O misticismo na Idade Média pode ser entendido como uma prática de espiritualidade que confirma a legitimidade da experiência íntima do ser humano com a divindade e desempenha uma função importante neste período histórico: ser um modo para se alcançar a relação direta e individual com Deus, num momento em que a instituição religiosa buscava a uniformização da fé, extirpando muitas práticas heterodoxas (heresias). Todavia, a mística se impõe como uma evolução natural da espiritualidade cristã no medievo ocidental, que estava submergida na razão (teologia), possibilitando ao indivíduo uma expressão mais livre e sensível da fé. O Boosco Deleitoso, classificado por estudiosos como uma obra mística, expressa esta condição emotiva da fé. O objetivo deste estudo, portanto, concentra-se em observar a mística na referente obra portuguesa. Para isso, foi preciso sustentar este trabalho em dois alicerces: a história e a psicanálise. No primeiro momento, far-se-á um estudo da espiritualidade medieval e a evolução da mística neste ambiente sociopolítico; em seguida, será traçado pontos de identificação entre o Boosco Deleitoso e os autores e autoras da mística medieval. No segundo momento, a partir de um estudo sobre a mística sob o olhar da psicanálise, buscar-se-á fazer uma abordagem literária dos discursos místicos tendo em consideração as contribuições teóricas de Freud e Lacan sobre o assunto. O corpus desta pesquisa se encontra entre os capítulos 118 e 153 do Boosco Deleitoso, parcela da obra que perceptivelmente foi influenciada pela mística medieval / The mysticism in the Middle Age can be understood as a spirituality that confirms the legitimacy of the close experience of the human being with the deity and plays an important function in this historical period: to be a way to reach the direct and individual relation with God, at a moment where the religious institution searched the standardization of the faith, excising many practical heterodox (heresies). However, the mystique if imposes as a natural evolution of the Christian spirituality in medieval occidental person, who was submerged in the reason (theology), making possible to the individual a freer and sensible expression of the faith. The Boosco Deleitoso, classified for studious as a mystique, express workmanship this emotional condition of the faith. The objective of this study, therefore, is concentrated in observing the mystique in the referring Portuguese workmanship. For this, she was necessary to support this work in two foundations: history and the psychoanalysis. At the first moment, a study of the medieval spirituality and the evolution of the mystique in this sociopolitical environment will become; after that, it will be traced points of identification between the Boosco Deleitoso and the authors and authors of the medieval mystique. At as the moment, from a study on the mystique under the look of the psychoanalysis, one will search to make a literary boarding of the mystics speeches having in consideration the theoretical contributions of Freud and Lacan on the subject. The corpus of this research if finds between chapters 118 and 153 of the Boosco Deleitoso, parcel out of the workmanship that perceivably was influenced by the medieval mystique

O comportamento sexual dos adolescentes tem sido motivo de preocupação freqüente das famílias e das escolas. O grande número de gravidez precoce intriga especialistas, pois nunca se falou tanto em prevenção como nos dias atuais, e mesmo assim, o número de adolescentes grávidas é cada vez maior. O objetivo deste estudo é o de contribuir para as pesquisas no campo da educação, no que diz respeito aos temas transversais dos PCN, especificamente em relação à prevenção da gravidez precoce. Procurar-se-á refletir sobre o pensamento de meninas adolescentes, o que elas pensam sobre namoro e sexo; como os discursos das escolas, dos amigos e da mídia influenciam em suas decisões. Para isso foi solicitado às alunas de oitava série do Ensino Fundamental e primeiro ano do Ensino Médio que se manifestassem por meio da escrita do diário, gênero familiar às meninas e de seu interesse. Foi analisado um corpus constituído desses enunciados, balizando-se pela análise do discurso de linha francesa e pela Psicanálise. A hipótese é de que, apesar das informações, as ocorrências da gravidez precoce se deviam ao fato de as adolescentes serem fortemente marcadas pelo momento sócio-histórico que incita comportamentos pós-modernos de satisfação imediata dos desejos. Resultados preliminares mostram que as adolescentes têm conhecimento sobre métodos de prevenção e revelaram tratarem-se, além de sujeitos do desejo, sujeitos do gozo: sujeitos que não se interditam, não se barram e vão além do princípio do prazer. Muitas garotas vêem como natural a iniciação sexual precoce, denunciando que estão interpeladas pela liberação sexual, provavelmente disseminada pela mídia. As meninas têm um imaginário de que a primeira vez de uma garota deve ser especial, tranqüila, com consciência e com quem se gosta, isto é, manifestam um romantismo inspirado em filmes ou em histórias de amor que nem sempre é real. Observou-se que há uma grande possibilidade de que os discursos sobre orientação sexual não estão repercutindo sobre o sujeito que se revela, neste momento pós-moderno, como sujeito do desejo e sujeito do gozo. As garotas parecem não estarem internalizando esses dizeres e, numa situação que favoreça a iniciação sexual, elas estão vulneráveis, entre outros, à gravidez precoce. Para além da hipótese inicial, a análise permitiu a revelação de duas categorias se sujeito pós-moderno: sujeito do desejo, que metaforiza e sabe adiar; sujeito do gozo que se oferece como objeto pulsional do gozo do outro e ignora os riscos que podem acarretar na morte do sujeito psíquico. / The sexual behavior of adolescents has been a frequent concern of the families and schools. The large number of early pregnancy intrigue specialists, as one never spoke both in prevention as nowadays, and even then, the number of pregnant teenagers is increasing. The objective of this study is to contribute to research in the field of education, with regard to cross-cutting themes of the NCP, specifically in relation to the prevention of early pregnancy. Search will reflect on the thinking of adolescent girls, what they think about dating and sex; as the speeches of the schools, friends and the medias influence on their decisions. To do this, students were asked to eighth set of elementary school and first year of high school which show through the writing of the diary, gender familiar to girls and their interest. It was considered a corpus consists of those listed, supporting up by the analysis of the speech line by the French and Psychoanalysis. The hypothesis is that, despite the information, the occurrence of early pregnancy were due to the fact that adolescents are heavily marked by socio-historical moment that encourages behavior post-modern immediate satisfaction of desires. Preliminary results show that the teenagers know about methods to prevent and treat showed up, and subject of desire, enjoyment of the subject: that is not subject interdicting, not prevent and go beyond the principle of pleasure. Many girls see as a natural early sexual initiation, which are reporting questioned by sexual liberation, probably spread by the media. The girls have imagined that the first time a girl should be special, quiet, with conscience and with whom it is like, that is, show a romanticism inspired by movies or stories of love that is not always true. It was observed that there is a great possibility that the discourses on sexual orientation are not passed on the subject that it is, now post-modern, as subject of desire and enjoyment of the subject. The girls appear to be internalising these words, a situation that encourages sexual initiation, they are vulnerable, among others, to early pregnancy. Beyond the initial hypothesis, the analysis allowed the revelation of two categories are subject postmodern: subject of desire, and knows that metaforiza postpone; subject of enjoyment which offers a subject pulse of enjoyment of others and ignores the risks that can lead in the death of the subject psychic.

A presente pesquisa procurou estudar o sintoma psicomotor na infância, este abrange distúrbios como dislexias, disortografias, problemas de coordenação e equilíbrio e alguns diagnósticos de Transtorno de Deficit de Atenção e Hiperatividade cujos casos vem aumentando exponencialmente na atualidade. A etiologia do sintoma psicomotor por muito tempo permaneceu obscura e relacionada exclusivamente a lesões e distúrbios neuronais, os quais deixavam como únicas alternativas tratamentos medicamentosos e reeducativos. Com os estudos psicanalíticos iniciados por J. Lacan e M. Mannoni acerca desses sintomas, a etiologia se tornou gradativamente mais clara, e os relacionou a fantasia familiar em que a criança é imersa como objeto de satisfação. Dessa forma, este trabalho visou pesquisar a formação deste tipo de sintoma, o gozo e fantasia da criança e cuidadores envolvidos nessa relação. Para tanto foi realizada uma pesquisa bibliográfica sobre os conceitos psicanalíticos e atendimentos clínicos a crianças com sintomas psicomotores através do Laboratório Sujeito e Corpo da Universidade de São Paulo. Os resultados indicam que o gozo no sintoma psicomotor envolve duas pessoas, mais frequêntemente mãe ou pessoa na função materna e o filho, os quais se colocam em uma relação de interdependência, a ponto de não haver espaço para uma autonomia e independência necessárias ao desenvolvimento da criança. Os sintomas psicomotores são resultado de uma satisfação fantasística que envolve o corpo da criança nessa relação / This research sought to study the psychomotor symptoms in childhood, it includes disturbances such as dyslexia, dysorthographies, problems with coordination and balance and some diagnoses of Hyperactivity and Attention Deficit Disorder which cases have been exponentially increased at the present. The etiology of the psychomotor symptoms for a long time remained obscure and exclusively related to injury and neuronal disorders, which has left as the only alternatives medical and reeducational treatments. With the psychoanalytic studies started by J. Lacan and M. Mannoni about these symptoms, the etiology became gradually clearer, and it was related to the family fantasy in which the child is immersed as objects of satisfaction. Thus, this study aimed to investigate the constitution of this symptom, the enjoyment and fantasy of children and caregivers involved in this relationship. To achieve these goals, it was made a bibliographical research on psychoanalytic concepts and clinical attendances for children with psychomotor symptoms through the Sujeito e Corpo Lab, at the University of São Paulo. The results indicate that the joy in psychomotor symptom involves two people, more often the mother-child, which arise in a relationship of interdependence and leave no space for autonomy and independence necessary for the child development. The psychomotor symptoms are the result of a fantasmatic satisfaction which envolves the children body in this relationship

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Cette thèse porte sur l’esthétique phénoménologique d’Edmund Husserl et de ses disciples du Cercle de Munich. Sous l’influence conjointe de Husserl et de Theodor Lipps, les jeunes phénoménologues munichois Aloys Fischer, Theodor Conrad et Moritz Geiger ont donné naissance à l’esthétique phénoménologique au tournant du XXe siècle en élaborant un programme esthétique fondé sur la thèse de l’objectivité des valeurs. Comme Husserl, l’esthétique était pour eux une « science de la valeur » [Wertwissenschaft]. Le premier chapitre expose le programme du Cercle de Munich et définit la méthode phénoménologique en esthétique en la distinguant des approches psychologiques et philosophiques ou métaphysiques. Le deuxième traite de l’histoire du mouvement phénoménologique depuis son origine dans l’école de Lipps à Munich jusqu’à la Première Guerre mondiale et de la « phénoménologie de l’objet » qui a joué un rôle central dans l’élaboration de l’esthétique du Cercle de Munich. Les troisième et quatrième chapitres présentent une reconstitution de l’esthétique de Husserl à partir de ses œuvres de la période de Göttingen (1901-1916), et ils portent non seulement sur sa conception de l’attitude esthétique comme « intérêt au mode d’apparition », mais aussi sur sa théorie de l’« objectivation » ou de la « constitution » des valeurs esthétiques. Finalement, le dernier chapitre est consacré à l’esthétique de Moritz Geiger et montre, notamment, que l’« esthétique existentielle » qu’il a développée dans les années 1920 et 1930 remet en cause, jusqu’à un certain point, l’« esthétique de la valeur » qu’il défendait par ailleurs conformément au programme du Cercle de Munich. / This thesis is a study of the phenomenological aesthetics of Edmund Husserl and his followers of the Munich Circle. Under the joint influence of Husserl and Theodor Lipps, Munich phenomenologists Aloys Fischer, Theodor Conrad and Moritz Geiger founded phenomenological aesthetics at the turn of the twentieth century. Aesthetics was for them, as for Husserl, a « science of value » [Wertwissenschaft]. The first chapter outlines the program of the Munich Circle in aesthetics, defines the phenomenological method, and distinguiches it from psychological and philosophical of metaphysical aesthetics. The second focuses on the history of the phenomenological movement from its origins in the School of Lipps in Munich to the First World War and on the « phenomenology of the object » which played a central role in the development of the aesthetics of the Munich Circle. The third and fourth chapters present a reconstruction of the aesthetics of Husserl’s works from the period of Göttingen (1901-1916) and address his conception of aesthetics attitude as an « interest in the mode of appearance » as well as his theory of « objectification » or « constitution » of values. The last chapter discusses the aesthetics of Moritz Geiger from is article on aesthetic enjoyment in 1913 to is posthumous work Die Bedeutung der Kunst, and deals with the problem of the unity of his thought concerning aesthetics of value.

Bien que le thème de la pulsion de mort soit souvent perçu à travers un processus biologique de destruction ou de régression à un état de nirvana comme l’affirme Freud, il est cependant utilisé ici sous une perspective spéculative pour penser son statut en s’inscrivant dans les réflexions qui prendraient part à une confrontation, et dans le même temps, une articulation entre Jacques Lacan et Hegel. De sorte que la mort, à travers la détermination ontologique permet d’ouvrir la voie pour étudier la psychanalyse à la frontière de l’être et du penser, non seulement dans sa dialectique avec le sujet et le signifiant, mais également dans son appartenance, par le sujet et sa pensée à son rapport ineffaçable avec l’impensé, ce qui conduit à la constitution de la dépossession, la perte et la destitution de l’identification du Moi spéculaire.Dans cette perspective, le concept de dialectique constitue le point de départ méthodologique pour réfléchir sur le thème de la mort à partir de son statut logique/ontologique et de son déroulement signifiant soutenu par un “examen” sceptique en tant que moment essentiel de le traitement psychanalytique, conduisant ainsi à rendre compte de la subjectivité et de sa brèche/ faille constitutionnelle comme une menace, toujours présente, de désintégration et de négativité.Quant au scepticisme, il est un autre point de départ à cette réflexion et l’origine d’un déplacement vers un regard de la psychanalyse qui va au-delà du domaine clinique. En partant de la fonction de la négation, qui semble s’inscrire comme énonciation sceptique, et à partir de questions à propos de la dissolution, la disparition ou particulièrement, l’abolition [l’aufhebung] du sujet comme lieu impossible dans sa subjectivité en manque, dont l’expression psychique est en concordance avec la déchirure interne que représente le clivage, manifestée à travers le sujet barré, ce travail considère la possibilité d’un regard ontologique de la psychanalyse. Celui-ci supposerait la mort comme ce qui instaure une expérience scripturaire de négativité et qui va jusqu’à désigner l’espace spécifique de l’activité sceptique comme examen qui dirige l’aspect tragique dans le traitement psy / The theme of the pulsion of death is, sometimes, understood in the light of a biologic principle of destruction or regression to a state of nirvana as stated by Freud, nonetheless, here it is mobilized in a speculative perspective to think its status by inscribing the reflections that would take place in a confrontation and, at the same time, articulation between Jacques Lacan and Hegel. Thus, death, under the ontological determination, allows to open the way to study psychoanalysis at the border between the being and the thinking, not only in its dialectics with the subject and the signifier but also in its belonging, by the subject and his thought, to his/her indelible relation to the unthought which involves the formation of dispossession, loss and removal of the identification of the mirrored self. From this perspective, the concept of dialectics constitutes the methodological starting point to reflect about the theme of death from their logical/ontological status and its significant development mantained by a skeptical “exam” as an essential moment in the psychoanalytic cure, involving the realisation of the subjectivity and its constitutional gap/failure as an ever-present threat of disintegration and negativity.As far as it is concerned, skepticism is another starting point of this reflection and the origin of a shift towards a view of psychoanalysis that goes beyond the clinic. As of the role of negation, which we believe it is inscribed as a skeptical utterance, as well as questions about the dissolution, disappearance or specifically abolition [l'Aufhebung] of the subject as an impossible place in his/her missing subjectivity whose psychic expression is in agreement with the internal tear that means split, manifested through the barred subject. This paper considers the possibility of an ontological view of psychoanalysis that would suppose the death as that that institutes a scripturaire experience of negativity and that even designates the specific space of the skeptical activity as an examination that directs the tragic aspect of the psychoanalytic cure.But, how does this displacement of a psychoanalytic clinic operate towards an ontology of psychoanalysis? What is at stake in the movement of the signifying chain inasmuch so a dialectical process that "remains" and that "opposes/sursumée"? To what extent does skepticism appear as a suitable tool for the "exam" and a particular interpretation not just of the unconscious but, also, of the personal history of the subject in its aspect of their subjectivity dislocated? / El tema de la pulsión de muerte siendo, a menudo, entendido a la luz de un principio biológico de destrucción o regresión a un estado de nirvana tal y como lo afirma Freud, sin embargo, aquí es movilizada en una perspectiva especulativa para pensar su estatuto inscribiéndose en las reflexiones que tomarían partida en una confrontación y, al mismo tiempo, articulación entre Jacques Lacan y Hegel. De suerte que la muerte, bajo la determinación ontológica, permite abrir la vía para estudiar el psicoanálisis en las fronteras entre el ser y el pensar, no solo en su dialéctica con el sujeto y el significante sino también en su pertenencia, por parte del sujeto y su pensamiento, a su relación imborrable con lo impensado lo que conlleva la constitución de la desposesión, la perdida y destitución de la identificación del Yo especular. Desde esta perspectiva, el concepto de dialéctica constituye el punto de inicio metodológico para reflexionar el tema de la muerte a partir de su estatuto lógico/ontológico y su desenvolvimiento significante sostenido por un “examen” escéptico en cuanto momento esencial en la cura psicoanalítica, conllevando así a dar cuenta de la subjetividad y su brecha/falla constitucional como una amenaza siempre presente de desintegración y negatividad. Por su parte, el escepticismo es otro punto de partida de esta reflexión y el origen de un desplazamiento hacia una mirada del psicoanálisis que va mas allá de lo clínico. Partiendo de la función de la negación, que a nuestro parecer se inscribe como enunciación escéptica, así como también de preguntas acerca de la disolución, la desaparición o específicamente la abolición [l’aufhebung] del sujeto como lugar imposible en su subjetividad en falta cuya expresión psíquica esta en concordancia con el desgarro interno que significa la escisión, manifestada a través del sujeto barrado, este trabajo considera la posibilidad de una mirada ontológica del psicoanálisis que supondría la muerte como aquello que instituye una experiencia scripturaire de negatividad y que hasta designa el espacio específico de la actividad escéptica como examen que dirige el aspecto trágico en la cura psicoanalítica. Pero, como se opera este desplazamiento de una clínica psicoanalítica hacia una ontología del psicoanálisis? Qué es lo que está en juego en el movimiento de la cadena significante en cuanto un proceso dialectico que « permanece » y que se « opone/sursumée » ? En qué medida el escepticismo aparece como una herramienta apropiada para el “examen” y una interpretación particular no solo del inconsciente sino, también, de la historia personal del sujeto en su aspecto de su subjetividad dislocada?Apoyándonos en algunos elementos del pensamiento Hegeliano como las determinaciones-de-reflexión, la lógica de la Esencia, la diferencia y la contradicción y, en particular, sobre los textos de Lacan relacionado con el goce, la falta y el Otro esta investigación interroga la lógica/ontológica de la muerte para postular una apertura del psicoanálisis.

Made available in DSpace on 2017-06-01T18:08:38Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 dissertacao_pedro_xavier.pdf: 1218822 bytes, checksum: f9d9606b054cdb0211b32f68ee1e69a5 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-08-29 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / This work is the result of a theoretical research which aimedat investigating possible relations between what we call father demission and certain body symptoms that have become frequent in contemporaneity. In order to carry out the study, we have started from Freudian considerations regarding the father, proceeding to Lacan s propositions on the father s mission and arriving to the meaning of what we have designated with the term demission.It stands for the decline of operational possibilities to exercise the symbolic paternal function, as a result of nowadays social bond characteristics. Therefore, talking about father demission is not rigorously the same as talking about the decline of paternal function. It actually is about realizing that the father s role as athird cannot be done without social support, which in our time is crossed by a discourse that cannot but to contradict such role, being, however, indispensible to subjective constitution.We intend to demonstrate how does father demission put in evidencenew forms of subjective constitution that, thus, result in the primacy of the body in certain types of embodied phenomena.Aiming to promote a productive discussion on these new symptoms, we haveused Freud s and Lacan s conceptions of body symptoms, or at least symptoms subject to be inscribed in the body.Finally, we have built our considerations towardsthe tacit and causal linkage that, in our comprehension, unites father demission and some contemporary symptomsin which the body is highlighted. We have also brought attention to the structure of the term father (de)mission, which have allowed us to maintain the idea of an operational paternal function, even when the conditions for it are not so favorable / O presente trabalho é fruto de uma pesquisa de natureza teórica que teve como objetivo investigar a possível relação entre o que chamamos de demissão paterna e certos sintomas corporais que se tornaram frequentes na contemporaneidade. Para a realização do trabalho, partimos das considerações freudianas a respeito do pai e, avançando pelas proposições de Lacan a respeito da missão paterna, pudemos chegar ao sentido a ser dado ao que designamos com o termo demissão. Este designa o declínio das possibilidades operativas de exercício da função simbólica do pai como o resultado das características do laço social da atualidade. Por implicação, falar em demissão paterna não é rigorosamente a mesma coisa que falar em declínio da função paterna. Trata-se antes de perceber que o trabalho do pai como terceiro singular não se faz sem o respaldo do social, que em nossa época é tecido por um discurso que não pode senão contradizer este trabalho, no entanto indispensável à constituição subjetiva. Pretendemos demonstrar de que modo a demissão paterna põe em evidência novas formas de constituição subjetiva que, por sua vez, resultam na primazia do corpo e em determinados tipos de fenômenos corporais. Com o intuito de fomentar uma discussão proveitosa a respeito destes novos sintomas, resgatamos das obras de Freud e Lacan a concepção sustentada pelos autores a respeito dos sintomas corporais, ou pelo menos dos sintomas passíveis de inscrição no corpo. Por fim, tecemos nossas considerações a respeito do vínculo tácito e causal que, no nosso entendimento, une a demissão paterna a certos sintomas da atualidade onde o corpo aparece em primeiro plano. Abordamos ainda a grafia (de)missão paterna, que nos permitiu transmitir a ideia segundo a qual a função paterna se mantém operante, ainda que as condições já não sejam tão favoráveis

How children perceive their physical ability is important in understanding their reported adequacy, preferences, and predilection of physical activity. This relationship is useful in identifying lifelong physical activity behaviors. Purpose: The relationship between perceived physical ability and classroom engagement was investigated in elementary school children. Methods: Students (n = 120) in grades K5 completed the Perceived Physical Ability Scale (PPAS) and the Children’s Self-Perceptions of Adequacy and Predilection for Physical Activity (CSAPPA). Results: A statistically strong significant positive correlation (r = .49, P < .01) was found between the PPAS and CSAPPA indicating that students with higher perceived physical ability also reported higher scores on the CSAPPA. The high CSAPPA scores are indicative of students having a higher likelihood of choosing physical activity over a non-active option. No significant differences were noted between males and females or across grade levels. Conclusions: Based on these results students who have a greater perception of their physical ability also report being more likely to select a physically active option when given the choice. The findings of this study are noteworthy as previous studies have shown that differences between male and female students may exist with similar measures. These results may be indicative of the environment that has been created at the study site. The study site promotes a culture centered on respect, care, and a growth mindset within its student body. Future research comparing student to teacher ratio, cohesive student groups, and school schedules should be conducted to compare students’ PPAS and CSAPPA results. Programs designed to enhance perceived physical ability and enjoyment of physical activity are needed to promote lifetime physical activity habits.

The aim of this study is to examine how teachers understand interactive methods in history education in secondary and upper secondary school. The study is based on learning theories by Lev Vygotskij, John Dewey and Jean Piaget on how different interactive teaching methods can enhance pupils’ literacy. The method used is a qualitative study which is analyzed inductively through thematic strategy. The findings show how teachers perceive the usefulness in interactive methods and its role in improving literacy in historical concepts.

Currently there are no standardized Spanish tools to assess leisure and recreation participation of Spanish-speaking children. Occupational therapists face the challenge of implementing valid assessments to develop culturally-sensitive intervention plans to obtain meaningful participation outcomes for Spanish-speaking children. The purpose of this study was to develop a Spanish version of the Children's Assessment of Participation and Enjoyment & Preferences for Activities of Children (CAPE/PAC) for children living in Puerto Rico, and to assess its validity and reliability. A back translation and a cultural adaptation process, which included a focus group, and qualitative and quantitative exercises by subject-matter-experts (SMEs), were used to develop the Evaluación de Participación y Disfrute de los Niños & Preferencias de las Actividades de los Niños (EPDN/PAN). A sample of 20 children with and without disabilities and their parents was used to pilot-test the new instrument, and a sample of 249 children was used for the field-test. Validity evidence based on test content, structure, and relationships with other variables were sought through descriptive statistics, factor analysis, known group comparisons, and reliability coefficients. The results document strong support of validity evidence based on test content; the translation, cultural adaptation, and pilot-testing processes yielded the evidence to support the validity of the EPDN/PAN construction process. The EPDN dimension test scores were related to external variables such as age and disability, but were not statistically significant for gender. Younger children and children with disabilities exhibited more restricted participation than older children and children without a disability (p < .05). Adequate internal consistency was found for the PAN scales (.92 - .70) and for the Overall and Informal Intensity scales (.85 and .84). Evidence was found to support test-retest reliability for the PAN and the Diversity and Intensity EPDN (.60 - .81). Further examination of the test-retest reliability of the scales is recommended with a larger sample. In conclusion, initial evidence of validity and reliability was found to support the use of the EPDN/PAN with Puerto Rican children to assess various dimensions of their leisure participation, an important occupational performance area.