Vínculo parental, autoridade e adolescências: caminhos e descaminhos para a “adaptação ativa à realidade”

Abstract

This study was developed from a multireferential approach to investigate the authority recognized in the parental relationship and its relation with the process of construction of the active adaptation to the reality of the adolescent. The theoretical-methodological repertoire perspective used was the Social Psychology (Psicologia Social) of Enrique Pichon-Rivière and so, the research was developed with 58 teenagers, 8th graders.¬ Period of a private school from Salvador/BA and 10 parents and/or guardians of these students. The study was carried out in three steps: in the first, 15 meetings were developed in which the methodology of the operative group was used with 18 adolescents belonging to one of the groups from the 8th grade. In the second step, the questionnaire was applied in the classroom with the 58 teenagers of the three classes from the 8th grade. So, open interviews were conducted with parents and/or guardians of these adolescents as part of the third step. The data analysis was carried out through the CSRO (Conceptual Schema Reference and Operation) and the analysis of content, considering the basic assumption that the active adaptation to the reality is a process and, therefore, It is built through the parental bond and social relations, through the communication and learning of some skills or competences that have been adopted as variables, such as: dialogue and communication capacity, ability to put yourself in someone's shoes, tolerance to frustration, ability to resolve conflicts and be able to adjust yourself to the reality in a critical way. Through the confrontation of the models and the parental educational practices with the skills and/or competences that have already been mentioned before, observed in the adolescents, it was possible to reach some final considerations. When there is a prevalence of power and therefore, of the authoritarianism as the basic characteristic of parental educational models, the conditions for the construction of the active adaptation to the reality of the adolescent children are not created. On the other hand, if parental authority is recognized through a democratic, participatory and cooperative model, the paths for the construction of this adaptation become possible. This study also highlighted the need for more researches related to the theme considering its complexity and its relevance to the family and social spheres.