Sarah Paz Martín

• PhD Student at Pontifical Catholic University of Chile

Across four studies (N = 970), we investigated American men’s masculine gender nostalgia, or their sentimental longing for an ostensibly bygone era related to traditional masculinity when “men were men” and “women were women.” Prior work has found that group-based nostalgia uniquely predicts extreme forms of bias, including support for group-based...

Background: Breast cancer is the leading cause of death from cancer among women in Latin America. Most Latin American countries started national mammogram screening programs a decade ago. The implementation level and effects of screening programs in Latin America have not been evaluated. Aim: To evaluate the association between screening programs i...

Social norms impact on people’s beliefs and behaviors. Thus, social norms that set up and validate equality between men and women could foster egalitarian attitudes. Given the importance of norms within social interactions, the aim of this study was to analyze the effect of school and peers’ egalitarian norms on attitudes towards gender inequality...

Las normas sociales impactan en las creencias y conductas de las personas. Por lo tanto, una norma social que establezca y valide la igualdad entre hombres y mujeres podría propiciar actitudes más igualitarias. Dada la importancia de las normas en las interacciones sociales, el objetivo de este trabajo fue analizar el efecto de las normas igualitar...

Uno de los principales debates que se han generado alrededor de la teoría de las representaciones sociales se asocia a su potencial crítico, sobre lo cual existen posturas divididas. La presente reflexión entiende ese potencial como la posible vocación transformadora de la teoría y revisa sus bases conceptuales para analizar las razones por las que...

Cuba se encuentra en un proceso de reestructuración de su modelo económico y social de desarrollo. El Sistema Nacional de Archivos de la República de Cuba debe desempeñar un rol protagónico en este sentido; sin embargo, su modelo de gestión, basado en los enfoques teóricos más tradicionales, dificulta que pueda responder de manera efectiva ante las...

In this article the treatment of fertility and other issues associated with the Cuban demographic dynamics in four media outlets are analyzed, in search of how the intersections with gender, demographic science and communication are manifested. This approach to the links between Communication, Journalism, Gender and Demography opens a path towards...

Cuba is involved in one of the greatest contradictions of this century: the existence of a society influenced more than ever by the scientific activity and, however, not well informed about it. By using methods and techniques such as bibliography review, content analysis and semi-structured interview, this article proposes an approach to the featur...