Cristina Maria de Souza Brito Dias

Famílias adotivas: identidade e diferença

The present paper discusses the specificities of the adoptive parenthood, while pointing out remarkable differences on the constitution of adoptive parents’ identity, and when defining important elements for a preventive assistance. In the adoption process, the child is placed into a new family in a way, which is very different from a natural birth, that is, with a pre-adoptive life story and two couples of parents. When the adoptive parenthood is established, from the impossibility of generating a biological child, mourning and losses are brought to the scenery and, thus, need to be elaborated. Conscious factors (the sterility, the demands from society, the pre-adoptive life story, the biological parents, the prejudices) and unconscious factors (fears, desires, fantasies, each consort’s demands) need to be considered and worked out. It is essential that candidates to parents can understand their own psychological dynamics, in order to be in condition of establishing the parameters for achieving a healthful relationship with their new child in the future.

Recasamento: percepções e vivências dos filhos do primeiro casamento

This study sought to comprehend the perceptions and experiences of children faced with changes that occurred in their lives due to the remarriage of one or both parents, in the family life context. It is a qualitative study, the participants of which were four young adults. They took part in an interview that was analyzed using Thematic Content Analysis. It was concluded that, despite the initial difficulties due to changes in the physical structure, in the routine, and in the household dynamics, with the introduction of new characters (stepfather/stepmother, half-siblings and stepsiblings), the participants reported more positive aspects than negative in this configuration, except in one case where the participant presented difficulties in the relationship with the stepmother.

The adoption of children with special needs in the perspective of foster parents

Esta pesquisa teve por objetivo compreender, junto a pais adotivos de criancas com necessidades especiais, como percebem e vivenciam essas adocoes. Estas sao consideradas adocoes necessarias, uma vez que sao as menos procuradas pelos adotantes, o que conduz a reflexoes acerca de qual seria o verdadeiro sentido da adocao: encontrar uma familia para criancas abandonadas ou satisfazer os desejos de pessoas que decidem adotar. Utilizou-se um roteiro de entrevista com cinco maes e um pai. Apos a transcricao, as entrevistas foram analisadas por temas. Os resultados mostraram a dedicacao dos pais para com seus filhos; a forca negativa dos preconceitos; a necessidade de apoio social aos pais. Conclui-se que as adocoes estudadas estao ocorrendo a contento, o que sugere que a adocao de criancas com necessidades especiais pode proporcionar satisfacao, em que pesem as dificuldades encontradas.This study aimed to understand how parents who adopt children with special needs perceive and experience these adoptions. These adoptions are considered necessary because these children are the least wanted by adopters, which leads to reflections about what would be the true meaning of adoption: finding a family for abandoned children or meet the needs of people who decide to adopt. A script was used to guide interviews with five mothers and one father. After transcription, interviews were analyzed by theme. Results show the dedication of parents with their children; the powerful force of prejudice; and the need to provide social support to parents. The conclusion is that the studied adoptions are been satisfactorily conducted, which suggest that the adoption of children with special needs can generate satisfaction despite the challenges it presents.

A adoção de crianças maiores na perspectiva dos pais adotivos

This research project investigates the adoption of older children, which is considered the most necessary one, since most adopters prefer younger children. In this way, it intends to understand how the adopters understand and experience the adoption process. Four individual and semidirected interviews were carried out. The results show that the motivation for the adopters is related to pure altruism and to their wish of personal fulfillment as father/mother, as well as to practical reasons and the desire for company. Despite the prejudice experienced by the adopters because of their children’s past and of some adaptation problems, one can conclude that with love and professional help the adoptions are successful.

Locus de controle materno, satisfação com a vida e relacionamento com o filho adolescente

Foram investigadas influencias do nivel de satisfacao com a vida e controle materno sobre a percepcao mantida por maes, quanto aos relacionamentos com seus filhos adolescentes. Duzentas e cinquenta e seis maes responderam a um unico questionario, contendo as variaveis de interesse da pesquisa. Alem dos indices gerais, foram computados resultados de quatro dimensoes subjacentes a escala satisfacao com a vida e cinco subjacentes a escala controle parental. A percepcao do grupo de maes sobre seus relacionamentos com filhos adolescentes tambem foi mensurada por um indice geral e cinco dimensoes especificas. Analises de regressao multipla hierarquica revelaram que, mesmo controlando a influencia do conjunto de variaveis demograficas, uma quantidade significativa da variância do relacionamento mae-filho adolescente pode ser predita pelos indices gerais das variaveis satisfacao com a vida e locus de controle parental, bem como pelos indices especificos das dimensoes controle parental, responsabilidade parental e eficacia parental.

BETWEEN DREAMS AND REALITY: Migration of Brazilian women to Switzerland

The general objective of this article was to study the process of illegal migration of Brazilian women to Switzerland and, more specifically, to analyze the motivations for migration, the difficulties found upon arrival, the circumstances that led them to get married and lastly an evaluation of the whole experience. The methodology was based in a qualitative approach. The participants were eight Brazilian women that illegally migrated to Switzerland but now are married with Swiss or European men. They responded to an interview focused in the objectives of the study. The appreciation of the data was realized with Minayo´s Content Analysis. The motivations were related to a bettering of the financial situation. In the difficulties encountered, we can bring out illegality, language and prejudice. Regarding marriage, they married to stay legally in the country. Finally, the evaluation of the experience was negative for most participants.The general objective of this article was to study the process of illegal migration of Brazilian women to Switzerland and, more specifically, to analyze the motivations for migration, the difficulties found upon arrival, the circumstances that led them to get married and lastly an evaluation of the whole experience. The methodology was based in a qualitative approach. The participants were eight Brazilian women that illegally migrated to Switzerland but now are married with Swiss or European men. They responded to an interview focused in the objectives of the study. The appreciation of the data was realized with Minayo´s Content Analysis. The motivations were related to a bettering of the financial situation. In the difficulties encountered, we can bring out illegality, language and prejudice. Regarding marriage, they married to stay legally in the country. Finally, the evaluation of the experience was negative for most participants.

Maes doadoras: motivos e sentimentos subjacentes a doacao

Este trabalho visou compreender as motivacoes e os sentimentos que estao subjacentes ao discurso da mae que doa o filho, bem como as repercussoes desse ato em sua vida. A pesquisa foi realizada com seis mulheres na faixa etaria entre 22 e 40 anos, com escolaridade e nivel socio-economicos baixos, que doaram, no minimo, dois filhos. Elas responderam a uma entrevista, composta de questoes que atendiam aos objetivos da pesquisa e os dados sociodemograficos das participantes.. Constataram-se as condicoes de pobreza material e emocional que permeiam as vidas dessas maes, impedindo-as de terem um desenvolvimento emocional equilibrado que lhes possibilitem maternar. As motivacoes que as levaram a doar os filhos estao relacionadas, alem do contexto de carencia, a imaturidade e a falta de apoio familiar e do parceiro. Outrossim, detectou-se sentimentos de tristeza, remorso e culpa que derivam do ato da doacao, a par de, racionalmente, elas acharem que fizeram o melhor pelos filhos. No que se refere as repercussoes da doacao na vida dessas maes, constatou-se que, mesmo tendo vislumbrado um recomeco de vida apos o ato, todas mostraram marcas emocionais e somaticas, que podem estar relacionadas ao mesmo. Conclui-se que a motivacao para o ato de doar um filho e contextualizada e individual, dependendo de fatores sociais, porem muito mais dos intrapsiquicos. Trata-se de um assunto complexo, necessitando, portanto, que se observem as peculiaridades de cada caso e os fatores a eles subjacentes.

Percepção de homens e mulheres acerca de quem entrega um filho para adoção

Este trabalho tem como objetivo investigar como os individuos percebem a pessoa que entrega um filho para adocao e as circunstâncias que envolvem este ato. Para tal, foram entrevistados 10 adultos e, apos a categorizacao das respostas por temas afins, foi montado um questionario que foi aplicado a 60 pessoas de diferentes idades e profissoes, sendo 30 de cada sexo. As variaveis analisadas foram as seguintes: caracteristicas de quem doa um filho, motivos que levam a doacao, pontos positivos na doacao de um filho, repercussoes da doacao na vida de quem doa e na vida da crianca, justificativas para a doacao de um filho e direito ao reencontro entre doador e o filho. Concluimos por uma maior abertura para com o tema, embora ainda permeado de contradicoes e ambivalencias, tendo as mulheres se mostrado um pouco mais severas na percepcao sobre os doadores e sobre a possibilidade do reencontro com o filho. Os homens, por sua vez, destacaram-se ao assinalar que a doacao se da por falta de preocupacao com o filho, sendo tal resultado significativo.

La Violencia Contra las Personas Mayores en la Familia: Motivaciones, Sentimientos y Necesidades De Los Agresores

The worldwide increase of elderly population has been accompanied by important demands, such as violence against this population. This deserves special attention because of the consequences that entails. The literature has focused more on the victim than on the offender. The overall objective of this study was to investigate the violence against the elderly in the family from the perspective of the aggressors, specifically their motivations, feelings and needs. 13 family aggressors of the elderly participated in this descriptive qualitative study. A semi-structured interview guide which was analyzed through Thematic Content Analysis was used. The results indicate that: there was violence through verbal and physical aggression; the main motivations were alcohol use, physical proximity, financial dependence of the abuser in relation to the elderly, being the main motivation a relationship permeated with violence. The feelings experienced by aggressors were sadness, disappointment, anger, injustice, grief and the desire that the cycle was closed so they could return to their normal life. It was concluded that it is necessary to embrace the aggressors in order to help them reframe this experience.El aumento mundial de la poblacion anciana ha sido acompanado de demandas importantes, entre ellas, la violencia contra las personas de edad avanzada, lo que merece una atencion especial, debido a las consecuencias fisicas y psicologicas que conlleva. La literatura se ha centrado con mucha mas intensidad en el anciano agredido, deteniendose poco en el delincuente. El objetivo general de esta investigacion fue estudiar la violencia contra las personas mayores en la familia, desde la perspectiva de los agresores, especificamente las motivaciones que produjeron la violencia, los sentimientos y las necesidades sentidas por estos agresores. Esta es una investigacion descriptiva con enfoque cualitativo. 13 personas fueron encuestadas, todas agresores y parientes de ancianos. Se desarrollo y se utilizo una guia de encuesta semiestructurada que fue analizada a partir del Analisis de Contenido Tematico. Los resultados prevalecientes indican que hubo presencia de violencia verbal y agresiones fisicas. Las principales motivaciones fueron: el consumo de bebidas alcoholicas, la proximidad fisica, la dependencia economica del agresor frente al anciano y la relacion impregnada de violencia entre ellos; los sentimientos cargados de tristeza, decepcion, ira, injusticia, melancolia y molestia; las necesidades estuvieron relacionadas con el deseo de que el proceso de cuidar al anciano acabase para retomar rutinas habituales. Llegamos a la conclusion de que es necesario acoger a los agresores con el fin de ayudarles a replantear la experiencia

Nem só de pão se vive: a voz das mães na obesidade infantil

Childhood obesity has become a global and a public health concern. Although we are aware that there are several factors that predispose to the disease (biological, economic, personal, social, cultural and familial), the general objective of this research was focused on understanding the elements present in children with a family history of obesity. The participants were six mothers and one grandmother of children aged between 8-10 years old, who were in attendance in an outpatient clinic of reference for childhood obesity in Recife. An interview with previously established routine was used, and later the results were analyzed based on the thematic content analysis. It can be concluded that the families showed lack of cohesion about the food standards and limits to the child, familial and conjugal conflicts, and difficulties in adapting the environment to the assistance requested by the professionals.