Vida familiar

Modelo, consenso e consonância cultural na população de Ribeirão Preto

Bibliographic Data

ID5771497
AuthorsCamila Dellatorre Borges (0009-0003-8849-4024, corresponding author)
Year2005
Publication date2005-01-17
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeTHESIS
PublisherUniversidade de São Paulo. Agência de Bibliotecas e Coleções Digitais (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.11606/d.59.2005.tde-10082005-100951
OpenAlexW1578352840
LanguageEN
References cited24

The influence of culture on individual adaptation has been a question of considerable importance in Psycology, in Anthropology and other social sciences; however, theoretical and methodological difficulties have limited the ability of researchers to directly investigate these processes.The investigation of familiar life models is important due to the structural role of a family in the Brazilian society and its relation with mental health and the development of individuals.In cognitive Anthropology, cultural models construct meaning for individuals and serve as a directive function for individual behavior.The term cultural consensus has been defined as the way cultural models are shared and rated by individuals.Whereas the concept of cultural consonance has been proposed to describe the degree to which an individual, in their own behavior or belief, approximate shared cultural model in some domain.The present work has been proposed to identify the presence of cultural models in familiar life, the existence of a cultural consensus related to these models and analyze the cultural consonance of the urban population studied in Ribeirão Preto.This work integrated the project "Culture and Individual Adaptation" (CADI-in Portuguese) and analyzed part of the data related to familiar life.Two hundred and ninety-five inhabitants from Ribeirão Preto, between 18 and 67 years old, participated in this research.In the methodology, cognitive techniques were used (free list, pile sort and cultural consensus interview), focal group and the Cultural Consonance Scale of Familiar Life developed by the team of the CADI project.The data was analized using appropriate statistical models and the thematic analysis of contents.In the results, it was observed that there is a single model of familiar life being shared, there is a good division of this model and a valorization of affective elements instead of a dimension related to familiar structure.The cultural model of the familiar life was composed by positive and negative elements in terms of family bonds.The positive elements could be related to familiar structure and the affective functioning and the quality of family relations.The negative elements could be divided into a "continuum of power which is harmful to family bonds and individuals", while "addiction", "violence" and "irresponsibility" were the elements reported as potentially more harmful to family bonds and the protective functions that a family could perform.The familiar configuration has been affected by social changes, due mainly to technological evolution, the desire of a new life style and the growing role of women in the working market.The cultural consonance of familiar life has not shown significant differences among the four neighborhoods studied, a fact that shows that individuals are aware of familiar life no matter the social and economical differences.The methodology applied has proved to be appropriate for the investigation of the goals of the project.This work is expected to contribute to a better understanding of families in Brazil and then, help to fit and define the public politics in our society

Art · Cultural anthropology · Directive · Humanities · Population · Portuguese · Sociology · Anthropology · Categorization, perception, and language · Demography · Psychology · Sensory Analysis and Statistical Methods · Social Psychology · Social Representations and Identity

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