Jean Carlos Natividade

Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro · Department of Psychology (PSI)

A Atratividade Sexual é um dos sete fatores sexuais da personalidade do modelo Sexy-7. Ela refere-se a quanto uma pessoa desperta interesse sexual em outras devido a sua beleza ou comportamentos sedutores. Sendo um traço relevante para o sucesso romântico, principalmente feminino, e associado a experiências positivas, devido ao viés de beleza, espe...

Os relacionamentos amorosos impactam substancialmente na saúde mental e na qualidade de vida das pessoas. Altos níveis de satisfação com o relacionamento amoroso estão associados ao maior investimento e permanência no relacionamento e ao bem-estar. As competências de comunicação diádica de estresse são uma característica fundamental para os relacio...

A prática da interrupção da comunicação virtual sem aviso prévio com o objetivo de terminar um relacionamento de qualquer tipo é nomeada de ghosting. O ghosting é empregado como uma forma indireta de dissolução dos relacionamentos amorosos. Sofrer ghosting está associado a impactos negativos na autoestima e no bem-estar. Por outro lado, a autoestim...

A Disposição Erótica é um dos sete fatores sexuais da personalidade humana (Sexy-7). Refere-se à tendência em demonstrar interesse e disposição para a prática sexual e divide-se em Fetiches e Excitação. Indivíduos com níveis elevados de Disposição Erótica tendem a estar sempre prontos para a atividade sexual, buscam estimulação sexual variada e são...

A Abertura a experiências, um dos cinco grandes fatores de personalidade, é caracterizada por uma tendência à curiosidade e à receptividade a novas ideias e valores não convencionais. Altos níveis de Abertura estão associados a comportamentos exploratórios de busca por novidades que podem refletir, inclusive, na sexualidade. Por exemplo, indivíduos...

A Terapia do Esquema (TE) é uma abordagem dentro do espectro das TCCs que direciona o foco dos comportamentos e emoções disfuncionais aos primeiros relacionamentos interpessoais. Relações conturbadas na infância e adolescência podem acarretar o desenvolvimento de esquemas iniciais desadaptativos (EIDs), padrões cognitivo-comportamentais disfunciona...

The present study aimed at testing hedonic shopping motivations’ explanatory power for the impulsive buying tendency and specific buying behaviors. It also presents psychometric properties of the adapted Brazilian version of the Hedonic Shopping Motivations (HSM) scale. This scale assesses six factors of hedonic motives for shopping: Adventure shop...

The present study aimed at testing hedonic shopping motivations’ explanatory power for the impulsive buying tendency and specific buying behaviors. It also presents psychometric properties of the adapted Brazilian version of the Hedonic Shopping Motivations (HSM) scale. This scale assesses six factors of hedonic motives for shopping: Adventure shop...

O objetivo deste estudo foi buscar evidências de validade para o Questionário de Estilos de Humor (HSQ) numa amostra brasileira. Participaram 322 estudantes universitários com média de idade de 28,6 anos (DP=11,5), sendo 68,6% mulheres e 31,4% homens. Após procedimentos de tradução, aplicou-se a versão brasileira do HSQ, juntamente com instrumentos...

Background: Many factors are associated with pedestrian injuries and accidents. If a pedestrian is injured in an outdoor public space, we are talking about a “pedestrian fall”. Pedestrian falls are a more common cause of pedestrian injuries than traffic crashes but have received less attention and the literature on this topic is scarce. Aims and m...

Resumo A Romantic Beliefs Scale (RBS) foi desenvolvida para acessar crenças sobre romantismo, que podem impactar na formação e qualidade de relacionamentos românticos. Tais crenças podem ser acessadas por meio de quatro fatores que representam o amor romântico ideal, sendo elas: Um e único, Idealização, Amor à primeira vista e Amor encontra uma man...

The Male Sexual Function Index (MSFI) is an instrument that assesses five domains of male sexual function: desire, arousal, erection, orgasm, and satisfaction. This study aimed to adapt and seek validity evidence for the MSFI for the Brazilian context. The participants comprised 449 men aged 18 to 65 years. The results showed an adequate fit of the...

Previous studies have found a negative relationship between creativity and conservatism. However, as these studies were mostly conducted on samples of homogeneous nationality, the generalizability of the effect across different cultures is unknown. We addressed this gap by conducting a study in 28 countries. Based on the notion that attitudes can b...

Previous studies have found a negative relationship between creativity and conservatism. However, as these studies were mostly conducted on samples of homogeneous nationality, the generalizability of the effect across different cultures is unknown. We addressed this gap by conducting a study in 28 countries. Based on the notion that attitudes can b...

"If you're happy, do you buy stuff? The predictive power of subjective well-being over material purchases" •• "Si estás feliz, ¿compras cosas? El poder predictivo del bienestar subjetivo sobre las compras materiales" •••• O objetivo do presente estudo foi testar o poder explicativo do bem-estar subjetivo, da personalidade e de variáveis sociodemogr...

Passionate love encompasses cognitive, emotional, and behavioral components, including the desire for a complete union, intrusive thoughts, partner idealization, and sexual attraction. Passionate love plays an evolutionary role by motivating partners to engage in sexual activity, invest time and energy in each other, and maintain closeness. Consequ...

The current study investigates attitudes toward one form of sex for resources: the so-called sugar relationships, which often involve exchanges of resources for sex and/or companionship. The present study examined associations among attitudes toward sugar relationships and relevant variables (e.g., sex, sociosexuality, gender inequality, parasitic...

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to the introduction of unprecedented safety measures, one of them being physical distancing recommendations. Here, we assessed whether the pandemic has led to long-term effects on two important physical distancing aspects, namely interpersonal distance preferences and interpersonal touch behaviors. We analyzed nearly 1...

Love is a phenomenon that occurs across the world and affects many aspects of human life, including the choice of, and process of bonding with, a romantic partner. Thus, developing a reliable and valid measure of love experiences is crucial. One of the most popular tools to quantify love is Sternberg’s 45-item Triangular Love Scale (TLS-45), which...

The intensity of affect refers to the strength with which individuals experience their emotions. This study aimed to adapt and seek evidence of validity for the version of the Short Affect Intensity Scale (SAIS) for the Brazilian context. After translation procedures, the translated version of the SAIS was applied, along with instruments to measure...

Emotional investment refers to how individuals invest in their romantic relationships, encompassing attributes such as caring, affection, and romanticism. Emotional investment in romantic relationships may be crucial to human social behavior. Individuals who invest emotionally in their partners are more likely to form stable, long-lasting relations...

O transtorno de personalidade Borderline (TPB) é um transtorno caracterizado por um padrão generalizado de relacionamentos instáveis, e desregulação emocional e comportamental. Apesar de relativamente comum, o TPB é de difícil diagnóstico devido à heterogeneidade de suas características. Há poucos instrumentos disponíveis para auxiliar o diagnóstic...

Objetivo: O objetivo deste artigo é discutir a função adaptativa do consumo, enfatizando-se o consumo masculino de produtos luxuosos.Método: Trata-se de uma revisão narrativa e crítica da literatura científica.Resultados: As evidências reunidas sugerem que homens que ostentam produtos luxuosos utilizam os meios materiais da cultura disponível (e.g....

Objective: Vaccines are an effective means to reduce the spread of diseases, but they are sometimes met with hesitancy that needs to be understood. Method: In this study, we analyzed data from a large, cross-country survey conducted between June and August 2021 in 43 countries (N = 15,740) to investigate the roles of trust in government and science...

Touch is the primary way people communicate intimacy in romantic relationships, and affectionate touch behaviors such as stroking, hugging and kissing are universally observed in partnerships all over the world. Here, we explored the association of love and affectionate touch behaviors in romantic partnerships in two studies comprising 7880 partici...

Recent cross-cultural and neuro-hormonal investigations have suggested that love is a near universal phenomenon that has a biological background. Therefore, the remaining important question is not whether love exists worldwide but which cultural, social, or environmental factors influence experiences and expressions of love. In the present study, w...

Cultural innovations, such as tools and other technical articles useful for survival, imply that creativity is an outcome of evolution. However, the existence of purely ornamental items obfuscates the functional value of creativity. What is the functional or adaptive value of aesthetic and intellectual ornaments? Recent evidence shows a connection...

The range of naturalistic observations of personality in online environments has been expanded with new communication technologies. That made it possible to capture a large volume of digital footprints (Big Data). This research aimed to carry out a systematic literature review of national and international scientific articles that used digital foot...

Properly assessing well-being is crucial for understanding its impact on health, particularly in individuals who deal with high-risk and stressful situations in their professions. This study aimed to investigate evidence of the validity of an instrument to assess well-being from the PERMA model for a sample of public security professionals. Partici...

A exposição a notícias e seus impactos sobre emoções e comportamentos têm sido cada vez mais investigados. O objetivo deste estudo foi explorar relações entre valência (positiva/negativa) de afetos vivenciados ao consumir notícias sobre questões ambientais, comportamentos favoráveis ao meio ambiente (CFMA) e engajamento em ações pró ambientais. Um...

Love is a worldwide known phenomenon that affects many aspects of human life, including considering a romantic partner with whom to bond. Thus, developing a reliable and valid measure of love experiences is crucial. One of the most popular tools to test love levels is Sternberg's 45-item Triangular Love Scale (TLS-45), which measures three love com...

Following the global outbreak of COVID-19 in March 2020, individuals report psychological distress associated with the “new normal”—social distancing, financial hardships, and increased responsibilities while working from home. Given the interpersonal nature of stress and coping responses between romantic partners, based on the systemic transac�tio...

Context: Although software development is a human activity, Software Engineering (SE) research has focused mostly on processes and tools, making human factors underrepresented. This kind of research may be improved using knowledge from human-focused disciplines. An example of missed opportunities is how SE employs psychometric instruments. Objectiv...

Introdução O coping diádico pode ser definido como o modo no qual o casal, como uma unidade, enfrenta os estressores (Bodenmann et al., 2011). Bodenmann (2005) descreve o processo em que ocorre o coping diádico. O primeiro passo é a comunicação de estresse. A comunicação verbal ou não verbal de estresse ocorre por meio de solicitação implícita ou e...

Introduction: Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a serious and extremely prevalent mental disorder. Early diagnosis is vital for treatment. However, there are no specific validated screening instruments for Brazilian Portuguese. This study aimed to adapt the McLean Screening Instrument for Borderline Personality Disorder (MSI-BPD) to the Bra...

O modelo Sexy-7 [6; 3] divide as diferenças na sexualidade em sete fatores, são eles: Atratividade Sexual, o quão atraente a pessoa é julgada; Investimento Emocional (e.g. carinhoso), o quanto se dispõe a investir num relacionamento; Exclusividade em Relacionamentos (e.g. infiel), o quanto está disposta a engajar-se num relacionamento exclusivo; Di...

People across the world and throughout history have gone to great lengths to enhance their physical appearance. Evolutionary psychologists and ethologists have largely attempted to explain this phenomenon via mating preferences and strategies. Here, we test one of the most popular evolutionary hypotheses for beauty-enhancing behaviors, drawn from m...

People across the world and throughout history have gone to great lengths to enhance their physical appearance. Evolutionary psychologists and ethologists have largely attempted to explain this phenomenon via mating preferences and strategies. Here, we test one of the most popular evolutionary hypotheses for beauty-enhancing behaviors, drawn from m...

People across the world and throughout history have gone to great lengths to enhance their physical appearance. Evolutionary psychologists and ethologists have largely attempted to explain this phenomenon via mating preferences and strategies. Here, we test one of the most popular evolutionary hypotheses for beauty-enhancing behaviors, drawn from m...

During the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the COVIDiSTRESS Consortium launched an open-access global survey to understand and improve individuals' experiences related to the crisis. a year later, we extended this line of research by launching a new survey to address the dynamic landscape of the pandemic. this survey was released with the goal of a...

The present study sought to map schemas of five types of love and characterize their commonalities and differences in the Brazilian context. Two studies were carried out sequentially. In Study 1, 537 adults answered open‐ended questions about friends' love, romantic love, parental love, filial love, and self‐love. Responses for descriptions of the...

The self-perception of prejudice and discrimination (SPPD) is a global assessment of the degree to which individuals see themselves as the target of negative attitudes and behaviors because of their social group. This study sought to create a scale to measure SPPD. Evidence of validity was sought based on content, structure, and relationships with...

Changes in personality traits in patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) are extremely common throughout the course of the pathology, and these behavioral changes present themselves as challenges in clinical management and as a significant cause of caregivers' burden. Objective: Using a personality inventory based on the five-factor model of perso...

The theory of planned behavior (TPB) has been shown to be an efficient predictor of health-related behaviors. This theory proposes that three psychological variables predict behavioral intention: attitude, subjective norms, perception of control. Behavioral intention, hence, explains the behavior itself. This study aimed to test the predictive powe...

In the Big5 model, the depressive trait is an underlying neuroticism factor that indicates a tendency to experience negative emotions, low expectations for the future, and loneliness. The present study sought to build an implicit measure to assess the depressive trait and search for evidence of its validity. In study 1, we elaborated and selected i...

A wide range of literature connects sex ratio and mating behaviours in non-human animals. However, research examining sex ratio and human mating is limited in scope. Prior work has examined the relationship between sex ratio and desire for short-term, uncommitted mating as well as outcomes such as marriage and divorce rates. Less empirical attentio...

Parentification involves a role reversal phenomenon between family subsystems, including role distortions and hierarchy inversion. The purpose of this study was to adapt and search for validity evidence of the Parentification Questionnaire for the Brazilian context. After translation procedures, the authors applied the instrument in 868 adults of f...

O modelo Sexy-7 divide as diferenças na sexualidade em sete fatores, são eles: Atratividade Sexual, o quão atraente a pessoa é julgada; Investimento Emocional (e.g. carinhoso), o quanto se dispõe a investir num relacionamento; Exclusividade em Relacionamentos (e.g. infiel), o quanto está disposta a engajar-se num relacionamento exclusivo; Disposiçã...

Following the global outbreak of COVID-19 in March 2020, individuals report psychological distress associated with the “new normal”—social distancing, financial hardships, and increased responsibilities while working from home. Given the interpersonal nature of stress and coping responses between romantic partners, based on the systemic transaction...

A wide range of literature connects sex ratio and mating behaviours in non-human animals. However, research examining sex ratio and human mating is limited in scope. Prior work has examined the relationship between sex ratio and desire for short-term, uncommitted mating as well as outcomes such as marriage and divorce rates. Less empirical attentio...

A wide range of literature connects sex ratio and mating behaviours in non-human animals. However, research examining sex ratio and human mating is limited in scope. Prior work has examined the relationship between sex ratio and desire for short-term, uncommitted mating as well as outcomes such as marriage and divorce rates. Less empirical attentio...

This study aimed to investigate the predictive power of aspects of the romantic relationship on subjective well-being, beyond what is explained by sociodemographic and personality variables. Participants were 490 heterosexual adults (68.8% women), all involved in a monogamous romantic relationship. Romantic relationship variables were substantial p...

Alcohol is a global risk factor for road trauma. Although drink driving has received most of the scholarly attention, there is growing evidence of the risks of alcohol-impaired walking. Alcohol-impaired pedestrians are over-represented in fatal crashes compared to non-impaired pedestrians. Additionally, empirical evidence shows that alcohol intoxic...

This study aimed to adapt the Investment Model of Commitment Processes Scale (Escala do Nível de Satisfação com o Relacionamento Amoroso - ENSRA - Rusbult, Martz, & Agnew, 1988) to the Brazilian context. In the first study (N = 269), we sought evidence of validity based on the unifactorial structure of the instrument and analyzed the properties of...

PERMA is an acronym that designates the five well-being pillars of the authentic happiness theory. These factors refer to Positive Emotion, Engagement, Relationship, Meaning, and Accomplishment. The higher the levels in the dimensions of PERMA, the more an individual will flourish. Recently, an instrument has been developed to measure these factors...

Interpersonal touch behavior differs across cultures, yet no study to date has systematically tested for cultural variation in affective touch, nor examined the factors that might account for this variability. Here, over 14,000 individuals from 45 countries were asked whether they embraced, stroked, kissed, or hugged their partner, friends, and you...

The COVIDiSTRESS global survey collects data on early human responses to the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic from 173 429 respondents in 48 countries. The open science study was co-designed by an international consortium of researchers to investigate how psychological responses differ across countries and cultures, and how this has impacted behaviour, copin...

A Correction to this paper has been published: https://doi.org/10.1007/s43076-020-00060-0

We developed a cascade model to reconstruct the hypothesized developmental progression from (a) increased resource instability during childhood to (b) decreased maternal sensitivity during childhood to (c) social vulnerability cognitive schemata to (d) faster Life History strategies to (e) decreased behavioral regulation to (f) more pronounced “Dar...

Exclusividade em relacionamentos amorosos (ER) é uma das sete dimensões da sexualidade humana e refere-se a quanto um indivíduo está disposto a engajar-se num relacionamento amoroso compromissado, monogâmico e ser fiel. Esse traço da sexualidade apresenta importância evolutiva, pois está intimamente relacionado às estratégias reprodutivas. Diferenç...

O uso do smartphone tem se tornado cada vez mais indispensável. No entanto, a dependência dessa tecnologia está associada a aspectos negativos, como o prejuízo nos relacionamentos interpessoais. Características individuais, como a personalidade, ou mesmo circunstanciais, como frequência de uso de redes sociais, podem contribuir para a explicação da...

O investimento emocional (IE) é entendido como uma disposição a investir emocionalmente no relacionamento romântico (e.g., ser romântico, demonstrar afeto). Assim como o IE, os estilos de apego também impactam na maneira como uma pessoa estabelece vínculos afetivos ao longo de sua vida. Esses dois construtos têm aspectos disposicionais e acredita-s...

As pessoas são diferentes na maneira como elas investem em relacionamentos amorosos. Essa característica pessoal relacionada ao investimento em relacionamentos amorosos é denominada investimento emocional (IE). Entendido como traço, o IE compreende atributos como ser romântico, carinhoso, afetuoso. Apesar de ser um importante marcador de diferenças...

O objetivo deste estudo foi adaptar e buscar evidências de validade da Escala de Motivações Hedônicas para compras em uma amostra brasileira. Essa escala propõe-se a acessar seis fatores da realização hedônica experimentada por meio das atividades de compras: Estímulo, Gratificação, Papel, Economia, Socialização, Novidade. Após procedimentos de tra...

Vanity can be understood as a relatively stable characteristic that varies between individuals and encompasses four dimensions: a concern for physical appearance, a positive (possibly inflated) view of physical appearance, a concern for achievement, and a positive (possibly inflated) view of achievement. The present study aimed to adapt to Brazilia...

Across the world, millions of couples get married each year. One of the strongest predictors of whether partners will remain in their relationship is their reported satisfaction. Marital satisfaction is commonly found to be a key predictor of both individual and relational well-being. Despite its importance in predicting relationship longevity, the...