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Os scripts culturais de vida e importantes memórias autobiográficas : estudo na população portuguesa
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Os Scripts Culturais de Vida são expectativas partilhadas culturalmente quanto à ordem e tempo em que importantes acontecimentos transitivos devem ocorrer num curso de vida prototípico de uma determinada cultura. São conhecimento semântico, permitem estabilidade, sendo centrais na vida dos sujeitos. São de grande importância para a compreensão da memória autobiográfica quanto ao seu papel na organização e recordação de importantes memórias com carga emocional associada. Assim, os scripts permitem uma explicação para o efeito de reminiscência – fenómeno observado na distribuição temporal das memórias autobiográficas. Enfatiza-se o efeito de positividade referentes a eventos de scripts no período da adolescência e início da vida adulta.
O objectivo desta investigação centrou-se no estudo de algumas propriedades dos scripts culturais de vida, na relação entre estes e eventos de história de vida, comparação das suas distribuições temporais numa amostra da população portuguesa. Neste estudo o protocolo instrumental aplicado foi constituído pelo Questionário Sócio-Demográfico, Questionário de Scripts de Vida, Questionário de Eventos de História de Vida, Escala Centralidade de Evento e B.D.I. A amostra é composta por 123 participantes (75 do género feminino e 48 masculino) com média de idade 46,42. Os resultados demonstraram existir estabilidade quanto às categorias dos scripts previamente geradas. Verificou-se sobreposição e efeito de reminiscência em ambas as distribuições temporais para eventos de valência emocional positiva. Encontrou-se uma distribuição temporal não uniforme para eventos de scripts e de história de vida de valência emocional negativa. Estes resultados são relevantes não indo de encontro à literatura, distinguindo-se de outras investigações.
Cultural Life Scripts are culturally shared expectations as to the order and timing of important life events in a prototypical life course within a given culture. They’re semantic knowledge that allows stability, being central to the lives of the subjects. They are of great importance for the understanding of autobiographical memory as to it’s central role in the organization and remembering importante memories with emocional valence associated. Thus, the scripts provide na explanation for the reminiscence effect – phenomenon observed in the temporal distribuition of autobiographical memories.The effect of positivity related to script event in adolescence and early adulthodd is emphasized. The aim of this investigation was to study some properties of cultural life scripts, the relationship between these and personal life events, comparing their temporal distributions in a sample of portuguese population. In this study the protocol apllied consisted of Social-Demographic Quetionnaire, Life Script Questionnaire, Life History Event Questionnaire, Event Centrality Scale and Beck’s Depression Inventory. The sample consisted of 123 participants (75 females and 48 males) with a mean age of 46.42. The results demonstrated stability regarding the script categories previously generated. There was overlap and reminiscence effect in both temporal distributions for positive emotional valence events. A non uniform temporal distribution was found for negative emotional valence script and life story events. These results are relevant and contradict the literature, distinguishing from others investigations.
Cultural Life Scripts are culturally shared expectations as to the order and timing of important life events in a prototypical life course within a given culture. They’re semantic knowledge that allows stability, being central to the lives of the subjects. They are of great importance for the understanding of autobiographical memory as to it’s central role in the organization and remembering importante memories with emocional valence associated. Thus, the scripts provide na explanation for the reminiscence effect – phenomenon observed in the temporal distribuition of autobiographical memories.The effect of positivity related to script event in adolescence and early adulthodd is emphasized. The aim of this investigation was to study some properties of cultural life scripts, the relationship between these and personal life events, comparing their temporal distributions in a sample of portuguese population. In this study the protocol apllied consisted of Social-Demographic Quetionnaire, Life Script Questionnaire, Life History Event Questionnaire, Event Centrality Scale and Beck’s Depression Inventory. The sample consisted of 123 participants (75 females and 48 males) with a mean age of 46.42. The results demonstrated stability regarding the script categories previously generated. There was overlap and reminiscence effect in both temporal distributions for positive emotional valence events. A non uniform temporal distribution was found for negative emotional valence script and life story events. These results are relevant and contradict the literature, distinguishing from others investigations.
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Dissertação de Mestrado realizada sob a orientação do Prof. Doutor António Pazo Pires, apresentada no ISPA – Instituto Universitário para obtenção de grau de Mestre em Psicologia Clínica
Keywords
Scripts culturais de vida Memórias autobiográficas Período de reminiscência Centralidade de evento Cultural life scripts Autobiographical memory Reminiscence Event centrality