Lilian Galvão

Julgamento moral sobre pena de morte e redução da maioridade penal

The aim of this study was to investigate the moral judgments of students of high school and degrees on the death penalty and the reduction of criminal majority. Thus, it was used to support the theoretical and empirical typology of moral development of Lawrence Kohlberg. The study included 200 students who responded, beyond a list that requested information from some of their bio-demographic data, questions related to death penalty and reduction of criminal majority. In general, participants opined in favor of the death penalty and the reduction of criminal majority, and in defense of their views, used mainly typical arguments hierarchically lower stages of the Kohlbergs typology there, however, some differences between the responses according to level of schooling. These results were discussed taking into consideration the Kohlbergs theory and empirical studies dealing with the issues of death penalty and reduction of criminal majority.

Preocupação com a honra no nordeste brasileiro: correlatos demográficos

The present research aimed at investigating the demographic correlates of honor concerns in three religious groups (Catholics, Baptists, and Spiritists) in two cities in northeastern Brazil (Joao Pessoa and Recife). Two studies were conducted to achieve this goal. In Study 1, participants were 312 people from general population, contacted in churches and temples. They presented a mean age of 32 years (sd = 15.28) and were mostly women (63%). In Study 2, participants were 178 people from general population, mostly women (69%), with a mean age of 32 years (sd = 10.51). Participants answered the Honour Concerns Scale and demographic questions. Results indicated a higher endorsement to social and family honor. The main correlates of honor concerns across studies were age and participants’ religious denomination. The importance of religion for honor concerns’ endorsement is discussed, as well as studies limitations and further research.

Direitos humanos, atitude institucional e simpatia ideológica em universitários brasileiros

Este trabalho teve como objetivo analisar o posicionamento de universitarios das regioes norte e nordeste do Brasil sobre os direitos humanos (DH) e a relacao desse posicionamento com suas atitudes institucionais, suas simpatias ideologicas e o contexto social em que vivem. Participaram deste estudo 832 universitarios do norte e nordeste brasileiro, de ambos os sexos, que responderam a um questionario, contendo escalas que mediam julgamentos sobre 30 direitos, 15 instituicoes e 10 ideias politicas. Os resultados de uma analise fatorial dos componentes principais sobre os dados referentes aos direitos mostraram a existencia de cinco fatores. Os resultados de uma analise de regressao multipla revelaram a influencia das atitudes institucionais e das simpatias ideologicas sobre o envolvimento com os DH; e a influencia positiva da regiao sobre o direito ao protesto social. Os resultados foram discutidos com base em trabalhos empiricos, realizados a partir do referencial psicossociologico.