Ambiente Familiar, processos reguladores e resiliência em Jovens Adolescentes

  • Patrícia Gil do Bem

Student thesis: Master's Thesis

Abstract

Adolescence is a significant period of the human development and is where you begin to construct your personal identity. This period is characterized by significant changes, which result from the established relationships with the youth’s surrounding environment. The idea of resilience stems from the human capacity to confront, resist and overcome the adversities of life, thought the binomial factor between risk factors and protective factors. At this stage, the resilience manifests itself depending on the context in which the young is implanted. Family relationships and social networks are essential, and contribute to self-esteem, emotional self-regulation and a successful academic performance. This research intended to understand the process of resilience in young adolescents and how is determined by socio-demographic or academic factors, and also by psychological factors such as self-esteem, emotional self-regulation and the psychosocial environment of the family. The sample consisted of 115 young people from the Escola EB2, 3 Dr. João Rocha Pai - Vagos (7th and 9th grade) and by 81 guardians. In addition to collecting demographic data, young people were also evaluated on resilience (Resilience Scale and Scale HKRAM), self-esteem (Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale) and emotional self-regulation (Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale). The Guardians were also evaluated on the family background and environment (Family Environment Scale). Based on the obtained results we can relate the number of failures with the student's self-esteem, resilience and independence, excluding the influence of parental sociodemographic factors. We can denote that the student's participation in extracurricular activities enhances the presence of better skills of resilience and self-esteem, contributing to a better family environment and reducing the number of failures and conflicts. The link between self-esteem, family environment and resilience with the socio-economic situation of young people showed that those who are inserted in the average level have better skills in the mentioned areas. It can be concluded that self-esteem influences the academic performance of young people and that the family atmosphere can enhance self-esteem, and also provide the individual with some emotion guideline strategies.
Date of Award2012
Original languagePortuguese
SupervisorMariana Costa Brandão de Moura Ramos (Supervisor)

Keywords

  • PSYCHOLOGY
  • ADOLESCENCE
  • SELF-ESTEEM
  • RESILIENCE

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