Genoveva Sastre

Violencia contra las mujeres: significados cognitivos y afectivos en las representaciones mentales de adolescentes

Resumen Este trabajo sobre la violencia de género, se inclina por una explicación que tenga en cuenta los procesos de socialización en el seno de la cultura de género. Su muestra es de 196 adolescentes de Barcelona y São Paulo, de ambos sexos, de 12, 14 y 16 años. Exploramos cómo elaboran los modelos de género mediante el análisis de sus representaciones sobre una situación de violencia de pareja. Los resultados muestran cinco maneras distintas de posicionarse frente a la violencia. En cada una de ellas se identifica y se trata la violencia deforma diferente.

Youth purpose through the lens of the Theory of Organizing Models of Thinking

Abstract Purpose represents a unique opportunity for identifying and analyzing the complexity of human reasoning, considering that its constitution brings together cognitive, affective and social elements. In this article, we use the Theory of Organizing Models of Thinking (OMT), an epistemological and methodological approach based on developmental psychologist Jean Piaget’s work, to present a different perspective on how to analyze youth purpose and to explain the cognitive-emotional dynamics of reasoning in everyday thinking. We introduce OMT and its benefits, then explore the insights it can provide through examining seven OMTs used by Brazilian youth about their life purposes. These models focus on: consumerism and financial stability, interpersonal relationships, only work, work and family, idealization of work and family, altruistic intentions, and fragile purpose projections. These models show how reasoning and emotion are complexly linked in everyday thinking.