When a romantic relationship ends in dissolution, the ex-partners may experience distress similar to post-traumatic stress or complex grief (i.e., dysphoric mood, feelings of loss, intrusive memories, negative rumination regarding the relationship, and a loss of self-esteem). Interventions designed to reduce post-breakup distress have historically attempted to foster integration of the breakup into the self-narrative through techniques such as expressive writing. Recent research indicates centrality, or heightened integration of an event or concept into an individual’s identity, predicts heightened levels of distress in the case of negative life events, including romantic relationship dissolution. Given the role romantic relationships themselves play in identity formation, exploration is warranted of the potential distress resulting from over-identification with a romantic relationship itself, or relationship centrality, after a breakup has occurred. Furthermore, if an individual has overly-integrated a relationship into their identity, the effectiveness of interventions focusing on further integration of the breakup is called into question. This study explored the centrality of participants’ previous romantic relationships, the distress resulting from the dissolution of those relationships, and the role of expressive writing as a distress reduction tool when centrality is taken into account.

Submitted by Filipe dos Santos (fsantos@pucsp.br) on 2017-04-17T10:42:55Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Mariana Batista Vieira.pdf: 1332091 bytes, checksum: f0590214bc361aec1352be069c13c0a5 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-04-17T10:42:55Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Mariana Batista Vieira.pdf: 1332091 bytes, checksum: f0590214bc361aec1352be069c13c0a5 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-03-15 / Conselho Nacional de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico - CNPq / This thesis aimed to understand the relationship between shyness and affective-emotional expressivity; the theoretical foundation used was the theory of Henri Wallon, which defines shyness as being an emotion; it is the fear that one has toward people and is related to the sensitivity to the presence and/or approach of the other. From the biographical and life history method, a study of the (auto)biography of the poet Carlos Drummmond de Andrade was made in primary source and secondary source and, through non-directive and reflexive interviews, was revisited the narrative of Vinícius, one of the participants in the dissertation: "Shyness and exclusion-school inclusion: a study on identity."; two interviews of the masters period were used and a new interview was held for this moment. It was decided to present the data in two moments: in the first one, the life narrative of the participant Vinícius was presented also some (auto)biographical data of the poet Carlos Drummond de Andrade and the use of letters and poems as examples of the facts of life of the poet; in the second one, using the free-docency thesis of Lígia Assumpção do Amaral as a inspiration, the two lives were compared from a semi fiction narrative. The data demonstrate that the shyness is configured as a problem for the participant Vinícius because it is used as justification for the non-confrontation of the world; in this way, there is the fetichization of the personage Vinícius-timid in the familiar, professional and social spheres, taking it to a condition of sameness; for this analysis we used the Ciampa Identity Theory. In contrast, the (auto)biography of Carlos Drummond de Andrade reveals an active person who, even with timidity, positions himself on the events of his time. Finally, it is understood that the writing of poems is one of the forms of affective-emotional communication and expression of the shy person as evidenced in Drummond's (auto)biography / Esta tese teve como objetivo compreender a relação entre timidez e expressividade afetivo-emocional; utilizou-se como fundamentação teórica a teoria de Henri Wallon, que define a timidez como sendo uma emoção; é o medo que se tem frente às pessoas e está relacionada à sensibilidade à presença e/ou aproximação do outro. A partir do método de história de vida e (auto)biográfico foi feito um estudo da (auto)biografia do poeta Carlos Drummmond de Andrade em fonte primária e em fonte secundária e, por meio de entrevistas não-diretivas e reflexivas, revisitou-se a narrativa de Vinícius, um dos participantes da dissertação: “Timidez e exclusão-inclusão escolar: um estudo sobre identidade.”; utilizou-se as duas entrevistas da época do mestrado e realizou-se uma nova entrevista para este momento. Optou-se por apresentar os dados em dois momentos: no primeiro, apresentou-se a narrativa de vida do participante Vinícius e alguns dados (auto)biográficos do poeta Carlos Drummond de Andrade e o uso de cartas e poemas como exemplos dos fatos da vida do poeta; no segundo, tendo como inspiração a tese de livre-docência de Lígia Assumpção do Amaral, comparam-se as duas vidas a partir de uma narrativa de semificção. Os dados demonstram que a timidez se configura como um problema para o participante Vinícius pelo fato dela ser usada como justificativa para o não enfrentamento do mundo; dessa maneira, há a fetichização do personagem Vinícius-tímido nos âmbitos familiar, profissional e social, levando-o para uma condição de mesmice; para essa análise recorreu-se à Teoria da Identidade de Ciampa. Em contraposição, a (auto)biografia de Carlos Drummond de Andrade revela uma pessoa ativa que, mesmo com timidez, se posiciona sobre os acontecimentos de sua época. Por fim, compreende-se que a escrita de poemas é uma das formas de comunicação e expressão afetivo-emocional da pessoa tímida conforme evidenciado na (auto)biografia de Drummond

Review of life experiences for personal adaptation is a general tendency in older adults. A positive outcome of life review may be an increase in well-being. To test the hypothesis that reminiscence group activity, structured for life review, could increase well-being, a sample of 30 residents in a retirement community was studied, using a quasiexperimental, pretest-posttest design. Research subjects, average age 78 years, were randomly assigned to experimental and control groups. All were pre- and post-tested by four instruments: Life Satisfaction Index Form A, Affect Balance Scale, Zung Self-Rating Depression Scale, and the OARS Activities of Daily Living Scale. Control subjects received testing only. Experimental subjects participated in small reminiscence groups, structured for life review by the Haight Life Review Experiencing Form (LREF). The reminiscence group activity constituted one complex independent variable. Group activity included opportunity to write in private journals about LREF topics, shared voluntarily. Data from the four dependent variables were analyzed separately, using scale score differences. Neither t-tests, nor one-way analysis of variance of differences in relation to frequency of group attendance revealed any statistically significant findings, although posttest scores showed some nonsignificant improvement. / Master of Science