Andrea Seixas Magalhães

Trabalho e família: o prolongamento da convivência familiar em questão

This paper focuses the prolonged stay of adult sons in the middle-class parents home, linked to work perspective. Specific social factors pertaining to the world of urban middle-class families can lead to the stay extending of adult sons within the family home. Secondly, there are different representations of the work world expressed by parents and their children. The parents representation is based on the perception of stability and links with employers. In contrast, their children present short-term perspectives and provisional social experiences, characteristic of modern life. So, family life may express a context of ambiguity which allows the separation postponed of parents and sons.

Sons and daughters' perception of parents as a couple: distinguishing characteristics of a measurement model

Percepcoes e memorias que os jovens tenham das relacoes conjugais de seus pais foram investigadas por um questionario auto-aplicavel, no qual 26 itens tipo Likert constituiram o instrumento sobre a Percepcao dos Pais na Conjugalidade. Respostas de 1.612 jovens adultos produziram uma matriz de correlacoes nao-negativas. A amostra foi dividida aleatoriamente em subamostras de calibracao e de validacao, com 806 pessoas cada. Analises exploratorias fatoriais e de componentes principais apresentam um grafico de cargas de forma circular, apos a primeira e a segunda extracao. Nesta ultima, pares de magnitude similar, mas de sinais opostos, nao apenas expressam significado teorico, mas acarretam uma ordem - a lei da ordem circular de Guttman. Uma busca de especificacao, por meio de analise fatorial confirmatoria executada sob um modelo de medida apresentando tres pares de variaveis de carga cruzada e sinais opostos, apresentou um valor de qui-quadrado, classificado do maior para o menor, para cada re-especificacao de parâmetro indicada. Seguindo esta lista de cima para baixo, mais dez itens foram especificados para cruzamento de carga no modelo. Uma vez testado, processando os dados da subamostra de validacao, resultam indices de ajuste satisfatorios. Propomos a fita de Mobius como um analogo funcional para modelar esse tipo de ordenacao circular. Finalmente, nomeamos duas orientacoes teoricas para a pesquisa posterior acerca da explanacao dos resultados - a transmissao psiquica geracional revista na introducao, contrastada com a teoria do inconsciente cognitivo.

Pai e mãe na conjugalidade: aspectos conceituais e validação de construto

Com base na teoria do laco indissoluvel, este estudo teve como objetivo a validacao da escala Pai e Mae na Conjugalidade (PMC), a partir da percepcao dos filhos sobre o pai e a mae, referente a diversos componentes desse construto. A PMC, composta por onze pares de itens, distinguindo pai e mae na mesma variavel, e parte integrante de um instrumento mais amplo, o Questionario sobre a Conjugalidade dos Pais (QCP), constituido de 60 itens. A amostra nao-probabilistica foi composta por 1.612 jovens, 678 homens e 934 mulheres, entre 18 e 29 anos. As analises apresentaram evidencia empirica de validacao da referida escala, como constituida de uma unica dimensao que apresenta, todavia, um primeiro componente interpretado como explicito e um segundo como implicito, nas subescalas pai e mae com alfas de Cronbach, respectivamente, de 0,85 e 0,86. A fita de Mobius e proposta para modelacao da dimensionalidade explicito-implicita.Based on the theory of the indissoluble link, this study aims to validate the scale Father and Mother as a Couple scale (FMC), addressed to marital relations between parents as perceived by their sons and daughters, referring to various components of this construct. The PMC, consisting of eleven pairs of items, and distinguishing father and mother in the same variable, is part of a broader instrument, the Questionnaire on Parents as a Couple (QPC), comprising 60 items overall. The non-probability sample consists of 1,612 youth, 678 men and 934 women, between 18 and 29 years. The analyses presented empirical evidence favoring the validation of this scale as consisting of a single dimension which has, however, been considered as comprising the fi rst principal component interpreted as explicit, and the second one as implicit, both in the father and mother subscales with Cronbachs alphas, respectively, .85 and .86. The Mobius strip is proposed for modeling the explicit-implicit dimensionality.

Entrevistas preliminares em psicoterapia de família: construção da demanda compartilhada

O presente trabalho e produto de uma pesquisa que teve como objetivo investigar o periodo de entrevistas preliminares com familias, focalizando a especificidade da avaliacao diagnostica familiar e as implicacoes da construcao da demanda compartilhada para a adesao da familia a psicoterapia. A demanda familiar compartilhada foi uma nocao desenvolvida neste estudo, significando a motivacao latente que conduziu o grupo a psicoterapia. Ou seja, corresponde aos conteudos interpsiquicos que sao ainda incompreensiveis para a familia, que nao concebe o sofrimento como algo compartilhado. Postula-se que, no periodo de entrevistas, e importante problematizar a queixa inicial, por vezes centrada nos conflitos do sujeito-sintoma. As intervencoes iniciais visam a realizacao da transformacao do discurso de vitimizacao dos familiares, conduzindo a um posicionamento conjunto responsavel pelo sofrimento psiquico. Na revisao da literatura, foram privilegiadas contribuicoes, tanto da abordagem psicanalitica quanto algumas nocoes da abordagem sistemica. Para atingir os objetivos propostos, a pesquisa adotou uma metodologia de estudo de casos clinicos. Foram analisados tres casos de psicoterapia familiar, com diferentes queixas e problematicas. O estudo dos casos respaldou-se na analise clinica de conteudos das entrevistas preliminares e na analise do material projetivo originado da aplicacao do Arte Diagnostico Familiar – ADF, instrumento de avaliacao familiar. A descricao dos tres casos clinicos ilustra o periodo de entrevistas preliminares e o trabalho de construcao da demanda compartilhada.

Laços intergeracionais no contexto contemporâneo

The present work concerns the articulation among different generations in the contemporary context. It discusses the constitution of intergenerational bonds, analyzing subjective and relational changes, in a context of accelerated social transformations. Generational differences are highlighted, since they are the basis of the socio-cultural transmission process. Different theoretical approaches of the generation concept are confronted with the category of age, from the perspective of psycho-social studies. It emphasizes experience subjective character and it discusses distances and proximities of people with different ages. It considers that contemporary intergenerational bonds are currently structured in a different way. The intergenerational identification process, based on the ideal of youth, stemming from the homogenization of social values, is analyzed.

Demanda clínica em psicoterapia de família: Arte-Diagnóstico Familiar como instrumento facilitador

Este estudo teve como objetivo descrever a aplicacao do Arte-Diagnostico Familiar (ADF) como um instrumento de avaliacao e construcao da demanda familiar na clinica. Cada membro da familia vem a primeira entrevista com objetivos e motivacoes proprias. E funcao do psicoterapeuta auxiliar a familia a perceber sua demanda no transcorrer das entrevistas, procurando aproximar as motivacoes individuais de cada integrante, a fim de criar uma demanda conjunta. Por meio da analise de um caso clinico foi possivel identificar a contribuicao do ADF no processo de avaliacao da familia.

Transmissão Geracional da Profissão na Família: Repetição e Diferenciação

In this study we discuss the process of generational transmission of profession in the family. Fifteen individuals were interviewed, from three generations, who had followed the same profession. Participants were from five families – lawyers, doctors, musicians, acting teachers, psychoanalysts. From the content analysis of the interviews the following categories emerged: naturalization of the process of career choice; need for differentiation; the weight attributed to the family name; mythical family figure; freedom of choice in contemporaneity; values transmitted in daily life; loyalty to the love for the profession. In this work the three former categories are presented. We conclude that repetition in the choice of profession in the family is perceived as a naturalized process, highlighting the responsibility in the transmission of the family name associated to the profession, the need for differentiation and for appropriation of the family legacy, while preserving individuality.

Parentalidade Adotiva: Contextualizando a Escolha

Adoptive Parenting: Contextualizing the Choice The present study is part of a wider investigation on the experience of parents related to parenting and the filiation in the adolescence of their stepchildren. It was analyzed which intersubjective emotional issues, belonging to the early formation of the affective ties would be updated during this time of the foster family cycle. Specifically, this study aimed to explore issues concerning the motivations for choice of parenting by adoption and the place of the family network to support the decision-making. There was a field study, based on semi-structured interviews with 10 independent subjects of middle and upper classes of the population in the state of Rio de Janeiro. It was found that there is a hierarchy of preference in the process of having a child, making the adoption a secondary choice, and the extended family has no direct interference in the decision-making by adoption.

Individualism, life trajectories and plans of constituting a family

The present paper discusses the results of a research that had as its main purpose to analyze the life projects of individuals belonging to different generations within the last decades, with special emphasis on the role played by establishing a family in such projects. Speeches of 20 individuals (10 men and 10 women) from two generations were analyzed. The study pointed out that the profound contemporary sociocultural changes have led to increasing individualism in the relationships, and consequently have altered the way people engage in building their life courses. Two things have been occurring simultaneously. On the one hand, life courses are being individualized and previous standards are being broken, a phenomenon linked to the reduction of gender asymmetries and to the questioning of the institutions. On the other hand, the family model based on marital stability is being repelled. Due to the instability of love relationships, children are gaining importance in the structuring of the idea of a family.

Teething Problems in Late Adoption: Challenges for the Parent-Child Bond in Parental Perception

This article is part of a broader research on the parent-child bond in late adoption. The authors interviewed ten independent subjects – three men and seven women, who adopted children older than two years – and assessed the results using the content analysis method. The purpose of this study was to investigate the experience of the adaptation period in late adoption, and the repercussions of the previous child history the construction of the parent-child bond. Among the main challenges reported during this period, the authors highlight the aggressive behavior of the child; trouble dealing with rules and authority; lack of legal security; school delays; and problems adapting to family routine, all of which seem to be related to the previous experiences of the child. The way in which parents embraced hardships, bridging past and present in order to rebuild the lost family environment, was reported as having critical importance in the construction and maintenance of the parent-child bond.