Folie à deux? How Mavericks shape the relationship between the dark triad and negative deviant behaviours through malevolent creativity

This study used the trait activation theory to develop a conceptual model that explained how and when the dark triad state influenced negative deviant behaviours (NDB). For that, we tested malevolent creativity as a mediating variable and maverickism as a moderator. Diary data was collected from 54 working adults (324 measurement occasions). The multilevel results showed that (1) all the DT states had a positive relationship with NDB through malevolent creativity, and (2) maverickism moderated the indirect effect of machiavellianism and narcissism, but not for psychopathy. Specifically, the relationship between machiavellianism and narcissism and NDB via malevolent creativity became stronger for those who scored lower on maverickism. Practical and theoretical implications are discussed.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Protecting healthcare professionals from exhaustion: Personal belief in a just world as a personal and a coping resource

The present study examined for the first time the possibility that personal Belief in a Just World (BJW) is a personal resource for healthcare professionals, irrespective of the demands they face in their everyday work life, and/or a coping resource for facing demands due to the higher perceived suffering of their patients. A total of 497 healthcare professionals (physicians and nurses) voluntarily consented to answer an anonymous online survey. Self-reported measures of personal BJW, of the perception of patients' suffering, and of healthcare professionals' exhaustion were collected. We found a positive association between the perception of patients' suffering and healthcare workers' exhaustion, and a negative association between personal BJW and healthcare workers' exhaustion. Furthermore, a significant interaction between personal BJW and the perception of suffering on exhaustion showed that at lower levels of personal BJW, the higher the perception of patients' suffering the higher the exhaustion. In contrast, at higher levels of personal BJW the perception of patients' suffering was not associated with exhaustion. Our results supported the hypotheses of personal BJW operating both as a personal resource and a coping resource for healthcare professionals, underscoring the relevance of promoting workplace conditions that healthcare workers experience as just.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Mapping DevOps capabilities to the software life cycle: A systematic literature review

Context: Many IT organizations are looking towards DevOps to make their software development and delivery processes faster and more reliable, while DevOps revolutionized the industry by emphasizing collaboration between development and operations teams. Nonetheless, there still exist challenges in harmonizing cultural, technical, measurement and process capabilities for its successful adoption. Objective: To research improving DevOps adoption, this study explores DevOps Capabilities relevant to the Life Cycle Processes (LCPs) of the IEEE 2675-2021 DevOps standard. Aiming to provide valuable information on increasing efficiency and outcomes by mapping DevOps Capabilities in each phase of the LCPs. Whereas previous research identified and classified 37 DevOps Capabilities, this study aims to determine which capabilities can enhance each of the 30 phases of the LCPs. Methods: Out of 102 documents identified in the Systematic Literature Review (SLR), relations among DevOps Capabilities and LCPs have been synthesized and organized. An in-depth analysis of data was conducted over the connections across various categories. The mapping revealed how they relate in terms of their application and impact. Results: The SLR shows technical DevOps Capabilities and technical LCPs strongly correlated. DevOps measurement capabilities have a significant impact on agreement processes. Using an impact scale classification, the study identifies eight capabilities that have exceptional impact on LCPs and eleven capabilities that have a very high impact on the supply process, requirements definition, integration process, and validation process. Conclusion: The study demonstrates how DevOps Capabilities together with LCPs can improve software delivery, quality, and reliability. It presents a structured approach for improving processes, as well as evidence of DevOps integration in software development and maintenance. The findings help to assess DevOps Capabilities and LCP relations, which is expected to improve successful adoption. Future research should focus on researching practical cases of DevOps integration into LCPs, while overcoming adoption challenges.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Exploring the impact of depression, anxiety, stress, academic engagement, and dropout intention on medical students' academic performance: A prospective study

Background Depression, anxiety, and stress (DAS) have been linked to poor academic outcomes. This study explores the relationships among DAS, academic engagement, dropout intentions, and academic performance — measured by Grade Point Average (GPA) — in medical students. It aims to understand how these factors relate to each other and predict academic performance. Methods Data were collected from 351 medical students (74.9 % female) through an online survey. The average age was 20.2 years. Psychometric instruments measured DAS, academic engagement, and dropout intentions. Structural equation modeling was used to test the relationships between these variables and their prediction of GPA. Results DAS negatively associated academic engagement (?=-0.501; p<0.001) and positively connected to dropout intentions (?=0.340; p<0.001). Academic engagement positively predicted GPA (?=0.298; p<0.001) and negatively associated with dropout intentions (?=-0.367; p<0.001). DAS had a nonsignificant direct effect on GPA (?=-0.008; p=0.912). However, DAS indirect effect — via academic engagement — on GPA and dropout intention was statistically significant. Limitations The study’s limitations include the use of a convenience sample and the collection of all variables — except GPA — at the same time point, which may affect the generalizability of the results. Conclusions The study supports the important role of DAS in associating with academic engagement and dropout intentions, which can predict GPA. Addressing DAS could enhance academic engagement and reduce dropout rates, leading to better academic performance.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Gender asymmetries: An exploratory study of women’s experiences in Portuguese football organizations

The main objective of this exploratory study is to analyze the negative effects associated with the phenomenon of tokenism for Portuguese women in non-playing football roles, as well as their strategies for integration into a context where they are a minority and the social functions are dominated by men. To this end, we carried out semi-structured individual interviews with eight men and eight women, undertaking functions in the fields of coaching, psychology, medical team, planning, refereeing, and management in football organizations, and with their contents then subject to thematic analysis. Our analysis confirms how the football context strongly demarcates gender differences with women being more visible and leads to the stereotypical roles being associated with traditional femininity. The findings also observe how, in order to integrate, women align with the norms imposed by the dominant group (men) and accept being circumscribed to the spaces that hegemonic gender ideologies and practices attribute to them.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Entrevista a Joe Paton

Entrevista realizada a 17 de novembro 2023.Joe Paton (Princeton, New Jersey, n. 1978) oferece-nos uma visão sobre a vivência de um investigador estrangeiro, que adotou Portugal como país de residência, e o edifício da Fundação Champalimaud, como local de trabalho. Tendo acompanhado o processo de desenvolvimento do projeto e construção deste edifício, vencedor do Prémio Valmor e Municipal de Arquitetura em 201

Severity, salience, and selectivity: Understanding the varying responses to regional crises by Brazil and South Africa

Political, military and humanitarian crises endanger regional order. But even though regional powers are expected to act as stabilizers in these cases, their responses to dire demands vary in intensity and loci. Reactions go from zealous engagement to prolonged indifference and reluctance, often leaning on global multilateral institutions as well as regional or ad hoc mechanisms. This study explores the variation in the provision of stability by regional powers via a mixed-methods approach. By contrasting the intensity of regional crises with issue salience at the UN General Assembly, we select crises that drew varying attention from regional powers, despite similar severity. Focusing on Brazil and South Africa as potential regional stabilizers, we compare responses to regional crises that displayed high (Haiti and Somalia) and low (Colombia and Congo-Brazzaville) salience. We find that domestic support, concerns with status and potential competition with other stabilizers tend to play a large part in calibrating regional power responses.info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersio

O que ganha a Maria com isso? A (des)mobilização da identidade de “vítima de tráfico” pelas trabalhadoras do sexo migrantes Brasileiras

The article explores the (de)mobilization of the “trafficking victim” identity among Brazilian sex workers and the benefits that the counter-trafficking apparatus offers to Brazilian migrant women exploited in the sex market. In doing so, it considers their experience as much in their country of origin, Brazil, as in Portugal. Drawing on findings from ethnographic research, the article highlights the occasional and unstable mobilization of the “victim” label as a form of defense against the counter-trafficking apparatus, rather than as an instrument of recognition of rights that can substantially benefit Brazilian migrant women in the sex market.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Which energy citizenship in positive energy districts? A governmentality social psychological analysis of participatory governance

Towards low carbon energy transitions, the EU is developing Positive Energy Districts (PEDs) which produce more renewable energy than they consume. This implies more participatory governance which decentralises and democratises energy decisions to citizens, as captured in the emergent concept of ‘energy citizenship’. However, it has been argued that these governmental strategies and the energy citizens they create have been co-opted by a neoliberal governmentality. This may limit citizens’ rights and responsibilities as only consumers/prosumers in the private sphere. However, the neoliberal form of energy citizenship as well as potential alternative forms have seldom been empirically examined, so the main aim of this paper is to analyse which representations of energy citizenship are fostered in PED policies at EU, national, and local levels in a case study of Torres Vedras, Portugal. The analysis, which combines a governmentality approach with the critical social psychology of citizenship, unveils neoliberal energy citizenship as the hegemonic representation in these policies, and identifies emancipated representations of energy citizenship based on entrepreneurial energy activism and energy localism.info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersio

O pré-registo como prática de ciência aberta

O pré-registo consiste na submissão de um plano de investigação previamente à sua implementação. Esta submissão resulta num registo datado (timestamped) onde se especificam as questões ou hipóteses de partida, bem como os métodos de recolha e análise de dados que se prevê utilizar. Este procedimento enquadra-se no conjunto de práticas de ciência aberta, cujo objetivo é aumentar a transparência e acessibilidade do conhecimento científico (UNESCO, 2022).info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio