REPRESENTA����ES SOCIAIS: PARA AL��M DA IDENTIDADE DO PEDAGOGO DOCENTE

Esta pesquisa teve como objetivo investigar as representa����es sociais de um grupo de pedagogos docentes em faculdades isoladas, nos cursos de Pedagogia, a respeito de sua identidade profissional. A fundamenta����o te��rica do estudo baseou- se nos conceitos de Representa����o Social enunciados por S��rge Moscovici e Denise Jodelet. Foram realizadas considera����es acerca dos caminhos percorridos pelos cursos de Pedagogia no pa��s e seus aspectos sociais, que deram origem ��s atuais representa����es que os sujeitos do estudo t��m sobre a profiss��o docente. Os dados foram coletados atrav��s de um question��rio semidiretivo e analisado com os recursos dos softwares ALCESTE, para an��lise lexical, e EVOC, para evoca����o livre das palavras. Os resultados revelaram que a identidade do pedagogo �� compreendida como um processo de constru����o e reconstru����o e apresenta-se como um diferencial, fruto de uma escolha profissional, e n��o de sacerd��cio, anunciando que, embora exista um padr��o social estabelecido para o exerc��cio profissional, o pedagogo docente faz uso de sua professoralidade, na sua maneira de exercer a profiss��o. A contribui����o pretendida por este estudo �� melhor compreender as representa����es de pedagogos docentes nos cursos de forma����o de professores a respeito de sua profiss��o, e seu papel profissional, de forma a oferecer algumas reflex��es sobre a forma����o em Pedagogia.

AVALIA����O DE SINTOMAS DEPRESSIVOS E DA QUALIDADE DE VIDA EM PACIENTES COM S��NDROME FIBROMI��LGICA

Fibromialgia �� uma s��ndrome de etiologia desconhecida com dor difusa, generalizada e cr��nica. O diagn��stico da fibromialgia deve ser feito de acordo com o crit��rio do American College of Rheumatology (ACR) 1990. O paciente deve apresentar dor difusa por mais de tr��s meses e relatar dor �� palpa����o em pelo menos 11 de 18 pontos sens��veis, chamados de tender points , caracaterizando assim a s��ndrome. A maioria dos pacientes acometidos s��o mulheres, e o pico de incid��ncia et��ria na ocasi��o do diagn��stico est�� entre 40 e 50 anos. A dor cr��nica promove um impacto na qualidade de vida dessas pessoas, diminuindo sua auto-estima, isolando-as do conv��vio social e fazendo com que percam o controle dos seus pensamentos e sentimentos. Sintomas depressivos podem ser o resultado da disfun����o org��nica, associada ��s condi����es de limita����o das atividades di��rias.Este estudo tem como objetivo investigar a presen��a dos sintomas depressivos e analisar o impacto dos mesmos sobre a qualidade de vida das pacientes com SF. Foram selecionadas 30 mulheres com diagn��stico de SF, em atendimento no per��odo de outubro a novembro de 2005, as quais responderam a dois question��rios: Invent��rio de Depress��o de Beck, para investigar a presen��a de sinto- mas depressivos e o SF-36 Medical Outcome Survey Short Form -36, para avaliar a qualidade de vida. Os resultados obtidos na estat��stica pelo programa SPS demons- tram que os sintomas depressivos s��o respons��veis pelo impacto na qualidade de vida dessas pessoas, principalmente nos dom��nios: aspectos f��sicos, aspectos sociais, sa��- de mental, vitalidade e sa��de geral. A an��lise dos dados sugere que os sintomas depressivos podem influenciar negativamente a qualidade de vida das mulheres fibromi��lgicas, pois aumenta a sensa����o de incapacidade f��sica, diminui a qualidade das relações sociais, aumenta o pessimismo, a fadiga e o des��nimo

ASSIST��NCIA DE SA��DE ��S MULHERES MU��ULMANAS NO BRASIL: UMA AN��LISE DA RELA����O ENTRE O SISTEMA RELIGIOSO ISL��MICO E A POL��TICA NACIONAL DE ATEN����O INTEGRAL �� SA��DE DA MULHER.

A presente disserta����o tem por objetivo analisar os aspectos religiosos isl��micos e as implica����es das relações de gênero no islam sobre a assist��ncia de sa��de ��s mulheres mu��ulmanas, e atrav��s disto, discutir a import��ncia do conhecimento pr��vio do islamismo pelos profissionais de sa��de para propor uma assist��ncia de sa��de congruente a estas mulheres, tendo por refer��ncia a Pol��tica Nacional de Aten����o Integral �� Sa��de da Mulher. Esta pesquisa tem abordagem qualitativa, com o desenvolvimento de pesquisa de campo e aplica����o de um roteiro de perguntas semi-estruturado, com quest��es relacionadas ao islamismo e �� sa��de das mulheres. Ao todo, foram entrevistadas dez pessoas, sendo estas: quatro mulheres revertidas ao islam, tr��s mulheres de fam��lia mu��ulmana, dois sheiks e uma assistente social. As entrevistas foram realizadas no Centro de Divulga����o do Islam para a Am��rica Latina e o Caribe (CDIAL) e na Assembl��ia Mundial da Juventude Isl��mica na Am��rica Latina (WAMY).

Desempenho f��sico em idosos com diferenciados perfis epidemiol��gicos: an��lise do estudo IMIAS International Mobility in Aging Study sob a perspectiva do curso da vida e de biomarcadores da inflama����o e do estresse

O crescimento demogr��fico de idosos �� um fen��meno mundial e exerce influ��ncia sobre o desenvolvimento e funcionamento das sociedades. Fatores sociais, econ��micos, ambientais, biol��gicos e culturais influenciam o processo de envelhecimento, que pode vir acompanhado de cont��nua perda na capacidade de adapta����o do indiv��duo ao meio ambiente, de maior vulnerabilidade ao estresse, limita����es funcionais e diminui����o da qualidade de vida do indiv��duo. Todavia, ao longo do curso da vida, o indiv��duo vivencia m��ltiplas exposi����es adversas �� sa��de, e o decl��nio da mobilidade surge como um dos primeiros sinais do envelhecimento, repercutindo na sa��de f��sica e mental do indiv��duo. Para contribuir com o conhecimento sobre os desfechos relacionados ao envelhecimento e mobilidade, o estudo IMIAS investiga idosos em quatro pa��ses com diferentes perfis epidemiol��gicos. O presente estudo abordou os poss��veis fatores associados ao decl��nio f��sico em idosos de distintas sociedades, sobre a perspectiva epidemiol��gica do curso da vida e dos biomarcadores da inflama����o e do estresse. Objetivos: 1) Analisar as relações entre as adversidades sociais e econ��micas, vivenciadas durante a inf��ncia, a fase adulta e a velhice, com o baixo desempenho f��sico em popula����es idosas, de diferentes contextos sociais, econ��micos e culturais. 2) Verificar a associa����o entre os n��veis elevados da prote��na c-reativa (PCR) com o desempenho f��sico em idosos de diferentes popula����es. 3) Avaliar se a desregula����o nos n��veis de cortisol diurno exerce influ��ncia sobre o desempenho f��sico em idosos com distintos perfis epidemiol��gicos. M��todos: Foram utilizados dados da linha de base do IMIAS ��� Estudo Internacional de Mobilidade no Envelhecimento, composto por 1.995 indiv��duos entre 65 e 74 anos de idade, residentes em comunidades de quatro pa��ses (Alb��nia, Brasil, Canad��, Col��mbia). O desempenho f��sico foi avaliado atrav��s do Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB) e da for��a de preens��o manual. As adversidades durante o curso da vida foram estimadas a partir de eventos e exposi����es sociais, econ��micas e culturais ocorridas durante a inf��ncia, fase adulta e velhice. Para avaliar o percurso biol��gico e suas associa����es com a mobilidade, a prote��na c-reativa e o cortisol foram considerados como biomarcadores da inflama����o e do estresse, respectivamente. No sentido de responder as quest��es de investiga����es, foram conduzidas an��lises de estat��stica descritiva, bivariada e multivariada, mediante t��cnicas de distribui����o de frequ��ncias, teste qui-quadrado, odds ratio e regress��es log��stica, linear e multin��vel. Resultados: O desempenho f��sico foi menor nos participantes que vivem na Col��mbia, Brasil e Alb��nia do que nos que vivem no Canad��, mesmo quando ajustados por idade, sexo e adversidades durante o curso da vida. O baixo n��vel de desempenho f��sico (SPPB < 8) foi associado a ter sofrido adversidade social e econ��mica na inf��ncia, ter tido ocupa����o semiqualificada na fase adulta, morar sozinho e possuir renda insuficiente na velhice. A PCR esteve associada com a baixa for��a de preens��o manual e com o SPPB<8. Entretanto, a associa����o entre a PCR e a for��a de preens��o manual n��o se manteve quando ajustada por fatores socioecon��micos e h��bitos de sa��de. As associa����es negativas entre SPPB e PCR permaneceram significativas mesmo ap��s ajustes por idade, sexo, escolaridade, local de pesquisa e condi����es de sa��de. O baixo desempenho f��sico (SPPB ��� 8) foi associado com uma significativa diminui����o nos n��veis de cortisol ao acordar, em compara����o com os n��veis de cortisol de idosos com bom desempenho f��sico (SPPB > 8), mesmo ap��s modelos controlados por local de estudo, sexo, depress��o, h��bitos de sa��de, uso de psicotr��picos e ��ndice de massa corporal. Conclus��es: Os resultados evidenciaram associa����o entre a inflama����o, o estresse e as desigualdades sociais e econ��micas na inf��ncia, sobre o desempenho f��sico de idosos com diferenciados perfis epidemiol��gicos. Enfatizamos que a promo����o do envelhecimento saud��vel requer considerar pol��ticas e pr��ticas que favore��am o bem-estar econ��mico e social para crian��as, adultos e idosos.

A presen��a de homens docentes na educa����o infantil: lugares (des)ocupados

A partir da abordagem investigativa da multirreferencialidade, com base em Jacques Ardo��no, e tendo como lentes te��ricas os conceitos de cultura e de gênero, discutidos respectivamente por Victor Hell, Stuart Hall, Alfredo Veiga-Neto, e Joan Scott, Guacira Lopes Louro, Dagmar Meyer, este estudo tem como objetivo analisar as implica����es da presen��a de homens docentes na Educa����o Infantil, problematizando as relações de gênero a partir de um am��lgama de atravessamentos sociais, hist��ricos e culturais. Para tanto, foram realizadas entrevistas semi-estruturadas com dois homens que exercem a fun����o de educador infantil na rede p��blica de ensino do Munic��pio de Natal/RN/Brasil. A an��lise das entrevistas possibilitou a organiza����o dos dados em quatro focos de discuss��o. O primeiro deles refere-se ��s figuras masculinas (re)produzidas no cotidiano da Educa����o Infantil, cujas representa����es discursivas constroem o homem como ���perigoso���, ���poderoso��� e ���respeitado���, ajudando a perpetuar os v��nculos hist��rica e culturalmente estabelecidos entre a figura masculina e as imagens de autoridade, lideran��a, comando, ao mesmo tempo em que refor��a o suposto car��ter natural das relações entre a figura feminina e o cuidado infantil. O segundo foco de discuss��o trata da polariza����o entre os elementos do bin��mio masculino/feminino, ativado constantemente nas relações que se estabelecem entre homens e mulheres no cotidiano da Educa����o Infantil, tornando as institui����es desta etapa de ensino um local de concretiza����o dos mais diversos significados de gênero. O terceiro foco de discuss��o problematiza a necessidade de afirma����o da heterossexualidade dos educadores infantis entrevistados, destacando-se a associa����o (geralmente feita por gestores, por colegas de trabalho e pelas fam��lias das crian��as) entre a heterossexualidade masculina e o adequado exerc��cio da fun����o docente. O quarto e ��ltimo foco de discuss��o trata das lacunas da forma����o inicial e continuada de educadores infantis, enfatizando que, de modo geral, os cursos que formam professores para atuar em institui����es de Educa����o Infantil tendem a desconsiderar a inser����o profissional de homens nessa etapa de ensino. Assim, a Disserta����o que ora apresentamos tem como escopo a desnaturaliza����o de estere��tipos de gênero no cotidiano da Educa����o Infantil, entendendo que este �� tamb��m um contexto muito prof��cuo para o exerc��cio de resist��ncia ��s imagens cultural e historicamente associadas a homens e mulheres.

"Vender as carnes": prostitui����o no litoral norte paraibano

This thesis aims to contribute to reflections on female prostitution in the Para��ba`s North Coast in specific regions of the Ba��a da Trai����o and Indian villages Potiguara constant cultural flow region between indigenous and non-indigenous. Within this hemisphere intend to analyze the transits, the body boundaries, sexuality, identity and ethnic category as central to understanding of prostitution practices inaugurate the possibility to study the gender and blurred places, border, mixed. Specifically, I discuss the experience of articulated gender border between urban and rural, indigenous and non-indigenous, to show and hide, visible and not visible. Analyze the social relations among women who prostitute themselves and the community they inhabit, mobility, economic and symbolic exchanges, conflicts and situations of violence, since the social environment is permeated by these dimensions and the way these women includes complex situations and individuals. Analyze the ethnic and flow of people and relationships that are built differently inside and outside the indigenous community, such as women who prostitute themselves build their indigenous and prostitutes identities. Analyze this mobility in prostitution relationships and the reason for this mobility, indigenous women prostitutes avoid this practice in the indigenous area in order to protect their identities because the community is small, there is the fear on the probability of gossip and malaise in the community. However, the region is characterized as a heterogeneous whole, requiring a procedural analysis to cover the whole specificity of these practices in the covered area.

"Vender as carnes": prostitui����o no litoral norte paraibano

This thesis aims to contribute to reflections on female prostitution in the Para��ba`s North Coast in specific regions of the Ba��a da Trai����o and Indian villages Potiguara constant cultural flow region between indigenous and non-indigenous. Within this hemisphere intend to analyze the transits, the body boundaries, sexuality, identity and ethnic category as central to understanding of prostitution practices inaugurate the possibility to study the gender and blurred places, border, mixed. Specifically, I discuss the experience of articulated gender border between urban and rural, indigenous and non-indigenous, to show and hide, visible and not visible. Analyze the social relations among women who prostitute themselves and the community they inhabit, mobility, economic and symbolic exchanges, conflicts and situations of violence, since the social environment is permeated by these dimensions and the way these women includes complex situations and individuals. Analyze the ethnic and flow of people and relationships that are built differently inside and outside the indigenous community, such as women who prostitute themselves build their indigenous and prostitutes identities. Analyze this mobility in prostitution relationships and the reason for this mobility, indigenous women prostitutes avoid this practice in the indigenous area in order to protect their identities because the community is small, there is the fear on the probability of gossip and malaise in the community. However, the region is characterized as a heterogeneous whole, requiring a procedural analysis to cover the whole specificity of these practices in the covered area.

Produ����o de sentidos sobre a milit��ncia pol��tica de mulheres vinculadas ao MST/RN

Studies show that the theme of gender relations within the MST (Rural Landless Workers Movement) has incorporated some feminist guidelines discussions in the set of its speeches and daily practices. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the production of meanings about the political militancy of women linked to MST in Rio Grande do Norte. The specific objectives sought to identify the continuities and ruptures related to the women's role in the family of the militant women and to investigate the militant���s discursive positioning about their work. The study is configured as a qualitative research, which six women militants linked to the MST at the RN participated. These women occupy the coordination and leadership functions in the movement. We will use a semi-structured interview, initially guided by triggering questions that included, among others, the dimensions: political militancy, family and work as an access tool to the phenomenon. The reports were analyzed from an initial categorization, based on the guiding principles: militancy, family and work, and were based on theoretical perspective of studies about the production of meaning, discursive practices, social psychology and gender studies. The meanings of militancy point to: contribution, hope, recognition, transformation, awareness and fight. The results show that there is always a positivation speech of life, achievements of a formation and about a new place as a woman at stake. These results come justified by the collective investment of struggle, not only for the access to land, but for social rights achievements too. Finally, the MST stands with a discursive agency that contributes to produce in these women not only the way of political participation: but a way to be exercised with collective subjects and their rights.

Produ����o de sentidos sobre a milit��ncia pol��tica de mulheres vinculadas ao MST/RN

Studies show that the theme of gender relations within the MST (Rural Landless Workers Movement) has incorporated some feminist guidelines discussions in the set of its speeches and daily practices. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the production of meanings about the political militancy of women linked to MST in Rio Grande do Norte. The specific objectives sought to identify the continuities and ruptures related to the women's role in the family of the militant women and to investigate the militant���s discursive positioning about their work. The study is configured as a qualitative research, which six women militants linked to the MST at the RN participated. These women occupy the coordination and leadership functions in the movement. We will use a semi-structured interview, initially guided by triggering questions that included, among others, the dimensions: political militancy, family and work as an access tool to the phenomenon. The reports were analyzed from an initial categorization, based on the guiding principles: militancy, family and work, and were based on theoretical perspective of studies about the production of meaning, discursive practices, social psychology and gender studies. The meanings of militancy point to: contribution, hope, recognition, transformation, awareness and fight. The results show that there is always a positivation speech of life, achievements of a formation and about a new place as a woman at stake. These results come justified by the collective investment of struggle, not only for the access to land, but for social rights achievements too. Finally, the MST stands with a discursive agency that contributes to produce in these women not only the way of political participation: but a way to be exercised with collective subjects and their rights.

Da casa grande ao condom��nio fechado: o que mudou nas formas e modos de morar da fam��lia intergeracional no Nordeste e Sudeste do Brasil?

The focus of this study is to draw attention to the intergenerational family���s lifestyles and their various ways of cohabitation, in special to those families which are made by individuals of different generations, these families being constituted of, two or more individuals, or, two or more smaller families, which live under the same roof and have the elderly person as referential in their cohabitation. In those types of families, as for their ways of organization, it is interesting to note that the researches and productions done by inner architects and inner designers do not include this type of family arrangement because their studies do not cover this kind of structuralization nor was this type of organization put together with any of the ways of cohabitation. Therefore there is a theoretical concept void which is propositional, interventional and does not relate to the empirical reality. In observation to these remarks, the research starts a theoretic challenge of deconstruct or reconstruct our modern only habitational template, which is used today in all families configurations which out any regards to where this template will be used, unfitting to the intergenerational families who have elders. This study is then meant to give an differential analysis of the various domestic space���s templates in regards to the new families formats, their basic and special necessities, the home identities of those families which indicates the differential gap in housing and lifestyle from the higher social classes in comparison to the lower social classes. The interdisciplinary method was chosen in order to describe arrangements found in the lifestyles and the ways of cohabitation of the intergenerational families, this method is used for its knowledge base that better articulates the procedure method and the inductive reflexive approach made possible after an qualitative research. In order to accomplish that, an geographical space which tow real possibilities was selected, that is, the space where the people of great social and anthropological proximity are concentrated and the people which are the researcher kinships and friends, in between those are the habitants of Capim Macio���s, Candel��ria���s, Tirol���s and Petr��polis���s, neighborhoods, located in the south west zone of her home city Natal. It has been noticed that, meanwhile these intergenerational spaces do not claim their said spaces, because of their habits, necessities and relations in between generations and gender, their arrangements of said space are extremely creative. That means that alterations in the concepts of planning, construction and utilization of built spaces are imperative.

Da casa grande ao condom��nio fechado: o que mudou nas formas e modos de morar da fam��lia intergeracional no Nordeste e Sudeste do Brasil?

The focus of this study is to draw attention to the intergenerational family���s lifestyles and their various ways of cohabitation, in special to those families which are made by individuals of different generations, these families being constituted of, two or more individuals, or, two or more smaller families, which live under the same roof and have the elderly person as referential in their cohabitation. In those types of families, as for their ways of organization, it is interesting to note that the researches and productions done by inner architects and inner designers do not include this type of family arrangement because their studies do not cover this kind of structuralization nor was this type of organization put together with any of the ways of cohabitation. Therefore there is a theoretical concept void which is propositional, interventional and does not relate to the empirical reality. In observation to these remarks, the research starts a theoretic challenge of deconstruct or reconstruct our modern only habitational template, which is used today in all families configurations which out any regards to where this template will be used, unfitting to the intergenerational families who have elders. This study is then meant to give an differential analysis of the various domestic space���s templates in regards to the new families formats, their basic and special necessities, the home identities of those families which indicates the differential gap in housing and lifestyle from the higher social classes in comparison to the lower social classes. The interdisciplinary method was chosen in order to describe arrangements found in the lifestyles and the ways of cohabitation of the intergenerational families, this method is used for its knowledge base that better articulates the procedure method and the inductive reflexive approach made possible after an qualitative research. In order to accomplish that, an geographical space which tow real possibilities was selected, that is, the space where the people of great social and anthropological proximity are concentrated and the people which are the researcher kinships and friends, in between those are the habitants of Capim Macio���s, Candel��ria���s, Tirol���s and Petr��polis���s, neighborhoods, located in the south west zone of her home city Natal. It has been noticed that, meanwhile these intergenerational spaces do not claim their said spaces, because of their habits, necessities and relations in between generations and gender, their arrangements of said space are extremely creative. That means that alterations in the concepts of planning, construction and utilization of built spaces are imperative.

Estudo Comparado entre Alco��licos e N��o Alco��licos: sintomas psicopatol��gicos: amostra brasileira

Os sintomas psicol��gicos nos indiv��duos consumidores de ��lcool �� o tema investigado neste trabalho, que se dedicou a analisar as diferen��as entre grupos de indiv��duos alco��licos e n��o alco��licos homens e mulheres. A oportunidade desta investiga����o se originou no trabalho de psicologia cl��nica com pacientes alco��licos e, principalmente, frente ��s car��ncias bibliogr��ficas no mercado sobre o assunto. O presente trabalho, buscou, portanto, investigar-se, a partir das hip��teses, a intensidade de problemas psicol��gicos e sintomas psicopatol��gicos em sujeitos alco��licos de ambos os sexos. Para tal, foram realizadas entrevistas orientadas para a aplica����o do instrumento. O instrumento utilizado na pesquisa foi o SCL 90-R (Symptom Check List 90 - Revised) (DEROGATIS, 1983) que se prop��e a medir a intensidade dos sintomas, especificamente em casos de alcoolismo, sendo este instrumento validado no Brasil (LALONI, 2001). Os sintomas psicol��gicos avaliados foram: Psicose, Relações Interpessoais, Ansiedade, Idea����o Paran��ide, Hostilidade, Depress��o, Fobia e Obsessivo Compulsivo. A popula����o investigada abrangeu pessoas n��o consumidoras de ��lcool da comunidade e pessoas alco��licas pertencentes aos AA (Alco��licos An��nimos). Os dois grupos pertencem �� Regi��o Metropolitana de Porto Alegre no Estado do Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil. A compara����o foi abrangente em rela����o aos aspectos de gênero, pois al��m de comparar o grupo de alco��licos e n��o alco��licos verificou as relações de gênero, analisando as diferen��as entre o grupo de homens e mulheres alco��licos e n��o alco��licos. Os resultados encontrados demonstram que os alco��licos s��o mais sintom��ticos que os n��o alco��licos e as mulheres apresentam-se em rela����o aos sintomas avaliados com m��dias mais altas que os homens. Os alco��licos homens e mulheres n��o diferem de forma estatisticamente significativa em seus sintomas psicol��gicos. Da mesma forma homens e mulheres n��o alco��licos n��o diferem em seus sintomas psicol��gicos. / The subject of this research concerns about psychological symptoms on alcohol consuming individuals, analyzing the differences between groups of alcoholic and non alcoholic individuals, men and women. This investigation arose from the psychological clinic work with alcoholic patients in face of the lack of literature about this subject. Based on the hypothesis we investigated the intensity of psychological problems and psychopathological symptoms in alcoholic individuals of both sexes. We also evaluated the presence and intensity of psychological problems and psychopathological symptoms in non alcoholic individuals of both sexes. For this research we performed interviews oriented to the application of the instrument. The instrument employed in the research was SCL 90-R (Symptom Check List 90 - Revised) (DEROGATIS, 1983) which measures the intensity of the symptoms. The instrument was validated in Brazil (LALONI, 2001) and is specific to evaluate symptoms in case of alcoholism. The psychological symptoms we evaluated were: Psychosis, Interpersonal Relations, Anxiety, Paranoid Ideation, Hostility, Depression, Phobia, and Obsessive Compulsive. The population investigated is formed by non alcohol consuming people and alcoholics belonging to the Anonymous Alcoholics (AA). Both groups are from the Metropolitan Region of Porto Alegre in the southern sate of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The comparison was comprehensive regarding the aspects of gender, since besides comparing the group of alcoholics and non alcoholics, it compared alcoholic men and women among themselves, and non alcoholic men and women as well. The results that were found demonstrate that alcoholics are more symptomatic than non alcoholics and women, regarding the evaluated symptoms, present themselves with higher averages than men. Alcoholic men and women do not expressively differ in their psychological symptoms, as non alcoholic men and women do not expressively differ in their psychological symptoms as well.

Fatores psicol��gicos preditores do grau de funcionalidade em idosos

A velhice pode estar associada ao sofrimento, aumento da depend��ncia f��sica, decl��nio funcional, isolamento social, depress��o e improdutividade. No envelhecimento observam-se lentifica����o no processamento cognitivo, redu����o da aten����o, dificuldades na reten����o das informa����es aprendidas (mem��ria de trabalho) e diminui����o na velocidade de pensamento e habilidades visuoespaciais. Por outro lado, as que se mant��m inalteradas s��o: intelig��ncia verbal, aten����o b��sica, habilidade de c��lculo e a maioria das habilidades de linguagem (Moraes, Moraes & Lima, 2010). O objetivo deste estudo �� comparar fun����es executivas com grau de funcionalidade para averiguar em que medida estas vari��veis predizem funcionalidade. Trinta idosos de tr��s val��ncias diferentes constitu��ram a amostra deste estudo. Os instrumentos de avalia����o administrados foram os seguintes: Escala de Barthel, MontrealCognitiveAssessment (MoCA), Trail Making Test (TMT), Teste de Aprendizagem Audio-Verbal de Rey (RAVLT), Figura Complexa de Rey, Teste Stroop de Cores e Palavras (TSCP), DigitSpan, Escala Geri��trica de Depress��o. Dos resultados obtidos destacam-se a exist��ncia de relações estatisticamente significativas entre a sa��de mental e a funcionalidade. Quanto melhor �� a sa��de mental, maior �� o grau de funcionalidade e os participantes do ���Domic��lio��� possuem melhor sa��de mental, aten����o, planeamento e constru����o visuo-espacial do que os do ���Centro de Dia���, e estes melhor do que os do ���Lar���. A Organiza����o Mundial de Sa��de (OMS) destaca a capacidade funcional e a independ��ncia como fatores preponderantes para o diagn��stico de sa��de f��sica e mental na popula����o idosa. Alguns autores indicam que a avalia����o cognitiva deve ser sempre acompanhada de uma avalia����o funcional e vice-versa.

Um olhar sobre a lei Maria da Penha no Paran��: avan��os e desafios

This study aims to analyze the process of implementation of Maria da Penha Law in Paran�� from the perception of persons directly involved in combating violence against women in that state. To achieve this goal, the implementation in Curitiba was taken as the main reference, due to its status as capital, being the headquarter of the political powers and the place where are some feminist social movements. We have chosen qualitative approach of interpretative nature as research methodology, because it is a method that allows the analysis of the responses and as a data collection technique. We also have chosen the individual semi-structured interview as interview mode, because it gives greater freedom to the interviewee to discuss the matter, but it is delimited to the study objectives. The research included nine persons, including members of the Judiciary and Public Ministry, public servants and activists. The importance of the study stems from the relevance of the numbers of violence against women in Brazil, and more specifically by the significant occurrence of this kind of acts in the state of Paran��, which currently occupies the 3rd place in the ranking for the most violent states. The paper also discusses gender relations by understanding that violence against women is the result of an asymmetrical power relationship between men and women; human rights because violence is a blatant disregard of women's human rights; on public policies and technologies to confront this form of violence. Among the policies, the Maria da Penha Law is highlighted as one of the most striking examples of public policy for combating violence against women. The research found out which was the participation of Paran�� in the discussion and implementation of Maria da Penha Law, identifying relevant facts and people and also what was the repercussion obtained by this law. As for the implementation in Paran��, it was possible to determine progresses, difficulties and challenges of the process. The greatest advances obtained so far are the facilities of: Court of Domestic and Family Violence against Women in Curitiba, Maria da Penha Patrol and Women's Special City Office of Curitiba. As for the difficulties, they are related, among others things, to the physical structure, training of agents, political will, and even cultural issues, which are directly linked to gender issues. Thus it was found that the law is implemented in the state, but there are still several challenges to be achieved, which consist, mainly, of the structure increment for combating violence; awareness and change of mentality of public officials; training of service agents and a greater social participation in combating violence. We concluded that the need for change in gender relations, which is an educational and social evolutionary process and therefore time consuming, is also a challenge.

Representa����es sociais sobre educa����o ambiental e objetiva����es em pr��ticas pedag��gicas no ensino fundamental

This work presents results, reflections, conclusions and considerations about the research entitled "Social representations of environmental education and objectivations in teaching practices in elementary school ". She intended to make known research whose objectives were to know the current environmental education framework (EA) developed by the teachers of the early years of elementary school of that city; identify their social representations about EA and the ways in which these representations are objectified in their teaching practices. Thus, the methodology is characterized by the qualitative approach; whose data collection instruments were the Free Evocation Questionnaire (QEV), the semi-structured interviews and documentary research. The QEV consists of free recall questions and essay questions, whose data is quantitative and qualitative. Data from this instrument were analyzed according to the procedures of the Structural Approach to Theory of Social Representations. In turn, the analysis of data obtained through the interview and reading the documents followed the guidelines of the Content Analysis method. The theoretical and methodological basis of this research was the Theory of Social Representations and critical approach to environmental education. Thus, the results obtained in the investigation allowed us to identify the social representations of EA of participants; confirm that such representations are being targeted in their pedagogical practices that are characterized as conservative. Also confirm that the teaching documents of the surveyed network are in line with the official documents on EA; the AE actions developed in the network are referenced in the teaching documents of the network and in the official documents of EA and the EA practices of survey participants teachers relate directly with their social representations on Environmental Education.