Carlos Eduardo Pimentel

Studying attitudes toward gender roles in Brazil is important for understanding their relationship with gender inequalities in social interactions. In this context, the present study examined the associations of attitudes toward women with ambivalent sexism, age, and gender. Study 1 ( N = 224, mean age = 32.46 years) showed that gender moderated the association between age and attitudes toward women: among men, older age was associated with more traditional attitudes toward women ( b = − 0.03, t = − 2.36, p = .02). In Study 2 ( N = 261, mean age = 29.14 years), the regression model including age, gender, hostile sexism, and benevolent sexism was significant ( F [4, 256] = 30.07, p < .001), with hostile and benevolent sexism significantly associated with attitudes toward women. Taken together, these findings indicate that ambivalent sexism is associated with attitudes toward women, whereas the associations involving age and gender differed across the two studies. These findings contribute to understanding gender-related attitudes in the Brazilian context and provide a basis for future research.

La violencia sexual contra las mujeres es un problema de salud pública y de derechos humanos. El objetivo fue validar para el contexto brasileño la presente medida, con la particularidad de ser una versión corta. Para ello, se realizaron dos estudios. El Estudio 1 (N = 301) incluyó análisis de TRI y AFE. El Estudio 2 (N = 301) llevó a cabo análisis confirmatorios y de validez convergente. Los resultados demostraron que la presente medida presenta una buena adecuación del modelo unifactorial y validez convergente. Además, se verificó que los hombres aceptan más las creencias sobre la violencia conyugal en comparación con las mujeres. En general, el conjunto de validaciones refuerza la validez general de la Escala de Creencias sobre la Violencia Sexual (ECVS), versión corta, convirtiéndola en una herramienta confiable y útil para la investigación y las prácticas clínicas, jurídicas y educativas.

Objective. Therefore, the aim of this study was to observe the relationship between OCD symptoms and aggression, verifying direct and indirect effects. Method. A convenience sample of 210 individuals from the state of Paraíba was used. They completed the Y-BOCS and the Aggression Questionnaire. Results. The main results showed indirect effects of obsessions on physical aggression, mediated by hostility. These results are discussed based on international empirical research in this area.

Media violence is a particularly important public health issue today, given all the technological development we are witnessing. We acknowledge the major a

The present research aimed to investigate media violence impacts on positive and negative affective well-being, as well as media preference's moderating role. To this end, three online experiments were conducted, using film (N = 210, mean age = 28.58, SD = 11.77, 63.3% women), music (N = 213, mean age = 25.82, SD = 8.35, 73.70% women), and books (N = 200, mean age = 25.69, SD = 8.55, 70% women) as a stimulus. Results indicated that violent media decreases positive affects and increases negative affects, especially regarding exposure to music and films. Media preference's role provided mixed results. In general, this research can contribute to spreading awareness regarding the negative impacts of media violence on mental health and well-being.

This narrative review explores how cyberpsychology has developed in Brazil by bringing together research on mental health, social interactions, and political behavior in digital environments. Although international studies offer important frameworks, they often overlook the sociocultural and technological conditions that shape Brazilian experiences, such as structural inequality, high social-media penetration, and the central role of messaging platforms. By synthesizing findings usually examined separately, the review shows that emotional well-being, online engagement, and political expression are deeply interconnected. Brazilian evidence highlights how emotional vulnerability, identity dynamics, and platform affordances influence both interpersonal exchanges and collective behaviors. Integrating these domains offers a more complete view of how digital technologies affect everyday life in Brazil and helps refine broader cyberpsychological models. This perspective contributes to international debates by showing why Brazil is a meaningful context for understanding the links between technology, mental health, and sociopolitical participation.

This study investigates how racialized representations in violent video games influence implicit and explicit racial attitudes, and whether these effects are moderated by the player's racial identity. Grounded in the General Aggression Model and Evaluative Conditioning theory, 140 participants were randomly assigned to view a violent gameplay video featuring either a Black or a White character. Implicit attitudes were assessed using the Implicit Association Test, and explicit attitudes were measured with a biological racism scale. Results revealed a significant main effect of character race on implicit attitudes: participants exposed to the Black character showed stronger pro‐White/anti‐Black biases. Moderation analysis indicated that this effect was significant among White participants but not among Black participants. Conversely, Black participants exhibited a significant reduction in explicit racism after exposure to the violent Black character, whereas White participants showed no change. Although moderation effects were marginally significant, the crossover pattern suggests that ingroup identification and stereotype activation may operate in opposite directions depending on viewer identity. These findings advance understanding of media‐induced racial bias and highlight the need for more inclusive character representations in interactive media. Implications for theory, game design, and media literacy are discussed.

This research investigates the psychological mechanisms underlying different responses to sexual violence against women, focusing on victim reparation and perpetrator exoneration. Drawing on just-world theory, we hypothesized that gender differences (female victims versus male perpetrators) in support for victim reparation would be reflected by the serial mediation of just-world beliefs (BJW) and secondary victimization. We tested this model with a sample of female survivors of domestic violence (n = 97) and male perpetrators of violence against women (n = 102). As predicted, male perpetrators showed significantly less support for restorative justice-based vctim compensation compared to female survivors. This effect was serially mediated by BJW and secondary victimization: Perpetrators reported more BJW, which predicted greater secondary victimization (i.e. victim-blaming, minimizing the victim's suffering, and avoiding the victim), which in turn predicted less support for victim compensation. Critically, we also found that perpetrators provided more compensation to other perpetrators than female victims, a difference that was mediated by BJW but not by secondary victimization. This finding demonstrates ingroup bias in perpetrator's compensation decisions, linked to BJW.