Emotional intelligence, sexual functioning and subjective sexual well-being

• Autor(a) principal: Silva, Patrícia Alexandra Mendes Machado Dias da
• Data de Publicação: 2015
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.6/6163
• topic: Bem-Estar Sexual Subjetivo; Funcionamento Sexual; Inteligência Emocional; Domínio/Área Científica::Ciências Sociais::Psicologia

This work aimed to deepen knowledge and and research skills as well as the development of methodological procedures that allowed us to understand the relationship between emotional intelligence, changes in sexual functioning and subjective sexual well-being. According to the regulation of the Master's Degree Program in Clinical and Health Psychology from the University of Beira Interior, where the inclusion of articles already submitted for publication, meeting the specific instructions of the scientific publication, this dissertation is organized in the article format. Therefore, the objectives were: (1) to assess levels emotional intelligence, sexual functioning, and subjective sexual well-being among a Portuguese adult sample; (2) to compare the differences in emotional intelligence, sexual functioning, and subjective sexual well-being between genders and age groups and (3) determine the association between emotional intelligence, sexual functioning, and subjective sexual well-being. It also presents the article submission to the journal Emotion, Space and Society, as well as the proof submission (attached). Last but not least, because it was the basis for the preparation of the paper, a theoretical framework is also attached that was developed during the sample collection period. This aims to understand the constructs present in the dissertation as well as the relationship between emotional intelligence, sexual functioning.