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O que vês... e o que desejas: Efeitos do processamento global-local nas relações interpessoais com foco no self, diferentes contextos e sociossexualidades
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A literatura indicou que o processamento global está associado a sentimentos como amor e amizade e o processamento local tem sido associado à luxúria (ou desejo sexual). O objetivo do presente estudo foi compreender se esta relação entre processamento e sentimentos ativados (desejo sexual, amor, amizade) ocorria também em referência ao self. Procurou-se perceber se esta relação é identificada numa situação de atração inicial do próprio e se emergem sentimentos por um dado alvo em diferentes contextos relacionais (dating vs. profissional). Explorou-se o papel da sociossexualidade e do estado de espírito na mesma relação.
Um total de 91 participantes responderam a um questionário online, onde se mediu através de uma tarefa percetiva a tendência para cada participante se envolver num processamento global-local. Seguidamente, foi apresentada uma suposta nova rede social associada a um de dois contextos relacionais; dating ou profissional.
Os resultados sugerem que nestas condições o processamento global-local não influenciou os sentimentos ativados em relação a um alvo no sentido esperado. Apenas no contexto profissional se detetou um efeito do tipo de processamento sobre todos os sentimentos. No entanto, contrariamente ao esperado, o impacto sob desejo sexual, amor e amizade foi no mesmo sentido. Neste estudo destacou-se o papel do género e da sociossexualidade dos participantes. Esta moderou a relação do processamento com o desejo sexual apenas para os participantes do sexo masculino. Tal indica que futuros estudos deverão ter estas variáveis em consideração
Literature has indicated that global processing is associated with feelings such as love, and friendship and local processing is associated with lust (or sexual desire). The purpose of this study was to understand if the relation between processing and activated feelings (sexual desire, love, friendship) also occurred in reference to the self. We sought to understand if this relationship is identified in an initial attraction situation of the self and if feelings emerge for a given target in different relational contexts (dating vs. professional). We explored the role of sociosexuality and mood in the same relationship. A total of 91 participants answered a web survey, where the tendency for each participant to engage in global-local processing was measured through a perceptual task. Then, we presented an alleged new social network associated to one of two relational contexts; dating or professional. The results suggest that under these conditions global-local processing did not influence the activated feelings towards a target in the expected direction. Only in the professional context was an effect of the type of processing in all feelings. However, contrary to expected, the impact on sexual desire, love and friendship went in the same direction. In this study the role of sociosexuality and gender of participants was highlighted. Sociosexuality moderated the relationship of processing with sexual desire only to male participants. This suggests that future studies should take these variables into account.
Literature has indicated that global processing is associated with feelings such as love, and friendship and local processing is associated with lust (or sexual desire). The purpose of this study was to understand if the relation between processing and activated feelings (sexual desire, love, friendship) also occurred in reference to the self. We sought to understand if this relationship is identified in an initial attraction situation of the self and if feelings emerge for a given target in different relational contexts (dating vs. professional). We explored the role of sociosexuality and mood in the same relationship. A total of 91 participants answered a web survey, where the tendency for each participant to engage in global-local processing was measured through a perceptual task. Then, we presented an alleged new social network associated to one of two relational contexts; dating or professional. The results suggest that under these conditions global-local processing did not influence the activated feelings towards a target in the expected direction. Only in the professional context was an effect of the type of processing in all feelings. However, contrary to expected, the impact on sexual desire, love and friendship went in the same direction. In this study the role of sociosexuality and gender of participants was highlighted. Sociosexuality moderated the relationship of processing with sexual desire only to male participants. This suggests that future studies should take these variables into account.
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Dissertação de Mestrado ISPA-IU – Instituto Universitário para obtenção de grau de Mestre na especialidade de Psicologia Clínica.
Keywords
Processamento global-local Sentimentos ativados Amor Desejo sexual Sociossexualidade Global-local processing Activated feelings Love Sexual desire Sociosexuality