Social representations of the psychologist for young students
Resumo Essa pesquisa objetivou analisar as Representacoes Sociais (RS) de psicologo para estudantes do ensino medio. Foi desenvolvida em duas etapas: 1) sob a perspectiva estrutural, aplicacao de questionario a 61 estudantes (42 meninas e 19 meninos) com o termo indutor “ psicologo” ; 2) sob a perspectiva processual, realizacao de Grupos Focais (GF) com 9 estudantes (8 meninas e 1 menino). Analisou-se as questoes de evocacao pelo software EVOC e as demais, por analise tematica. O elemento ajuda constituiu o possivel nucleo central da estrutura das RS, enquanto os GF indicaram o processo de constituicao de novos saberes sobre psicologo e concomitantemente confirmaram a importância do elemento ajuda. Enfatiza-se a importância das interacoes sociais, sentimentos e afetos na construcao das RS. Palavras-chave: Representacao social, Psicologos, Jovens, Atuacao Do Psicologo, Estudantes. Abstract This research studied the Social Representations (SR) of the psychologist for high school students. It consisted in two phases: The first stage was carried out under the structural perspective, where a questionnaire was administrated to 61 students (42 girls and 19 boys) with the inductive term “psychologist”. The second stage used the processual perspective. Focal groups of 9 students (8 girls and 1 boy) were conducted. The evocation questions were processed by EVOC software, whereas the other questions were addressed by the use of Thematic Analysis. The data analysis has demonstrated the term help as the central core of the representation. The focal groups evidenced new perceptions about the psychologist, and the help element was confirmed. It was emphasized the importance of affective interactions, feelings and affections in the construction of SR. Keywords: Social Representations, Psychologists, Young People, Students, Psychologist’s Work, Performance of the Psychologist. Resumen Este trabajo investigo las Representaciones Sociales (RS) de psicologo a estudiantes de educacion secundaria. Se desarrollo en dos etapas: in la perspectiva estructural, la aplicacion del cuestionario a 61 estudiantes (42 chicas/19 chicos) con el termino inductor “ psicologo ”; in la perspectiva procesal, la realizacion de Grupos Focales (GF) con 9 estudiantes (8 chicas/1 chico). Las preguntas de evocacion fueron tratadas con el software EVOC y, las demas, sometidas al Analisis Tematico. Los datos mostraron el elemento ayuda como nucleo central da estructura de la RS. Los GF indican la aparicion de nuevos saberes sobre psicologo al mismo tiempo que corroboran el elemento ayuda. Se enfatiza la importancia de las interacciones sociales, sentimientos y afectos en la construccion de las RS. Palabras clave: Representacion Social, Psicologos, Jovenes, Actuacion de Psicologo, Estudiantes.