Showing papers by "João Salgado published in 2013"

Human Development in the Life Course: Melodies of Living

Abstract: Preface: from dispute to collaboration Introduction: melodies of living Part I. Time for Development: 1. Solidity of science and fullness of living: a theoretical expose 2. Imagination and the life course 3. Moving through time: imagination and memory as semiotic processes 4. Models of time for the life course Part II. Spaces for Development: 5. Social framing of lives: from phenomena to theories 6. Stability and innovation in adults narrating their lives: insights from psychotherapy research 7. Paradoxes of learning Part III. Beyond Time and Space: Imagination: 8. We are migrants! 9. Playing while being serious: the lifelong game of development - and its tools 10. Playing under the influence: activity contexts in their social functions 11. 'Old age' as living forward 12. Epilogue: the course of life as a melody.

Positioning microanalysis: studying the self through the exploration of dialogical processes

Abstract: Self-multiplicity is a widely recognized phenomenon within psychology. The study of how self-continuity emerges amidst self-multiplicity remains a crucial issue, however. Dialogical approaches are widely viewed as suitable for developing this field of study but they demand coherent methods compatible with their theoretical bases. After reviewing the available methods for the study of the dialogical self, as well as other dialogical methods for the study of psychotherapy, we conclude that we still lack a method which can be used by external observers and is devoted to the systematic tracing of the dialogical dynamics of self-positions as they unfold over time. A new method, positioning microanalysis, is described in detail as a possible way to overcome current limitations in methods focused on the dialogicality inherent in selfhood processes. Positioning microanalysis takes a genetic-developmental perspective on dialogical processes in the self and allows for the depiction of microgenetic movements of self-positions over time and the establishment of more or less stable sequences or patterns of positions. This is illustrated by its application to an emotion-focused therapy session.

Obesity and cardiovascular risk markers in women with polycystic ovary syndrome

Abstract: Fundamentos: A obesidade e muito frequente em mulheres portadoras de sindrome dos ovarios policisticos (SOP) e esta associada ao aumento do risco cardiovascular. Objetivo: Associar medidas antropometricas: indice de massa corporea (IMC), circunferencia da cintura (CC), relacao cintura-estatura (RCEST), relacao cinturaquadril (RCQ), percentual de gordura corporal (%GC) a fatores de risco cardiovascular (FRCV): pressao arterial elevada, perfil lipidico e glicemia de jejum alterados, em mulheres com SOP. Metodos: Estudo transversal realizado com 78 mulheres portadoras de SOP, diagnosticadas pelo criterio de Rotterdam. Foram mensurados: colesterol total (CT), triglicerideos (TG), LDL-colesterol (LDL-c), HDL-colesterol (HDL-c), glicemia de jejum e pressao arterial (PA) em todas as pacientes, bem como as variaveis antropometricas. Resultados: A prevalencia de obesidade foi elevada, tanto avaliada pelo IMC (34,6%), quanto avaliada pelo %GC (61,5%). A alteracao do perfil lipidico foi relevante na amostra, especialmente a diminuicao do HDL-c observada em 34,6% das mulheres. O IMC, CC e RCEST apresentaram correlacao positiva significativa com todos os FRCV analisados neste estudo. Conclusoes: A presenca de FRCV foi elevada na amostra estudada. Os indicadores antropometricos utilizados apresentaram boa correlacao com o risco cardiovascular em mulheres com SOP. Isso sugere a viabilidade do uso desses indicadores na avaliacao clinica, com vistas a deteccao do risco cardiovascular nessas pacientes. Rosângela Maria Lopes de Sousa, Maria Bethânia da Costa Chein, Jose Albuquerque de Figueiredo Neto, Alexsandro Ferreira dos Santos, Joyce Pinheiro Leal Costa, Samira Gracielle Pinheiro Cutrim, Andre do Lago Pinheiro, Joao Victor Leal Salgado, Luciane Maria Oliveira Brito 7

Human Development in the Life Course: Introduction: melodies of living

Abstract: Music is one of themain creations of human beings – they create it and live with it. Hence selecting the metaphor of a melody to be the core of our story of the human life course is not an accidental choice. Our lives are filled with melodies of various kinds and functions – ranging from the lullabies mothers sing to their babies to get them to sleep to the neverending flow of Christmas carols played in pre-New Year shopping places, to our own individual humming of favourite melodies when involved in somemundane activity. Themelodies of church bells, calls to prayer from the minarets of the mosques or marching bands leading public events are all examples of how deeply music saturates our lives. Melodies have permanence. If you know the music of Elvis Presley, Bach, Robert Smith or Ray Charles, then you will recognize immediately, after a few notes, a new or unknown version of one of their pieces. If, on the other hand, you are familiar with visual art, you will recognize in any museum, and at first sight, a piece as a Matisse, a Rembrandt or a Bruce Neumann.We live in a world of patterns –musical or visual – that we have created out of the need to live our human lives. Why is this so? Let us propose that it is a matter of style and of motives. In the musical creations by Shostakovich, for example, there is a certain atmosphere, coming from the composer’s time, his life in central Europe, his familiarity with traditional Moravian music as well as emerging jazz. Yet there are also, like a signature, little motives or musical phrases that appear, with all kinds of variation, inmost of his pieces – a specificmelody. Similarly, we identify people’s writing, or we recognize old friends from afar because of their general silhouette or their way of moving. If there is something so unique in each person’s externalization – their movements, paintings, expressions – than there is probably something unique, too, about their lives. And indeed, there is a unique way in which each of us lives through our life: how we understand it, what sorts of question we

Marcadores de obesidade e risco cardiovascular em mulheres com síndrome dos ovários policísticos

Abstract: Background: Obesity is very frequent in women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and is associated with the increased cardiovascular risk. Objective: To associate anthropometric measurements body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC), waist to height ratio (WHtR), waist hip ratio (WHR), body fat percentage (BF%) with the following cardiovascular risk factors (CVRF): high blood pressure, lipid profile and fasting glucose changes among women with PCOS. Methods: Cross-section study conducted with 78 women with PCOS, diagnosed according to the Rotterdam Consensus. The following were measured: total cholesterol (TC), triglycerides (TG), LDL cholesterol (LCL-c) HDL cholesterol (HDL-c), fasting glucose and blood pressure (BP) in all patients, as well as anthropometric variables. Results: The prevalence of obesity was high when assessed by BMI (34.6%) and BF% (61.5%). The lipid profile was relevant in the sample, especially the decrease in HDL-c noted in 34.6% of the women. The BMI, WC and WHtR showed significant positive correlation with all CVRF analyzed in this study. Conclusions: presence of cardiovascular risk factors was high in the sample studied. The anthropometric indicators used in this study showed a good correlation to cardiovascular risks among women with PCOS. This suggests the feasibility of using these indicators in clinical evaluations in order to detect cardiovascular risks among these patients.