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Attachment refers to affective-emotional bonds developed early between child and caretaker, and to its consequences throughout life. This study aimed at constructing a measure to assess adult attachment in workplace relationships. The sample of the study consisted of 450 adult participants (62.2% female; M= 24 years old, SD= 6.69%) included in the labor market. The results of an exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis indicated a three-dimensional structure that evaluated aspects of security, anxiety and avoidance of attachment in workplace situations, explaining 55% of the total variance. In addition, dimensions in both analyses showed omega coefficients high than .80. The measure presented expected correlations with close attachment, career success, satisfaction with life and self-efficacy dimensions. In conclusion, this study offers a validated measure: The Workplace Attachment Scale (WAtS), in Brazilian Portuguese that enables the investigation of attachment relationships in the workplace.

A pesquisa investigou características da violência contra a mulher por parceiro íntimo de maneira online e offline, seus impactos no relacionamento em questão e no enfrentamento desta violência. Participaram doze mulheres com alta escolaridade que reportaram terem experienciado violência em um relacionamento com um parceiro íntimo e que fizessem uso de pelo menos uma rede social virtual no momento do relacionamento relatado. O procedimento de coleta de dados foi por meio da técnica bola de neve, utilizando-se da entrevista episódica. A análise temática foi usada para categorizar os dados. Nos resultados, dois temas foram identificados: (a) violência offline no relacionamento; e (b) violência online no relacionamento. O primeiro tema indicou que os tipos de violência experienciados foram físicos, psicológicos e sexuais. Características como “isolamento social”, “medo de reagir”, “culpabilização da vítima” e a “violência como um ciclo” foram percebidas de maneira offline. O segundo tema apontou para o uso da internet no relacionamento como ferramenta de controle pelo parceiro, como meio de registro de provas da violência e como facilitador de acesso à informação. Sugere-se que novas pesquisas abordem diferentes variáveis sociodemográficas, a fim de investigar percepções variadas acerca da violência online e offline em um relacionamento romântico.

Antecedents: Motivation for using social networks helps to understand the online behaviors of the adult population and can be a relevant predictor of several variables, considering its common usage on a daily routine. Objective: This article aimed to seek evidence of validity and accuracy for the Social Media Motivations Scale (SMM-S) in the Brazilian context and understand its relationship with personality and life satisfaction. Method: The research was carried out in two stages, with 600 adults in each one, users of online social networks. In both samples, most were women with higher education, from all Brazilian regions and pointed Instagram as their favorite online service. Results: Results indicated that the adapted version of the Social Media Motivations Scale presented indicators of validity and reliability for a structure of four dimensions: Freedom in Social Networks, Routine in Social Networks, Identity in Social Networks and Social Maintenance. Correlations with life satisfaction and personality revealed evidence of convergent validity. Conclusion: The instrument showed validity psychometric evidences for the Brazilian context. The article presents a discussion of the motivations for social networks usage in different contexts. Authorship contribution All authors participated in the conception and design of the work, data acquisition, analysis and interpretation of data, writing of the manuscript, and critical review of the manuscript.