A Systematic Review on Psychological Interventions for Sexual Health in Older Age.

Objectives: The present review aims to identify the existing evidence on outcome-treatment studies of psychological sexual health interventions in older age. Methods: A systematic search was conducted for studies published until October 2022. Data search was conducted on EBSCO, MEDLINE, Web of Science, and Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials databases. Results: From 30,840 screened records, 12 reports were selected. Results were grouped into four categories according to the intervention that was implemented. Conclusions: Despite results presenting some bias concerns, this review suggests that educational and cognitive-behavioral approaches seem to be effective for promoting sexual health in older age.

Perceptions of and satisfaction with retirement: a comparison of six European union countries.

The main aim of this study was to assess perceptions of and satisfaction with retirement among 1,686 recently retired people from 6 European Union countries. The authors compared their responses to a set of questions taken from the Retirement Satisfaction Inventory (F. J. Floyd et al., 1992). The first significant result was that Belgian, British, Finnish, French, and Spanish retirees all expressed very similar assessments of life satisfaction, whereas Portuguese retirees expressed a lower level of satisfaction. The 2nd result was that the major determinants of overall satisfaction in the 6 countries were (a) health and resources and (b) anticipated satisfaction. Finally, the data revealed that cultural background only accounted for a limited amount of variance in overall satisfaction with retirement.

Ecologia do desenvolvimento e educação infantil

A autora começa por situar as principais questões que se colocam à invesigação, em psicologia do desenvolvimento, nas duas áreas principais: o desenvolvimento cognitivo e sócio-afetivo, para sublinhar a importância das investigações contextualizadas e do modelo de 'Life Span' na compreensão dos diferentes resultados do desenvolvimento. Numa perspectiva ambiental, a teoria de Bronfenbrenner (1979) sobre 'A ecologia do desenvolvimento humano' surge como modelo mais abrangente e explicativo do desenvolvimento. Em seguida, a autora faz um resumo dos cuidados não-parentais, em alguns países da Europa, América, Ásia e África, numa abordagem de contexto. Discutem-se as várias políticas relativas à infância, em termos de resultado para o desenvolvimento e da criação e implementaçào da educação infantil(AU)