Jean Carlos Natividade

Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro · Department of Psychology (PSI)

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...

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...

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...

A satisfação com o relacionamento amoroso e o bem-estar estão associados a diversos fatores da vida do casal, tais como a qualidade da comunicação, a habilidade para resolução de conflitos e a atenção dada ao parceiro. Todos esses fatores que dependem da interação entre os membros do casal podem sofrer a interferência do uso excessivo do smartphone...

O comportamento de ignorar a interação presencial para utilizar ininterruptamente o smartphone é designado pelo termo inglês phubbing, formado pela aglutinação das palavras phone (telefone) e snubbing (ignorar). Quando o comportamento de phubbing é vivenciado entre os membros de um relacionamento amoroso utiliza-se o termo partner phubbing. Este tr...

In the face of a population that is increasingly connected electronically, the objective of this research was to test the predictive power of Instagram’s use intensity, social comparison and the five major personality factors of self-esteem. The survey, made available on the internet with sociodemographic questions and four scales, was answered by...

This study investigated the role of perception of the partner's investment (PPI) as a mediator of the relation between attachment and relationship satisfaction. The participants in the study were 1088 Brazilians who were involved in a committed monogamous romantic relationship. Relations between study variables were tested using structural equation...

The Triangular Theory of Love (measured with Sternberg’s Triangular Love Scale – STLS) is a prominent theoretical concept in empirical research on love. To expand the culturally homogeneous body of previous psychometric research regarding the STLS, we conducted a large-scale cross-cultural study with the use of this scale. In total, we examined mor...

The desire to have children construct can be understood as a subjective assessment of the intensity of the intention to have children, and of the consequences of having children. This study aimed to elaborate and search for evidence of validity of an instrument to measure the desire to have children. Initially, evidence of validity based on the con...

This study identifies concepts associated with positive valence of romantic relationship and partner, in order to characterize the schemas about these two phenomena. Participants (N = 158, 134 women) were asked to write about the positive aspects of their relationship and their partner. These reports were subjected to lexical and content analysis....

Considerable research has examined human mate preferences across cultures, finding universal sex differences in preferences for attractiveness and resources as well as sources of systematic cultural variation. Two competing perspectives—an evolutionary psychological perspective and a biosocial role perspective—offer alternative explanations for the...

The objective of this study was to obtain evidence of validity of an instrument to measure the tendency to buy impulsively. A version adapted to Brazil of a Buying Impulsiveness Scale was applied to 1296 Brazilians from all states of the federation, with a mean age of 35.8 years (SD = 12.8). The results indicated a scale with one-factor structure,...

Este estudo teve o objetivo de testar o poder preditivo dos cinco grandes fatores de personalidade, da influência interpessoal e de variáveis sociodemográficas sobre a compra por impulso. Participaram do estudo 1.296 brasileiros, média de idade de 35,8 anos (DP = 12,8), escolaridade mínima de Ensino Médio incompleto. Os resultados mostraram relaçõe...

Humans express a wide array of ideal mate preferences. Around the world, people desire romantic partners who are intelligent, healthy, kind, physically attractive, wealthy, and more. In order for these ideal preferences to guide the choice of actual romantic partners, human mating psychology must possess a means to integrate information across thes...

A felicidade tem sido relacionada à personalidade em diversos estudos, de forma que uma parcela importante do bem-estar subjetivo pode ser explicada pelos cinco fatores de personalidade. O modelo PERMA compreende a felicidade a partir de cinco pilares, operacionalizando dimensões de bem-estar sob perspectivas hedônicas e eudaimônicas. Este estudo t...

A felicidade tem sido relacionada à personalidade em diversos estudos, de forma que uma parcela importante do bem-estar subjetivo pode ser explicada pelos cinco fatores de personalidade. O modelo PERMA compreende a felicidade a partir de cinco pilares, operacionalizando dimensões de bem-estar sob perspectivas hedônicas e eudaimônicas. Este estudo t...

Verificar diferenças nas dimensões da sexualidade entre pessoas em relacionamentos monogâmicos e não-monogâmicos

Testar as relações entre estresse ocupacional, características individuais (personalidad e eresiliência) e estressores.

O bem-estar tem sido amplamente investigado em todo o mundo. Considerando que vários instrumentos são utilizados para aferi-lo, presume-se que todos se relacionem de forma similar com outros construtos. Neste estudo, o objetivo foi verificar relações de bem-estar subjetivo, psicológico e do modelo PERMA com autoestima, gratidão e otimismo. Aplicou-...

A popularidade das competições de jogos eletrônicos tem se mostrado cada vez maior. Concomitantemente, observa-se aumento no número de pesquisas que buscam compreender os efeitos desses jogos em aspectos cognitivos e afetivos. A psicologia positiva vem empenhando-se em entender as relações entre o ato de jogar e variáveis positivas. Dentre essas va...

O modelo PERMA compreende o bem-estar a partir de cinco pilares operacionalizados sob perspectivas hedônicas e eudaimônicas. Em geral, o bem-estar tem sido explicado tanto por características disposicionais quanto situacionais. Entre as características disposicionais, os cinco grandes fatores de personalidade (Big5) tem se destacado na explicação d...

As pessoas tendem a avaliar informações que reforçam o próprio ponto de vista como mais lógicas e verdadeiras, em comparação a informações contrárias àquilo em que elas acreditam. Essa tendência é conhecida como viés do meu ponto de vista e pode ser observada em contextos em que há divergência de opiniões. No cenário político, por exemplo, as pesso...

Homens e mulheres diferem quanto ao nível de investimento parental e, consequentemente, em estratégias reprodutivas. Por exemplo, homens tendem a preferir estratégias de curto prazo; mulheres, de longo prazo. O objetivo deste estudo foi testar associações entre o sexo dos participantes e a frequência de citações de características consideradas idea...

A inteligência tem se mostrado uma característica pessoal considerada atraente tanto para homens, quanto para mulheres. Contudo, os resultados têm sido contraditórios entre as culturas, umas considerando-a como critério de atratividade, outras não. Ainda, não se tem clareza da relação da atração pela inteligência com diferentes estratégias sexuais....

Studies on gratitude are becoming increasingly frequent, mainly because of its relationship with well-being. The aim of this study was to adapt an instrument of gratitude, the Gratitude Questionnaire, and to seek evidence of its validity for Brazil. Controlled translation procedures were performed, and the instrument was applied to 916 adults, mean...

Mate choice lies close to differential reproduction, the engine of evolution. Patterns of mate choice consequently have power to direct the course of evolution. Here we provide evidence suggesting one pattern of human mate choice—the tendency for mates to be similar in overall desirability—caused the evolution of a structure of correlations that we...

Occupational stress has been shown to be a risk factor to health. This study aimed to test the predictive power of the stress factors of teaching on subjective well-being, controlling for personality factors. Participants were 188 elementary school teachers, of which 85.1% were women. The results showed that life satisfaction was explained by a str...

Diferenças entre homens e mulheres em estratégias de relacionamentos on-line

The growing importance of human capital to the success of organizations has increased the efforts to learn what companies can do to attract and retain employees capable of helping them succeed. This paper investigated what individual, organizational and contextual variables predicted competent performance, job satisfaction, and intention to remain...

Versão em português (BR) de manuscrito original em inglês, a ser publicado na Revista PSICOUSF. ............................................................................................................................. Resumo - O objetivo deste estudo foi buscar evidências de validade de um instrumento para aferir a tendência de comprar impulsi...

The relationship between subjective well-being and social comparison among brazilians.

Identificar categorias de discurso associadas ao próprio relacionamento amoroso; verificar associações entre citar as categorias e o sexo dos participantes; Verificar diferenças na satisfação com o relacionamento amoroso entre quem citou e não-citou as categorias.

Construir e buscar evidências de validade de um teste implícito para aferir neuroticismo e suas facetas: depressão, insegurança, instabilidade emocional e passividade.