Young people in oncological treatment during COVID-19: indicators of the social representation of the coronavírus

Abstract Objectives: to understand indicators of the social representation of the coronavirus in adolescents undergoing cancer treatment during the COVID -19pandemic. Methods: the theory of social representations was used as theoretical and methodological support in its procedural approach in an exploratory study of a qualitative nature. The free word association technique was used in the application of virtual forms using guidelines of the snowball method. The terms ‘Coronavirus’, ‘Going to the hospital’ and ‘Cancer treatment’ were applied. After that moment, the participants were asked for a hierarchy and justification of the evoked words. Data analysis was based on content analysis and frequency distribution of the content produced. Results: articulations were made on the impacts that the pandemic situation had on the treatment experience of that population. It was identified a character endowed with fear and tension about the elaboration of the reality of these subjects in the current period in face of the inevitability of a hospital scenario that facilitates contamination and facing the immunological vulnerability characteristic of their treatments. Conclusions: the participants constructed different contents of psychological suffering aimed at expressions of fear and insecurity experienced during the pandemic period in the face of assistance in the hospital setting. This study is understood as a contribution to more effective actions in order to adapt the care plan of this population, aiming at future professional interventions.

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Representações sociais dos combustíveis: reflexões para o ensino de Química e Ciências na abordagem CTS

#Tear: Revista de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia ◽

10.35819/tear.v4.n2.a1918 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 4 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Carlos Ventura Fonseca

Keyword(s):

Science Teachers ◽

Word Association ◽

Social Representations ◽

Social Representation ◽

Chemistry Teaching ◽

Educational Approach ◽

Methodological Choices ◽

The Social ◽

Teacher Researcher ◽

Free Word

Resumo: Este trabalho, identificado com o paradigma do professor-pesquisador, buscou investigar as representações sociais de estudantes de um curso Técnico em Eletrônica integrado ao ensino médio sobre o tema “combustível”. Além disso, procurou identificar como essas informações podem qualificar o trabalho de professores-pesquisadores de Química e Ciências no contexto da sala de aula, especificamente pensando-se em uma abordagem CTS. As opções metodológicas envolveram a aplicação de um questionário contendo três questões interconectadas, que exploraram: respostas descritivas, associação livre de palavras e expressão através de desenho. A análise de conteúdo dos dados obtidos evidenciou que os alunos entendem os combustíveis como materiais relacionados à Química, sendo uma necessidade social para a produção de energia, em que pesem os problemas ambientais decorrentes de seu uso. Os extratos analíticos também revelaram que o estudo das representações sociais, no âmbito das pesquisas educacionais, viabiliza a explicitação das teorias de senso comum dos estudantes e colabora para o planejamento e a efetivação de uma abordagem pedagógica com viés crítico sobre a sociedade, a tecnologia e a ciência. Palavras-chave: Representações sociais. Combustíveis. Ensino de Química. CTS. SOCIAL REPRESENTATIONS ON FUEL: REFLECTIONS FOR THE CHEMISTRY AND SCIENCE EDUCATION IN STS APPROACH Abstract: This work, identified with the paradigm of teacher-researcher, sought to investigate the social representations on "fuel" of students belonging to an electronic technical course in integrated high school. Moreover, sought to identify how this information may qualify the work of Chemical and Science teachers-researchers in the context of the classroom, specifically thinking into a STS approach. The methodological choices involved the application of a questionnaire containing three interconnected questions that explored: descriptive answers, free word association and expression through drawing. The content analysis of the data obtained showed that students understand the fuel as related to chemical materials, being a social need for energy production, in spite of the environmental problems arising from its use. Analytical extracts also revealed that the study of social representations in the context of educational research enables the explanation of common sense theories of students and collaborate to the planning and execution of an educational approach with critical bias on society, technology and science. Keywords: Social representation. Fuel. Chemistry teaching. STS.

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O núcleo central da representação social de estagiários(as) do curso de Pedagogia/UERN acerca da docência

Revista Principia - Divulgação Científica e Tecnológica do IFPB ◽

10.18265/1517-0306a2020v1n52p157-168 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 1 (52) ◽

pp. 157

Author(s):

Antônia Maíra Emelly Cabral da Silva Vieira ◽

Elda Silva Do Nascimento Melo

Keyword(s):

Teaching And Learning ◽

Word Association ◽

Social Representations ◽

Rio Grande ◽

Social Representation ◽

Central Nucleus ◽

Font Size ◽

The Social ◽

Central Elements ◽

Free Word

This study is part of the master’s dissertation entitled “The social representation of interns of the Education course about teaching” presented to the postgraduate program in Education of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN). The research seeks to identify the social representation of interns of the Education course at UERN about teaching. We present the results of the evaluation of the TALP (Free Word Association Technique), analyzed in the light of the Theory of Social Representations (MOSCOVICI, 1978) and the Central Nucleus Theory (ABRIC, 1998) with the help of EVOC software and the technique of content analysis (BARDIN, 2011) that allowed us to visualize the central nucleus of the social representation of teaching. The results contemplate regularities that helped us to perceive that the subjects of the research construct a social representation of teaching, rooted in the central elements as: love, dedication, teaching and learning.

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Identity, feeling of belonging and collective action in localized agrifood systems. Example of the Serrano cheese in the Campos de Cima da Serra, Brazil

Cahiers Agricultures ◽

10.1051/cagri/2019028 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 28 ◽

pp. 28 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Carine Pachoud

Keyword(s):

Collective Action ◽

Word Association ◽

Social Representations ◽

Social Representation ◽

Participatory Governance ◽

Factorial Correspondence Analysis ◽

Southern Brazil ◽

Level Of Involvement ◽

The Social ◽

Free Word

The study is aimed at linking social representations of identity and feeling of belonging to territory of farmers, to their degree of involvement in collective action within localized agrifood systems (LAS). The study was conducted with producers’ families producing Serrano cheese, in the mountains of the Campos de Cima da Serra, in southern Brazil. Collective action for the valorization of the Serrano cheese relied on the producers’ associations, which are the only form of collective organization. Fifty-four families were selected according to their level of involvement in collective action. First, we used a quantitative approach called the free word association, analyzed by Factorial Correspondence Analysis. Second, we asked closed questions to the producers to assess their feeling of belonging. We showed that the content of the social representation reflected the participation of producers in collective action. Producers who put forward the typicality of the cheese, the territory and their identity, were the most engaged in the associations. On the other hand, producers not involved in associations put forward the difficulties of their activity. In this sense, it appears valuable to encourage discussion between the different producers according to their level of involvement to build common representations that favor collective action for the defense and valorization of the Serrano cheese. Nonetheless, most producers tended to show a high feeling of belonging which could form the basis for discussion. However, collective action in the LAS follows a top-down model led by extension services, in which the producers need to be integrated in a more participatory governance to lead more efficient projects.

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Social Representations of the Coronavirus at the Beginning of the Pandemic in Russia

RUDN Journal of Psychology and Pedagogics ◽

10.22363/2313-1683-2021-18-2-422-444 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 18 (2) ◽

pp. 422-444

Author(s):

Aleksandr I. Dontsov ◽

Olga Yu. Zotova ◽

Lyudmila V. Tarasova

Keyword(s):

Word Association ◽

Social Representations ◽

Social Representation ◽

Alteration Zone ◽

Negative Experiences ◽

Media Impact ◽

Survey Techniques ◽

The Social ◽

The Media ◽

Two Stages

The coronavirus outbreak is a global event that has bypassed national borders and affected the entire world. Therefore, examining social representations of can reveal the problems that structure peoples experiences in a particular social context. To identify social representations of the coronavirus, the authors conducted a survey within the territory of the Sverdlovsk region. The survey covered the period from March 11 to May 11, 2020. The data were collected in two stages: at the first stage, there were 31 confirmed cases of COVID-19 infection in Russia, but no cases had yet been recorded in the Sverdlovsk region; at the second stage, the number of cases reached 1952 in the Sverdlovsk region and 221 344 throughout the country. The study used the word association tests, The Semantic Differential Scale (V.F. Petrenko), The Psychic Activation Assessment Methodology (L.A. Kurgan and T.A. Nemchin) and the questionnaire survey techniques. The findings showed that the significance of the coronavirus problem for the respondents varied in different periods of the pandemic. The core of the social representation is sustainable and coherent. It reflects the results of the media impact: death, panic. It also remains stable regardless of the time and involvement of the respondents in the pandemic. The potential alteration zone serves as a kind of taming of knowledge about the coronavirus, the operationalization of the coronavirus perception content into the language of changes in a persons everyday life - the coronavirus pandemic is understood as a flu epidemic and the need for self-isolation is a vacation, an opportunity to stay at home. Observation of the immediate affective reaction of the respondents to the trigger coronavirus uncovered the presence of emotional tension and the prevalence of negative experiences in them. The survey also showed that in the pandemic, being the main source of information and a means of communication, the media set trends for developing perceptions.

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What do we talk about when we talk about participation? Sense of community and social representations of participation

Europe’s Journal of Psychology ◽

10.5964/ejop.v15i2.1588 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 15 (2) ◽

pp. 312-328

Author(s):

Alessia Rochira ◽

Evelyn De Simone ◽

Terri Mannarini ◽

Sergio Salvatore

Keyword(s):

Community Participation ◽

Citizen Participation ◽

Sense Of Community ◽

Word Association ◽

Social Representations ◽

Social Representation ◽

Association Task ◽

The Social ◽

The Relationship ◽

Different Levels

The relationship between sense of community (SOC) and citizen participation has been extensively studied in community psychology. Connecting Social Representations and SOC theory, this study explored the lay meanings of citizen participation and its association with SOC. A word association task and a measure of territorial SOC were administered to 390 participants, and data analyzed to explore the contents of the social representations of citizen participation conveyed by the interviewees and their salience. Results revealed that different levels of SOC were associated with variations in the social representation of citizen participation. Specifically, among high-SOC participants the notion of formal political participation prevailed, while among low-SOC participants a more articulated vision emerged, encompassing social and community participation, and also conventional and non conventional types of participatory behaviors.

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Commitment to pro- versus counter-attitudinal behavior and the dynamics of social representations

Swiss Journal of Psychology ◽

10.1024//1421-0185.61.1.34 ◽

2002 ◽

Vol 61 (1) ◽

pp. 34-44 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Eric Tafani ◽

Lionel Souchet

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Social Representations ◽

Cognitive Restructuring ◽

Social Representation ◽

Two Dimensional ◽

Dimensional Model ◽

Social Actions ◽

The Social ◽

Two Dimensional Model ◽

Students Attitudes

This research uses the counter-attitudinal essay paradigm ( Janis & King, 1954 ) to test the effects of social actions on social representations. Thus, students wrote either a pro- or a counter-attitudinal essay on Higher Education. Three forms of counter-attitudinal essays were manipulated countering respectively a) students’ attitudes towards higher education; b) peripheral beliefs or c) central beliefs associated with this representation object. After writing the essay, students expressed their attitudes towards higher education and evaluated different beliefs associated with it. The structural status of these beliefs was also assessed by a “calling into question” test ( Flament, 1994a ). Results show that behavior challenging either an attitude or peripheral beliefs induces a rationalization process, giving rise to minor modifications of the representational field. These modifications are only on the social evaluative dimension of the social representation. On the other hand, when the behavior challenges central beliefs, the same rationalization process induces a cognitive restructuring of the representational field, i.e., a structural change in the representation. These results and their implications for the experimental study of representational dynamics are discussed with regard to the two-dimensional model of social representations ( Moliner, 1994 ) and rationalization theory ( Beauvois & Joule, 1996 ).

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Social Representations and Commitment

European Psychologist ◽

10.1027/1016-9040/a000317 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 23 (3) ◽

pp. 233-249 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Eric Bonetto ◽

Fabien Girandola ◽

Grégory Lo Monaco

Keyword(s):

Social Representations ◽

Social Representation ◽

Second Line ◽

Review Of The Literature ◽

First Line ◽

Research Perspectives ◽

The Social ◽

Bibliographic Search ◽

English Articles

Abstract. This contribution consists of a critical review of the literature about the articulation of two traditionally separated theoretical fields: social representations and commitment. Besides consulting various works and communications, a bibliographic search was carried out (between February and December, 2016) on various databases using the keywords “commitment” and “social representation,” in the singular and in the plural, in French and in English. Articles published in English or in French, that explicitly made reference to both terms, were included. The relations between commitment and social representations are approached according to two approaches or complementary lines. The first line follows the role of commitment in the representational dynamics: how can commitment transform the representations? This articulation gathers most of the work on the topic. The second line envisages the social representations as determinants of commitment procedures: how can these representations influence the effects of commitment procedures? This literature review will identify unexploited tracks, as well as research perspectives for both areas of research.

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The Social Representations of Medical Clinic Nurses on Oncology Palliative Care: a Procedural Approach

Hospice and Palliative Medicine International Journal ◽

10.15406/hpmij.2017.01.00025 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 1 (5) ◽

Author(s):

Virgínia Xavier Pereira da Silva ◽

Raquel de Souza Ramos ◽

Olga Veloso da Silva Oliveira ◽

Lailah Maria Pinto Nunes ◽

Sergio Correa Marques ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Palliative Care ◽

Social Representations ◽

Medical Clinic ◽

Procedural Approach ◽

The Social

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Understanding professional distress through social representations: Investigating the shared experience of healthcare social workers in Canada

International Social Work ◽

10.1177/0020872820967428 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 002087282096742

Author(s):

Lilian Negura ◽

Maude Lévesque

Keyword(s):

Social Workers ◽

Subjective Experience ◽

Social Representations ◽

Social Representation ◽

Front Line ◽

Shared Experience ◽

Organizational Contexts ◽

Workplace Experiences ◽

The Social ◽

Canadian Provinces

Our study sought to refine our understanding of professional distress by examining the experience of healthcare social workers in the following three Canadian provinces: Manitoba, Ontario and New Brunswick. Thirty semi-directed interviews were conducted to explore the social workers’ social representation of professional distress and its ties to professional identity and growing organizational constraints. Attitudes, work–life imbalances, and negative workplace experiences were found to increase the subjective experience of distress. Current psychosocial and organizational contexts of front-line practitioners are contributors to their professional distress, a matter further exacerbated by the misrepresentation of social work by colleagues and service beneficiaries.

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The representations of adolescents about gynecological consultation

Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da USP ◽

10.1590/s0080-623420140000300008 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 48 (3) ◽

pp. 438-445 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Vera Lúcia de Oliveira Gomes ◽

Adriana Dora da Fonseca ◽

Denize Cristina de Oliveira ◽

Camila Daiane Silva ◽

Daniele Ferreira Acosta ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Sexual And Reproductive Health ◽

Social Representations ◽

Low Frequency ◽

Social Representation ◽

Contextual Analysis ◽

Central Nucleus ◽

Treatment Results ◽

Education Professionals ◽

The Social ◽

Qualitative Descriptive

Objective: To analyze the social representation of adolescents about gynecological consultation and the influence of those in searching for consultations. Method: Qualitative descriptive study based on the Social Representations Theory, conducted with 50 adolescents in their last year of middle school. The data was collected between April and May of 2010 by Evocations and a Focal Group. The software EVOC and contextual analysis were used in the data treatment. Results: The elements fear and constraint, constant in the central nucleus, can justify the low frequency of adolescents in consultations. The term embarrassment in the peripheral system reinforce current sociocultural norms, while prevention, associated with learning about sex and clarifying doubts, allows to envision an educative function. Obtained testimonies in the focal groups exemplify and reinforce those findings. Conclusion: For an effective health education, professionals, including nurses, need to clarify the youth individually and collectively about their rights to privacy, secrecy, in addition to focus the gynecological consultation as a promotion measure to sexual and reproductive health.

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