Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T15:38:57Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 MariaAMO_DISSERT.pdf: 1764108 bytes, checksum: b91b0f5edc0ee2890324733c58bfdc95 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-04-27 / Coordena??o de Aperfei?oamento de Pessoal de N?vel Superior / The subjective well- being (SWB) is formed by global judgments of satisfaction with life, or with peculiar domains the positive and the negative emotional experiences. The perception in turn, is the process of interpretive process of sensory data with cognitive or informative sense, absorbed in function of a context. From this perspective, the research aimed to evaluate SWB and the perception of advanced age pregnant women. Participated in the survey 80 pregnant with 35 years old or older (Group A or older) and 80 pregnant aged between 20 and 34 years old (Group B or young adults). The instruments used were: the scale of subjective well-being and a questionnaire, that included sociodemographic informations, items about pregnancy and a statement based on the Free Association of Words Technique (FAWT) to approach the perception of pregnancy. The data from the questionnaire and scale, in order to compare the data between groups suffered descriptive and inferential statistical analyzes. The analyzes performed with chi-square test among groups, which had values that were statistically significant, with the sociodemographic variables the type of contraceptive and health problems. The indicators of the SWB had further more by means in groups. The results of the Wilcoxon's test that there were no differences between the groups referred above. In the relation indicators of well being with variables age, education and income, some associations were significant. In addition, the words derived from the (FAWT) were analyzed using the software Programmer s Permenttant l?Analyse des Evocation (EVOC2000) and categorized according to content analysis of Bardin in three thematic categories (positive and negative affects, perception of gestation and implications of pregnancy) discussed as a group, since most of words were common. The study highlights shown how similar were the presented data by pregnant women surveyed. It is supposed about this fact the similarity is related to the social context. The relevance of this study for the health care network is to help with proposals aimed at specific improvements to the public and the sector, beside demonstrate that advanced age pregnant women and young adulst in the researched context showed no differences in the most of the studied characteristics / O Bem-estar Subjetivo (BES) ? formado por julgamentos globais de satisfa??o com a vida, ou com dom?nios peculiares - as experi?ncias emocionais positivas e negativas. A percep??o, por sua vez, ? o processo interpretativo dos dados sensoriais dotado de sentido cognitivo ou informativo, assimilado em fun??o de um contexto. Sob essa perspectiva, a pesquisa objetivou avaliar o BES e a percep??o da gravidez em gestantes tardias. Participaram da pesquisa 80 gr?vidas com 35 anos ou mais de idade (grupo A ou tardias) e 80 gr?vidas com idade entre 20 e 34 anos (grupo B ou adultas jovens). Os instrumentos usados foram: a escala de BES e um question?rio; este contemplou informa??es sociodemogr?ficas, itens sobre a gravidez e uma afirmativa baseada na T?cnica de Associa??o Livre de Palavras (TALP) para abordar a percep??o da gesta??o. Os dados oriundos do question?rio e da escala, objetivando comparar os dados de intergrupos, sofreram an?lises estat?sticas descritivas e inferenciais. As an?lises realizadas com o teste qui-quadrado apresentaram valores estatisticamente significativos com as vari?veis sociodemogr?ficas tipo de anticoncepcional e problemas de sa?de. Os indicadores do BES apresentaram m?dias pr?ximas nos grupos. Al?m disso, por meio do teste de Wilcoxon, percebeu-se que n?o houve diferen?as dos aspectos supracitados intergrupos. Ao relacionar os indicadores do BES com as vari?veis idade, escolaridade e renda, algumas associa??es foram significativas. Em adi??o, as palavras oriundas da afirmativa (TALP) foram analisadas com o aux?lio do software Programmes Permettant l analyse des Evocations (EVOC2000), e categorizadas segundo a an?lise de conte?do de Bardin que resultaram em 3 categorias tem?ticas (afetos positivos e negativos, percep??o da gesta??o e implica??es da gravidez), discutidas de forma agrupada, pois a maioria das palavras foram comuns. Frisa-se o qu?o semelhantes foram os dados apresentados pelas gestantes pesquisadas. Sup?e-se, acerca dessa considera??o, que a similitude esteja relacionada ao contexto social. A relev?ncia desse estudo para a rede assistencial de sa?de reside em auxiliar em propostas que visem a melhorias espec?ficas para o p?blico e para o setor, al?m de demonstrar que gestantes tardias e adultas jovens, no contexto pesquisado, n?o apresentaram diferen?as em boa parte das caracter?sticas estudadas

Abuse of prescription and over-the-counter substances other than alcohol is becoming a prevalent issue; therefore, it is important to identify factors that may help predict risk for this abuse. Some demographic and situational factors have been identified for traditional 4-year college students. However, less is known about community college students, who enter college less academically prepared and may be still enmeshed with family and peer groups from high school. In this correlational study, predictors of substance abuse other than alcohol were explored among a convenience sample of 118 students from an American community college. The research question was developed based on previous research such as Bandura's social learning theory and Arnett's theory of emerging adults. The question explored how well gender (male, female, other) and 2 dimensions from the Ryff scale of psychological well-being (sense of autonomy and positive relationships with others) predict substance use among the community college sample. Use of substances other than alcohol was measured using the Drug Abuse Screening Test-10. A multiple linear regression analysis was used to test the research hypotheses. Although gender was not related to substance use, higher autonomy and more positive relationships scores were statistically significant predictors of higher use of substances other than alcohol among this sample. These findings were consistent with characteristics of emerging adulthood that may present risk factors for this group of college students. Findings support positive social change as they may be considered by stakeholders when considering possible prevention or intervention activities to address substance use issues on community college campuses.