Raul A. Cordeiro (*)
RESUMO
O presente estudo aborda a associação entre a percepção sobre a aparência física e a amizade íntima, considerando-os como um factor de importante valor preditivo no desenvolvimento psicossocial de adolescentes.
Um grupo de alunos matriculados no 12.º Ano de Escolaridade, foi inquirida através da aplicação directa de um Questionário contendo as seguintes escalas de medida: Escala de Amizade Íntima – Intimate Friendship Scale (Sharabany, 1994), Escala de Percepção de Auto-conceito – The self-perception profile for college students (Neemann & Harter, 1986) adaptada para a população portuguesa (Ribeiro, 1994) e Notação Social Familiar – Graffar Adaptado, adaptada do original (Graffar, 1956).
Os valores de Amizade Íntima são mais elevados no sexo feminino e os valores de Percepção sobre a Aparência Física, mais elevados no sexo masculino.
Os valores da Percepção sobre a Aparência Física sugerem-nos uma valorização diferente, entre sexos, dos aspectos do auto-conceito físico e da amizade íntima na adaptação social e pessoal de adolescentes.
Palavras-chave: Amizade íntima, aparência física, adolescência.
]]>ABSTRACT
The present study approaches the association among the perception about the physical appearance and the intimate friendship, considering them as a factor of important predictive value in the adolescents psychosocial development.
A group of enrolled students in the 12th Year of Education, was asked to answer a direct application questionnaire containing the following measures: Intimate Friendship Scale (Sharabany, 1994), The self-perception profile for college students (Neemann & Harter, 1986) adapted for the Portuguese population (Ribeiro, 1994) and Family Social Notation – Adapted Graffar, adapted of the original (Graffar, 1956).
The values of Intimate Friendship are higher for girls and the values of Perception on the Physical Appearance are higher for boys.
The values of the Perception on the Physical Appearance suggest a different valorization among sexes of the physical self-concept and intimate friendship aspects in the adolescents’ social and personal adaptation.
Key words: Intimacy friendship, physical appearence, adolescence.
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(*) Instituto Politécnico de Portalegre, Escola Superior de Saúde de Portalegre, Av. de Santo António, 7301-901 Portalegre, Portugal. E-mail: raulcordeiro@essp.pt
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