Valeschka M. Guerra
My primary research interests are in morality, human values, religiosity and honour. A main focus of my research is the association between ethics' endorsement and human values, both within and across cultural communities. In this sense, I also study religious groups as cultural communities, and their different views on morality, spirituality, and honour.
Additional interests are in positive psychology and human sexuality.
Primary Interests:
- Attitudes and Beliefs
- Close Relationships
- Culture and Ethnicity
- Emotion, Mood, Affect
- Ethics and Morality
- Life Satisfaction, Well-Being
- Research Methods, Assessment
- Self and Identity
- Sexuality, Sexual Orientation
Research Group or Laboratory:
Journal Articles:
- Bardi, A., & Guerra, V. M. (2011). Cultural values predict coping using culture as an individual difference variable in multicultural samples. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 42 (6), 908-927.
- Bardi, A., Guerra, V. M., & Ramdeny, G. S. D. (2009). Openness and ambiguity intolerance: Their differential relations to well-being in the context of an academic life transition. Personality and Individual Differences, 47, 219-223.
- Gouveia, V., Guerra, V. M., Santos, W., Rivera, G., & Singelis, T. (2007). Escala de Contagio Emocional: Adaptacao ao contexto brasileiro [Emotional Contagion Scale: Adaptation to the Brazilian context]. Psico (PUCRS), 38, 45-54.
- Gouveia, V., Guerra, V., Sousa, D., Santos, W., & Costa, J. (2009). Escala de Desejabilidade Social de Marlowe-Crowne: Contribuicao a sua adaptacao brasileira [Crowne-Marlowe Social Desirability Scale: Contributing to its Brazilian adaptation]. Avaliacao Psicologica, 8, 87-98.
- Guerra, V. M., & Giner-Sorolla, R. (2010). The Community, Autonomy, and Divinity Scale (CADS): A new tool for the cross-cultural study of morality. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 41, 35-50.
- Guerra, V. M., & Gouveia, V. (2007). Liberalismo / Conservadorismo Sexual: Proposta de uma medida multi-fatorial [Sexual Liberalism-Conservatism Scale: Proposal of a multifactorial measure]. Psicologia. Reflexao e Critica, 20, 43-53.
- Guerra, V. M., Andrade, F. C. B., & Dias, M. R. (2004). Atitudes de estudantes universitarios frente ao consumo de materiais pornograficos. [Attitudes of university students towards the use of pornographic material] Estudos de Psicologia (Natal), 9, 269-277.
- Guerra, V. M., Gouveia, V. V., Sousa, D. M., Lima, T. J., & Freires, L. A. (2012). Sexual liberalism-conservatism: The effect of human values, gender, and previous sexual experience. Archives of Sexual Behavior.
Courses Taught:
- Research Methods for Psychology
- Social Psychology
Valeschka M. Guerra
Departamento de Psicologia Social e do Desenvolvimento
Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo
Av. Fernando Ferrari, 514, Goiabeiras
29075-910 Vitória - ES
Brazil