Support for restricting civil rights remains a central concern in psychological science. Among these rights, access to information has increasingly been regulated, including through policies limiting adolescents' use of social media. Yet little is known about how adolescents themselves evaluate such measures or how ideological dispositions structure their support. Drawing on research linking Right-Wing Authoritarianism (RWA) to endorsement of restrictive policies, the present study examined whether RWA and age predict support for a new Brazilian law that prohibits unsupervised social media use for individuals under 16 (the so-called Felca Law). A sample of 308 Brazilian adolescents (ages 11–19; 48.4% female) completed measures of RWA and support for the Felca Law. Higher RWA and older age independently predicted greater support for the law, with no significant interaction between them. These findings indicate that authoritarian ideological dispositions operate during adolescence and extend to contemporary digital regulation. Support for the Felca Law appears to be shaped less by developmental maturation than by stable ideological mechanisms, even in a policy domain framed around youth protection.
Parenting is a central pathway to child positive or dysfunctional outcomes. Evidence based on positive and negative parenting and its impact on child development is sparse in low- and middle-income countries creating a gap for the development of public policies and early interventions. Investigate the impact of positive (i.e., sensitivity) and negative (i.e., harsh) parenting on children’s socioemotional development at age 4 using data from the Pelotas Birth Cohort. Sample comprised 4,010 children (50.6
This study aimed at: identifying the prevalence of intimate partner violence (IPV) victimization among Brazilian and Italian Bisexual women, considering bi-specific expressions of violence; and investigating how intersectional positions are associated with IPV victimization risk. Participated in this quantitative study 2521 bisexual women. Descriptive and Multilevel Analysis of Individual Heterogeneity and Discriminatory Accuracy (MAIHDA) were employed to model interactions across country, race/ethnicity, income, and age strata, allowing for the examination of interlocking oppressions. This methodological approach avoided single-axis thinking, which is inconsistent with intersectionality core assumptions. Main results: 81.4
To evaluate longitudinal changes in oral health–related quality of life (OHRQoL), pain, and mandibular function over 12 months after temporomandibular joint (TMJ) disc repositioning with mini-anchor fixation in women with refractory bilateral disc displacement without reduction (DDwoR). In this prospective cohort study, 34 women with bilateral DDwoR confirmed by Diagnostic Criteria for Temporomandibular Disorders (DC/TMD) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), refractory to at least 6 months of conservative therapy, were assessed at baseline (T0), 1 month (T1), and 12 months (T2). Outcomes included the Oral Health Impact Profile-14 (OHIP-14), visual analog scale for pain (VAS-P), Helkimo Clinical Dysfunction Index (DI), and mandibular mobility measurements. Longitudinal changes were analyzed using repeated-measures ANOVA and linear mixed-effects models. Pain (VAS-P) decreased from 7.6 to 0.7, OHIP-14 from 29.4 to 7.0, and DI from 4.1 to 1.4 by 12 months (all p < 0.001). Reductions in OHIP-14 and VAS-P exceeded the predefined MCIDs (OHIP-14, ≥ 4.0 points; VAS-P, ≥ 2.0 points on the 0–10 scale). Mandibular mobility also improved significantly over time. Age-group analyses were exploratory; although an overall time × age interaction was observed for OHIP-14, no significant between-group differences were found at postoperative time points. TMJ disc repositioning with mini-anchor fixation was associated with significant improvements in OHRQoL, pain, and function in women with refractory bilateral DDwoR over 12 months. Not applicable.
Globally, over 27 million children experience severe food insecurity. While substantial evidence highlights the impact of childhood hunger on human capital accumulation in early adulthood, less is known about its impact in later life. Given the rapid increase in population aging and the growing demand for human capital to support longer working lives and societal prosperity, this study examined the association between hunger in the first 15 years of life/childhood hunger and two dimensions of human capital – socioeconomic position (SEP) and work ability – among older adults in Brazil. A cross-sectional secondary analysis using data from the second wave of the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSI-Brazil 2019–2021), a nationally representative sample of community-dwelling individuals aged 50 years and older, was conducted. Four outcomes were evaluated: achieved schooling, per capita household income, household wealth, and self-perceived work ability. Multiple linear regression models were used to assess the association between childhood hunger and the three former outcomes, while a multiple Poisson regression model was applied for the latter. Individuals exposed to hunger in the first 15 years had lower levels of achieved schooling (β: -0.73; 95
