognitive development in the construction of mathematical reasoning and failure in the basic subjects of engineering courses at Univasf. Participants were 37 students undertaking engineering courses (Calculus I, Analytic Geometry and Physics), and five teachers of these subjects. The data cover the period from 2009 to 2010 and was obtained on the campus of Juazeiro-BA Univasf, with the following methods : interviews with students and teachers; the application of Piagetian tests (floating bodies task and the pendulum) and BPR - 5, psychological tests with the students. The analysis categories were: leveis of cognitive development; student performance in basic subjects and reasoning tests; concepts, skills and difficulties in mathematics; and teaching-learning process and their relationships, data which was analyzed using a quantitative/qualitative approach. Results showed: Regardless of the pass/fail situation in the basic subjects of engineering Univasf, leveis of cognitive development did not justify the final outcome students' academic performance. 2. The data resulting from tests of reasoning (BPR-5) point out, just in Spatial Reasoning subtest, a positive correlation with a positive correlation with academic test scores of Analytical Geometry (subject). There is a correlation between performance on tests of academic achievement (GA, CA, FIS) for successful students performed significantly higher than disapproved. This situation did not occur among the subtests of BPR-5. Statistically, there is no significant differences between approved students and disapproved ones significant differences between students approved and disapproved, considering all subtests battery BPR-5. 3. Several difficulties affect academic performance (associated with other ones): the teacher-student relationship, communication, process of text comprehension, teaching methodology, decontextualized content, lack of basic knowledge from secondary education; lack of pedagogical formation of teachers, teaching strategies and learning assessment, the number of subjects in the first period, financial difficulties, family problems, and students becoming discouraged due to frustration with their performance. Thus, it is concluded that control variables or intervention, depending on the design and context of future research, can define various aspects that influence the academic performance in the pedagogical, psychological and cognitive perspectives.
- ItemGerenciamento proteano de carreira entre universitários(Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, 2014-06-24) Borges, Ludmila Ferreira Liberato; Andrade, Alexsandro Luiz de; Oliveira, Manoela Ziebell de; Guerra, Valeschka MartinsFrom the second half of the twentieth century, changes in the capitalist way of production began to affect the relationship that companies established with workers. Facing an unpredictable market, the traditional career, characterized, among other aspects, by lasting jobs and opportunity for advancing in the organization hierarchy, has become less recurrent. Simultaneously, new conceptions of career began to emerge, most of which with an individualistic approach. Among other studies, this paper used as a reference the protean career study. This model, proposed by North American scholars, focuses on the concept of a career that is managed by the individual who aims to achieve psychological success. Thus, it is anchored in two main dimensions: self-directedness and values-driven. Considering the several studies describing the difficulties faced by students during the transition from university to the labor market, this research aimed at understanding the aspects of protean career management among Brazilian students who had completed, at least, the first half of an undergraduate course. The study was divided into two articles. The first aimed at developing and validating the Protean Career Attitude Scale for undergraduates and was conducted with a sample of 1,016 students from 37 different courses, ranging in age between 18 and 65 years old, with an average of 25.52 (SD = 6.69 years). The instrument, in this study, was called the Protean Career Management Scale for Undergraduate Students, and it verified the two-dimensional structure, also found in the original version of the measuring process. The reliability index was satisfactory and higher than .61, being possible to be used in services of professional or career counseling. The second paper aimed at understanding how the 14 dimensions of the protean model relate to sociodemographic variables and psychosocial constructs: personality, locus of control, health and life satisfaction. It involved 245 students enrolled in Humanities courses and 280 enrolled in Natural Sciences courses. The total consisted of 525 students, out of which 52% were male ones. The age of participants ranged from 18 to 30 years, and an average of 22.59 years (SD = 2,66. years). Based on the results of study 2, it was found that Humanities students tend to have a higher average in the values-driven dimension than the Natural Sciences students. It was also found that the aspects of conscientiousness and internal control of locus are significant predictors of self-directedness, both among Humanities and Natural Sciences students. It was also found that the adoption of protean attitudes tend to positively impact health and life satisfaction aspects of the subject. In general terms, the study also allowed the identification of protean characteristics among university students, as it also made possible to find out the variables related to attitudes of self-directedness and values-driven. However, it must be pointed out that further research must be carried out on other psychosocial variables that may be related to protean career management among university students.
- ItemNarrativas de carreira (e vida) em vítimas de acidentes de trânsito(Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, 2018-05-03) Castilho, Jessica Dias; Andrade, Alexsandro Luiz de; Nascimento, Andrea dos Santos; Silva, Priscilla de Oliveira Martins; Oliveira, Manoela Ziebell deThis paper is structured in the format of two articles. The first article entitled "a review on return to work after traffic accidents" seeks to review the literature on the process of returning to work following traffic accident, on the basis of Capes and PubMed journals. The results pointed to the lack of articles on this theme in Brazilian studies, and the need for qualitative studies. There were also indications that a good perception of quality of life positively influenced return to work, while serious injuries and low expectation of return negatively affected this return. The second article entitled "Career (and Life) Narratives of Traffic Accident Victims" derives from a qualitative research carried out with people who had a traffic accident, in which they sought to understand the impacts of accidents on their careers and lives, through career narrative theory. The results indicated that going through a traffic accident negatively impacts the professional trajectories. Such people after a traumatic event like this went through moments of physical health recovery, which affected their jobs and careers.A conclusion related to the expectation of work for people who are victims of accidents and the scientific context of the career is the urgency to deepen this theme, so that we can think of alternative career guidance for these people, who because of the violence in traffic not only their bodies being affected, but also their lives and careers.
- ItemNegócios sociais como prática cultural cooperativa(Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, 2018-06-28) Gonçalves, Claudinei Pereira; Borloti, Elizeu Batista; Andrade, Alexsandro Luiz de; Alves, Diego Zilio; Ramos, Fabiana Pinheiro; Faria, Luiz Henrique LimaThis study proposes that the field of social business constitutes an unexplored cultural practice developed throughout the evolutionary history of the human species, in which the cooperative repertoire of some individuals stands out for the emergence and maintenance of this practice ", a thesis that was investigated with the accomplishment of interconnected studies, corresponding three articles, as follows. The objective of the first study was to propose, from a historical perspective, that emergence of social enterprises corresponds to a cultural practice developed throughout the evolutionary history of cooperation in the human specie. The intention was: (a) to present the most influential theories about cooperation already in existence or under discussion; (b) to describe the influence of cooperation on the evolutionary process of social enterprises; and (c) to describe the historical line in which social enterprises were developed. Although there is a set of factors that triggered rise in number of social enterprises, its emergence must be seen as a product of 2.5 million years of evolution of cooperative behavior on human specie. Thus, the history of the emergence of social enterprises is the very history of human cooperation. The starting point on an emerging theme is to know how is the scientific development in the area of knowledge that circumscribes it. The objectives of the study were: (a) to review world research in social enterprises in the last 10 years; and (b) seek an identification of studies that approach social enterprises as a cultural practice. Among the verified results, it was highlight the lack of initiatives that explore a behavioral perspective of social enterprises as a cultural practice that promotes more equitable socioeconomic development. The study proposed to address the role of human cooperation in the initiative to found a social enterprise. To this end, we sought to identify the cooperative contingencies of the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize, Professor Muhammad Yunus, which culminated in the creation and operation of the Grammen Bank, a globally known social enterprise model. The purpose of this study was to highlight contingencies that could be important to program educational practices focused on social enterprise. It was observed that as the most relevant contingencies in the maintenance of cooperative behaviors of Yunus involve self-control and counter-control in the coexistence with groups that are related to the reach of the common good. The three studies reaffirmes the thesis foundations, ratifying (1) that the study of social enterprises as cultural practice is a field still unexplored; (2) that social enterprises represents a social phenomenon developed throughout the history of human cooperation evolution; and (3) that the cooperative repertoire of some individuals stands out for the emergence and maintenance of this cultural practice.
- ItemO processo pré-transição para a aposentadoria : desenvolvimento de escalas psicométricas e correlatos psicossociais(Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, 2015-01-01) Rafalski, Julia Carolina; Andrade, Alexsandro Luiz de; Guerra, Valeschka Martins; Natividade, Jean Carlos; Menandro, Paulo Rogério MeiraThe ageing of population and the decrease in natality and fertility rates contribute to the growth of the thematic of retirement in importance in areas such as health and public policies, organizational policies and social security. This work focuses on comprehending the pre-transition process of retirement in the perception, decision and planning phases, observing how demographic, work and health variables can influence this phasing. To do so, this dissertation is designed in three papers. The first is destined to the development and validation of the Perceptions of Future Retirement Scale (PFRS), which presented a 5 dimensions structure: Health Perceptions, Detachment from Work, Finances, Interpersonal Relationships and Losses in Retirement. The scale presented good internal reliability in all five subscales (above 0,70) and relation with other variables. The second paper presents the adaptation process of the Process of Retirement Planning Scale (PRePS) to Brazilianportuguese and it’s relation with decision-making styles. The PRePS was satisfactorily adapted and results show that decision-making styles are able to predict more retirement planning. The third paper focused on understanding how the three pre-transition to retirement phases relate to one another and to variables of mental health and work. Results showed that the variables predicting retirement planning are mutable depending on which dimension is being analyzed, but the ability of perceptions, reasons to retire and decisionmaking styles to predict planning was confirmed in all four dimensions (finances, lifestyle, psychosocial and health). Overall, this study confirmed the existence of the pre-retirement triad in the Brazilian population, focusing on the influence of demographic variables, such as age, and personal, such as perceptions, reasons to retire and decision-making styles in the following planning to life after work. The need of further research is clear, in order to verify the existence of other psychosocial variables that can be related to the retirement process in the Brazilian population.
- ItemO relacionamento professor-aluno e o bullying no ensino fundamental(Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, 2012-10-30) Passos, Virgínia de Oliveira Alves; Garcia, Agnaldo; Tokumaro, Rosana Suemi; Andrade, Alexsandro Luiz de; Leme, Maria Isabel da Silva; Miranda, Raquel FerreiraThe social context is marked by countless situations identified by violence. The school as a place for developing individuals is a setting for conflicts. A phenomenon of intense violence, is worrying educators in general - bullying - term used to refer to aggressive attitudes, intentional, repetitive, adopted by one or more students against another(s), causing pain, distress and suffering. Insults, intimidation, nicknames, teasing, accusations, often leading to exclusion, and physical, psychological, moral and material. The overall goal of this research is to investigate the role of the teacher-student relationship in the occurrence of conflict situations involving students, from the students' perspective. The study included 124 students in 7th grade from three elementary schools in Recife (PE). Students were asked to write an essay about "School Violence", and then completed a questionnaire about the relationship with colleagues and two teachers - with Good Relationships and with Difficult Relationship. A thematic analysis of newsrooms shows that the majority of students referred directly to bullying to speak about school violence. This practice was also addressed indirectly, without making explicit reference to the term bullying. Some students expressed their targets / victims of bullying, and others claimed to have witnessed such a practice. Analysis of the questionnaires showed the forms of involvement in bullying and aspects of the teacher-student relationship. Statistical analysis showed correlational link between student authors / aggressors and negative aspects of the relationship with teachers. The results allow for greater understanding of the influence of interpersonal relationships in the school context.
- ItemPensamentos negativos de carreira e aspectos psicológicos relacionados à satisfação com os resultados alcançados na vida e na carreira(Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, 2016-04-19) Silva, Marcelo Zanotti da; Andrade, Alexsandro Luiz de; Araújo, Bruno Felix Von Borell de; Silva, Priscilla de Oliveira Martins da
- ItemRelacionamentos românticos : modelos de qualidade e satisfação em relacionamentos de casal(Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, 2011-02-23) Andrade, Alexsandro Luiz de; Garcia, Agnaldo; Miranda, Raquel Ferreira; Tokumaru, Rosana Suemi; Souza, Marcos Aguiar de; Queiroz, Sávio Silveira deSatisfaction and quality of a romantic relationship are aspects related to quality of life, happiness and relationship maintenance. This doctoral research focused on understanding the determinants of quality in romantic relationships and four studies have been conducted: Study I - Development of the Multidimensional Measure of Quality of Romantic Relationships (AQUARELA-R); Study II - Predictive Model of Quality of Romantic Relationships; Study III - Validity and Reliability of Rating Scales of Constructs related to Romantic Relationships; Study IV - Structural Model of Quality in Romantic Relationships. A total of 1918 people of both sexes participated in the four studies. Participants were from four regions of Brazil and 871 (45.1%) were males. The average age of participants was 26.1 years. The results of the first study showed a psychometric instrument with parameters of accuracy and reliability appropriate for the assessment of five domains of quality in a relationship: love, sex, communication, commitment and intimacy. The study demonstrated how two variable components of love, sexual satisfaction and overall satisfaction with life, influence the overall satisfaction with the relationship. In the third study, exploratory and confirmatory aspects of validity and reliability of four psychometric instruments with elements of romantic relationships are reported: small version of the triangular love scale - ETAS, rating scale of quality in romantic relationships - AQUARELA R-marital inventory of social skills - MSSI and range of styles of love - LAS-Bra. The last study in turn presents structural equation models combining the constructs assessed by the scales validated in Study III. As results of this study three general models of quality in romantic relationships are presented: Multidimensional Model of Quality in Romantic Relationships - MMQRR; Model of Emotional-Assertive Quality – MEAQ; Assertive Cognitive Model of Quality - MCAQ. It is concluded that the objectives of this dissertation have been achieved and the model MCAQ was considered the most innovative, demonstrating the relationship of cognitive styles of adaptation, assertive 8 social skills and overall quality in the relationship as important elements in the manifestation of the love construct.
- ItemUso de pornografia e sua influência na satisfação com os relacionamentos amorosos(Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, 2019-04-23) Baumel, Cynthia Perovano Camargo; Guerra, Valeschka Martins; Nascimento, Andrea dos Santos; Andrade, Alexsandro Luiz de; Silva, Priscilla de Oliveira Martins da; Freire, Sandra Elisa de AssisThis thesis, developed as 5 separate studies, used different methodological research approaches in order to verify the influence of the use of, and of the attitudes towards pornography in the evaluation of satisfaction within love relationships. Study 1 presents a systematic literature review that sought to identify the definitions of pornography used by researchers and the perceived effects of using such material on love relationships, with a final database of 45 articles. Within the sample studied, sexually explicit material was identified as the most accepted definition of pornography. Study 2 sought to identify and understand the attitudes that men and women have regarding pornography, as well as to verify the perceived advantages and disadvantages of using this type of material in love relationships. Twenty participants, equally distributed regarding gender, with an average age of 25,7 years (SD = 2,06), born in Brazil, were interviewed using a semi-structured script. The results showed that the difference between genders in the approach and in the use of pornography was identified as a significant variable. Study 3 used exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses to validate two of the instruments used in the thesis: the Sexual Satisfaction Index and the Attitudes toward Pornography Scale, built specifically for this research. The instruments analysed showed favourable indicators, demonstrating the adequacy of the proposed models. Studies 4 and 5 sought to describe the use and attitudes towards pornography and characteristics of the participants' love relationship, as well as to present a model that would aid in understanding satisfaction with the love relationship and the contribution of the use and the attitudes towards pornography in this using an online questionnaire. Study 4 had 1382 participants (77,4% women) with an average age of 30,06 years (SD = 9,84). Sexual satisfaction, intimacy and commitment were the significant variables that contributed to the perception of satisfaction with the relationship, to men as well as to women. Regarding the contribution of pornography, the use of and the negative attitude towards pornography contributed significantly to the negative assessment of the satisfaction with the relationship, although the percentage of explanation for these models is small. Study 5 used 200 participants from the previous study who answered the questionnaire as members of a couple. It sought to describe the use of pornography and characteristics of the love relationships of 100 couples in hetero-affective relationships, as well as to present a model that would help understanding the satisfaction with love relationships and the contribution of the use of and the attitudes towards pornography in this evaluation, considering the interdependence of partners in the love dyad. The relationship variables appeared as significant in the evaluation of satisfaction with the relationship. Specifically, the use of pornography by men has emerged as a significant variable that has contributed to the assessment of satisfaction with the love relationship of both men and women – however small the total explanation of the model has shown to be.