In this research we aimed to study how couples perceive their marital relationships. More specifically, our goal was to ascertain the way middle class couples, living in Brazil, evaluate the quality of their current marital relationships. 100 cohabiting couples were asked to fulfill the Marriage and Relationship Questionnaire (MARQ), and we found that 86% lived together for 12.62 years on average and declared to be satisfied with their relationship. Jealousy, partnership and love were found to be the most relevant factors for marital satisfaction, thereby reaffirming the Evolutionary Psychology hypotheses about the omnipresence of love and jealousy as elements of cohesion in humans. Selection for those factors may have occurred from early mankind on, particularly with regard to the establishment and maintenance of affective partnerships.
Resumo O dimorfismo sexual na preferência de pares e brincadeiras infantis é registrado desde idades precoces. Crianças com padrões atípicos do seu sexo tendem a apresentar dificuldades de socialização. Investigaramse tais preferências utilizando dois instrumentos padronizados: Entrevista Estruturada de Preferências de Parcerias e Estilos de Brincadeiras e Desenho da Figura Humana. Participaram 234 crianças, de 9 a 11 anos, sendo 120 do sexo feminino. Observou-se correlação elevada entre o sexo da criança e o sexo do par preferido, bem como com brincadeiras típicas do seu sexo e o sexo da pessoa desenhada corroborando dados similares obtidos pela literatura internacional. Conclui-se que crianças entre 9 e 11 anos apresentam predominância de padrões típicos de gênero sem que os mesmos sejam rígidos. Palavras-chave: Dimorfismo sexual, mensuração do comportamento, diferenças de gênero, brincadeira.
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