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História de vida de uma idosa: Um testemunho de exclusão social
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O sujeito participante tem 83 anos, pertence ao sexo feminino, é viúva com seis filhos,
não institucionalizada, sem deterioração cognitiva, com um grau de autonomia aceitável e
pertencente a uma classe económico-social desfavorecida. Procurou compreender-se a história
de vida à luz das principais teorias do desenvolvimento humano ao longo do ciclo de vida.
Pretendeu-se investigar a identidade narrativa através das categorias de McAdams (1997) para
a compreensão da estrutura e conteúdo de histórias de vida de adultos. Elaborou-se a história
de vida alicerçada em entrevistas de estilo não directivo que, após serem cronologicamente
organizadas, foram alvo de análise de conteúdo. Apreendeu-se a realidade histórica e
individual da participante, com enfoque em factores subjectivos e relacionais que remeteram
para a particularidade da experiência individual, uma aproximação à compreensão do
indivíduo em estudo.
The participant is a woman with 83 years old, she’s a widow with four daughters and two sons, not institutionalized, without cognitive deterioration, an acceptable autonomy level and belonging to a poor social economical class. We tried to understand her life-story regarding the main theories of the human development in the life cycle. The narrative identity was investigated through the McAdams (1997) features to understand the structure and content of adult life-stories. The life story was elaborated with non-directive style interviews, organized through time and finally subjected to content analysis. We apprehended the historic and individual reality of the participant, regarding the subjective and relational factors that remitted to the singularity of the individual experience, an approximation to the comprehension of the person in study.
The participant is a woman with 83 years old, she’s a widow with four daughters and two sons, not institutionalized, without cognitive deterioration, an acceptable autonomy level and belonging to a poor social economical class. We tried to understand her life-story regarding the main theories of the human development in the life cycle. The narrative identity was investigated through the McAdams (1997) features to understand the structure and content of adult life-stories. The life story was elaborated with non-directive style interviews, organized through time and finally subjected to content analysis. We apprehended the historic and individual reality of the participant, regarding the subjective and relational factors that remitted to the singularity of the individual experience, an approximation to the comprehension of the person in study.
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Dissertação de Mestrado apresentada ao Instituto Superior de Psicologia Aplicada para obtenção de grau de Mestre na especialidade de Psicologia Clínica.
Keywords
História de vida Identidade Narrativa Biografia Self Life-story Identity Narrative Biography