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- A importância da formação profissional na Polícia de Segurança PúblicaPublication . Chanfana, Abel; Quintas, Helena; Cruz, Jose PestanaA formação profissional tem sido, desde sempre, uma área de preocupação, e à medida que as necessidades sociais, laborais e, por conseguinte, organizacionais, se vão sentindo, a formação procura ajustar-se a essas carências. Na procura de respostas aos desafios que a profissionalidade apresenta, a aprendizagem ao longo da vida e, particularmente, a educação e formação de adultos, apresentam-se como áreas de eleição que concorrem para o sucesso da formação profissional. Com o presente artigo pretende-se divulgar uma investigação que analisou a formação profissional na Polícia de Segurança Pública, na perspectiva dos profissionais que desempenham funções nesta organização. Tomámos como sujeitos do estudo uma amostra alargada de polícias que integram os quadros da PSP na região do Algarve e, tendo em conta algumas variáveis secundárias independentes, procurámos perceber qual a sua influência na percepção da qualidade, aplicabilidade e vantagens curriculares da formação.
- Motivação profissional no internato médico de medicina geral e familiar: um estudo nacionalPublication . Gaspar, Dina; de Jesus, Saul Neves; Cruz, Jose PestanaPROFESSIONAL MOTIVATION AND FAMILY MEDICINE RESIDENCY A National Study Background: Family medicine has some constraints, which may be considered critical for physicians' career choice, and motivation may be one of them. Motivation should be seen as a determinant of career success, particularly in educational context. The aim of this study was to develop an understanding about the family medicine residents' professional motivation, based on psychological and cognitive factors. Objectives: The following objectives were set: (1) to characterize the residents, in terms of cognitive-motivational variables; (2) to evaluate their assertive skills during the vocational training. Method: In 2005, we designed a mail survey applied to all graduates entering Family Medicine, in Portugal (N = 228), at the start of their specialty program. As part of a larger observational study, a 57 Likert scale items questionnaire was designed to collect descriptive data. In this cross sectional study we present data from professional project, professional commitment, intrinsic motivation, self-efficacy expectancies, results control expectancies, initial motivation to the specialty and assertiveness skills (cross sectional study). Results: From the target population, 109 completed questionnaires (47.8%) were returned. Most of the participants indicated high levels of professional orientation (77.1%) for family medicine and 92.6% had been globally committed in practice. At the beginning of the residency, the participants had medium (59.6%) or high (33.9%) levels of motivation for choosing this specialty, 89% were intrinsically motivated and 60.5% proved to be quite assertive in their patient approach. Conclusions: These findings suggest that medical graduates, studied in this research, were globally motivated for practicing in a Family Medicine context, contradicting the overall perception of a physicians' declined interest for this specialty. These results may have implications in the design of real-life training programs for postgraduate education in Family Medicine, a time when physicians are forming expectations about their career performance and professional well being. Future researches should continue studying more deeply the professional motivation of that population, throughout the vocational training in Family Medicine residency.
- Perfeccionismo e representação vinculativa em jovens adultosPublication . Oliveira, Diana; Carmo, Cláudia; Cruz, Jose Pestana; Brás, MartaThe relationships established within the family are extremely important in the development of individual personality traits. The goal of this study was to investigate the relation between the development of perfectionism and attachment representations in a sample of 690 young adults, aged between 17 and 30 years old. Participants completed two scales of Self-report Measure of Perfectionism (H-MPS and F-MPS) and the Inventory of Parent and Peer Attachment (IPPA), as well as a Social-Demographic Questionnaire. Results indicate the existence of a relation between maladaptive perfectionism dimensions and an insecure attachment representation to parents, whereas adaptive perfectionism dimensions seem to be related to a secure attachment representation. The results suggest that one of the contributing factors to the development of perfectionism is the nature of parental relationships and their consequent interactions.