Gênero e Atividades de Aventura em Periódicos Internacionais de Ciências Humanas.

This qualitative study investigated the thematic approaches on gender and adventure activities in the scientific works published in international journals, presented in the databases of Capes Journal Portal, in the field of Humanities, focusing on the subcategories of Sociology and Psychology in the period between January 2006 and June 2010. For the development of this paper we made use of systematic review and exploratory research and data were descriptively analyzed through the Thematic Content Analysis Technique. Results show that six articles addressed the adventure activities as a central theme under three categories: adventure activities and subjective elements (3), adventure activities and their educational potential (1) and the pursuit of sensations (2). While literature shows many positive aspects in different levels of human development in experiences with adventure activities, the production of scientific studies on this subject is still scarce. We suggest new looks on this issue in the area of Humanities in order to better understand the complexity of human involvement with nature. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]