scholarly journals Family considerations about the decision to refuse organ donation

2012 ◽  
Vol 25 (spe2) ◽  
pp. 140-145 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerlene Grudka Lira ◽  
Cleide Maria Pontes ◽  
Janine Schirmer ◽  
Luciane Soares de Lima
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Organ Donation ◽  
Hospital Care ◽  
Social Representations ◽  
The Body ◽  
Management Model ◽  
Semantic Categories ◽  
The Social ◽  
Family Decision ◽  
Transplantation Center

OBJECTIVE: To understand the social representations that guided family decision to refuse organ donation for transplant and to identify the actions of the social environment that influenced this refusal. METHODS: Qualitative study using a descriptive exploratory design. Nine family members were interviewed between February and August 2009, whose family member death had been reported regularly by the Transplantation Center of Pernambuco. The statements underwent content analysis in semantic categories. RESULTS: Three semantic categories emerged which supported this study: The care and management model of health services is critical in refusing the donation; the body is inviolable; and belief in the possibility of returning to life-heart as the source of life and faith strengthening hope. CONCLUSION: The participants' refusal to organ donation has been supported in the context of service provided and hospital care received, as well as cultural and religious values.

scholarly journals Bodies in motion: spaces, emotions and representations that (de)construct realities

2017 ◽  
Vol 51 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jaime Alonso Caravaca-Morera ◽  
Maria Itayra Padilha
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Costa Rica ◽  
Life Stories ◽  
Social Representations ◽  
Costa Rican ◽  
Social Representation ◽  
The Body ◽  
San Jose ◽  
The Social ◽  
Study Population

Abstract OBJECTIVE To analyze the social representations of the body among Brazilian and Costa Rican transsexual people through their life stories. METHOD Qualitative and descriptive multicenter research. The study population consisted of 70 participants. Two organizations cooperated to collect the information, one in Florianópolis, SC-Brazil and one in San José, the capital of Costa Rica. Content Analysis was used to analyze the data. RESULTS Based on the results, a single social representation of corporeality was unveiled: “Modeled bodies: about the elasticity of corporeality”. This representation described two clear elementary context units (discourse matrices). The first associates the body with an inconclusive, transitory, volatile, pliable, moldable and fluid object, while the second relates the body with a separate institution, but regulated and controlled by others. CONCLUSION In conclusion, the transsexual body is a volatile, transient, transformable institution, crossed by the marks of a historicizing and historicizable time, which comes within the scope not only of what can be named by means of linguistic signs, but also of what belongs to the unnamable in terms of sociocultural perceptions and feelings.

scholarly journals As Representações Sociais da Dança: um Mergulho no Universo dos Estudantes de Bacharelado em Educação Física

2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 231-235
Author(s):  
Felipe da Silva Triani ◽  
Glhevysson dos Santos Barros
Keyword(s):  
Social Representations ◽  
Free Association ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Bachelor's Degree ◽  
Social Representation ◽  
The Body ◽  
Rhythmic Movements ◽  
Technical Procedure ◽  
The Social ◽  
Health And Well Being

ResumoA dança é a arte de movimentar expressivamente o corpo seguindo movimentos ritmados, em geral ao som de música. Dessa forma, o significado da dança vai além da expressão artística, podendo ser vista como um meio para adquirir conhecimentos ou como opção de lazer. No campo de atuação do bacharelado, as investigações acadêmicas ainda são tímidas, urgindo de produções científicas que possam alimentar o campo científico sobre o tema. Dessa forma, o objetivo do estudo foi identificar e analisar as representações sociais que um grupo de bacharelandos do curso em Educação Física compartilha sobre a dança. A metodologia da pesquisa envolve uma abordagem qualitativa, tendo o estudo de campo como procedimento técnico. A amostra foi constituída por 200 indivíduos, sendo 85 homens e 115 mulheres com médias de idade entre 17 a 45 anos. A coleta de dados ocorreu através de questionário com associação livre de palavras, cujo termo indutor foi ”dança”. A análise foi feita por meio dos conteúdos das respostas. O resultado principal do estudo apontou que a maioria dos estudantes emprega sentido de dança como uma atividade técnica e a associam com saúde mental e bem-estar. Palavras-chave: Representação Social. Educação Física. Dança. AbstractDance is the art of expressively moving the body following rhythmic movements, usually to the sound of music. Thus, the meaning of dance goes beyond artistic expression, and can be seen as a means to acquire knowledge or as a leisure option. In the field of performance of the bachelor's degree, academic investigations are still timid, urging scientific productions that can feed the scientific field on the theme. Thus, the objective of the study was to identify and analyze the social representations that a group of Physical Education course bachelors shares about dance. The research methodology is a qualitative approach, with the field study as a technical procedure. The sample consisted of 200 individuals, 85 men and 115 women with a mean age between 17 and 45 years. Data collection was carried out through a questionnaire with free association of words, whose inducing term was, "dance". The analysis was done through the responses content. The main result of the study pointed out that most students use dance as a technical activity and associate it with mental health and well-being. Keywords: Social Representation. PE. Dance.

Developing Representations of User Pays Strategies in Nature-Based Tourism Settings

1997 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 241-248 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diane Lee Burns
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Social Representations ◽  
Management Technique ◽  
Similarity Matrix ◽  
User Charges ◽  
The Social ◽  
Tourism Resources ◽  
The Government ◽  
Effective Use ◽  
Government Perspective

Content analysis of The Cairns Post and The Australian newspapers was undertaken to generate key ideas and themes on the issue of ‘user pays’ strategies. All articles referring to the strategy of user pays were selected to provide a sample of articles. Summary statistics indicated that most articles referred to tourism, presented the strategy with a negative approach, and were written from the government perspective. Priority issues that became apparent from the content analysis were: user charges, equity, environmental management, funding and taxes. These issues and other concepts relating to user pays strategies were presented to students in order to elicit word associations used to develop a similarity matrix. The similarity matrix was used to develop the social representations of user pays strategies in a multidimensional scaling model. User pays was found to be represented as a management technique for enabling effective use of natural resources. It was seen as a provider of funding for natural tourism resources and determined to have a closer relationship with tourism and host communities than other forms of charges, when they are applied in natural tourism settings.

scholarly journals La vejez y el deporte como objeto de representaciones sociales (The old age and the sport like object of social representations)

Retos ◽  
2015 ◽  
pp. 118-121
Author(s):  
Luis Javier Ruiz Cazorla ◽  
José Luis Chinchilla Minguet ◽  
Manuel Ruiz Cazorla
Keyword(s):  
Physical Education ◽  
Old Age ◽  
Social Representations ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Social Function ◽  
Social Practices ◽  
Social Representation ◽  
The Body ◽  
The Social ◽  
El Sistema

En el presente trabajo analizamos la función social de la Educación Física y el deporte respecto a las personas mayores. Se trata de una relación mediatizada por las representaciones sociales que los agentes implicados poseen sobre la vejez, el cuerpo, la salud y el deporte, no exentas de estereotipos y prejuicios que condicionan sus prácticas sociales. Constituye un problema social y a la vez un reto para las instituciones erradicar las prácticas sociales de exclusión a que dan lugar. Para ello resultan imprescindibles dos pasos. En primer lugar denunciar los contenidos de las representaciones sociales sobre la vejez y las actividades físico-deportivas que favorecen la exclusión social, especialmente desde el Sistema Educativo y los medios de comunicación. En segundo lugar promover los medios materiales y condiciones estructurales necesarias para el cambio social.Palabra clave: Vejez, deporte, educación física, representación social, función social.Abstract: In the present work we analyzed the social function of the Physical Education and the sport with respect to the elderly people. One is a relation hyped by the social representations that the implied agents own on the old age, the body, the health and the sport, nonfree of stereotypes and prejudices that condition their social practices. It constitutes a social problem and simultaneously a challenge for institutions to eradicate the social practices of exclusion to that they give rise. For it two steps are essential. In the first place to denounce the contents of the social representations on the sport old age and activities physical that favor the social exclusion, especially from the Educative System and mass media. Secondly to promote the average materials and necessary structural conditions for the social change.Key words: Old age, sport, physical education, social representation, social function.

scholarly journals Structure and content of the maternal representations of Mexican teenagers during their first pregnancy

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 897-906
Author(s):  
Julieta Armida Franco-Ramírez ◽  
Carlos Enrique Cabrera-Pivaral ◽  
Gabriel Zárate-Guerrero ◽  
Sergio Alberto Franco-Chávez ◽  
María de los Ángeles Covarrubias-Bermúdez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Adolescent Pregnancy ◽  
Qualitative Methodology ◽  
Social Representations ◽  
Civil Hospital ◽  
Analysis Techniques ◽  
Maternal Representations ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Meanings ◽  
Maternal Representation

Abstract Objectives: understand the structure and content of the maternal representations of Mexican teenagers during their first pregnancy. Methods: a study was carried out with qualitative methodology based on the concept of maternal representation and the theory of social representations with 30 adolescents who attended prenatal control at the Civil Hospital of Guadalajara "Fray Antonio Alcalde", in Jalisco, Mexico. The participants were interviewed with the consent of their tutors. Classical content analysis techniques were used to obtain codes and thematic categories to develop a conceptual map that explains maternal representations. Results: the maternal representation was identified: "Pregnant but reunited, a legitimated bad decision", which was composed of social meanings towards adolescent pregnancy, family dynamics, expectations towards motherhood, and the feelings experienced by the adolescent during the pregnancy. The content of the representations was heterogeneous for most of the identified categories; however, it is identified that the desire for pregnancy guides the expectations of the adolescent about her future way of being as a mother. Conclusions: the desire of women for pregnancy, the level of participation of the couple, and the social meanings of adolescent pregnancy, have an outstanding role in the development of models of maternal representations.

scholarly journals Representações sociais de cristão e mídia religiosa de massa: propagação, difusão e propaganda no discurso de Edir Macedo

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Diemerson Saquetto ◽  
Zeidi Araujo Trindade ◽  
Maria Cristina Smith Menandro
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Group Identity ◽  
Social Representations ◽  
Religious Leader ◽  
Discursive Strategies ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Representations Theory ◽  
Religious Speech

RESUMO: O discurso do líder religioso articula-se como constructo que busca sintetizar a doutrina, a moralidade e a identidade grupal a que se destina a mensagem, assim como pode objetivar congregar novos fiéis ou mesmo neutralizar adversários. Este artigo analisou o discurso de Edir Macedo com o objetivo de compreender as representações sociais de cristão dele derivadas, por meio de duas corpora textuais: O jornal Folha Universal (n=62) e o blog oficial do bispo (n=62). Por intermédio da Teoria das Representações Sociais, da Análise de Conteúdo e com o auxílio dos softwares Alceste e Iramuteq foram analisados períodos e estratégias discursivas diferentes. Percebeu-se, em conclusão, a adequação do discurso religioso às três categorias propostas por Moscovici quando do trânsito das Representações Sociais: Propagação, Difusão e Propaganda.Palavras-chave: representações sociais; religião; Edir Macedo; discurso; Igreja Universal.ABSTRACT: The religious leader speech is articulated as construct that seeks to synthesize the doctrine, morality and the group identity to which the message is addressed, as well as it could be aimed to congregate new faithful or even to counteract opponents. This article analyzed the Edir Macedo’ speech in order to understand the social representations of christian derived from it, through two textual corpora: The Folha Universal newspapper (n=62) and the Bishop’s official blog (n=62). Through the Social Representations Theory, the Content Analysis and with the aid of Alceste and Iramuteq software, different periods and discursive strategies were analyzed. In conclusion, it was realized that the appropriateness of the religious speech to three categories proposed by Moscovici as the transit of the Social Representations: spread, difusion and advertising.Keywords: social representations; religion; Edir Macedo; speech; the Universal Church.

scholarly journals Social representations and interface layout: A new way of enhancing persuasive technology applied to organ donation

PLoS ONE ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (12) ◽  
pp. e0244538
Author(s):  
Mathilde Barbier ◽  
Ladislav Moták ◽  
Camille De Gasquet ◽  
Fabien Girandola ◽  
Nathalie Bonnardel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Organ Donation ◽  
Social Representations ◽  
Persuasive Technology ◽  
Background Characteristics ◽  
The Social ◽  
Central Elements ◽  
Likelihood Model ◽  
Processing Information ◽  
Reported Data ◽  
Blue Background

Although campaigns promoting organ donation have proved their effectiveness, increasing the number of people who explicitly agree to become donors is still difficult. Based on the social marketing notion of persuasive technology, we reasoned that it was timely to focus on the design of this persuasive technology and to analyze its contribution in particularly challenging contexts such as organ donation. More specifically, the originality of the present study lay in the way we linked the field of persuasive technology to the theory of social representations, and combined them with an analysis of the ergonomic aspects of interface layout. This study had two complementary goals. The first was to determine whether the sociocognitive salience of the central elements of social representations (i.e., the most frequent and important themes related to the subject—here, organ donation—for individuals), can be used to achieve persuasive outcomes. The second was to determine whether interface layout, in terms of information location and background characteristics (color and contrast), can strengthen the persuasive impact. University students (N > 200) were exposed to a computer screen displaying a message involving either central or peripheral elements of the social representations of organ donation (status), placed either in the middle or on one side of the screen (location), and shown against either a white or a blue background (background). Eye-tracking data were recorded, in addition to self-reported data. In line with the elaboration likelihood model, results showed that participants who were exposed to central (vs. peripheral) elements of the social representations of organ donation followed the central route in processing information. Moreover, they had stronger attitudes, and more of them stated that they were actual organ donors. Importantly, however, at least for some variables, these status-related effects were not independent of the interface layout. More specifically, the persuasive impact of the central elements was enhanced when the information was displayed in the middle (vs. the side) of the screen and when it was displayed on a white (vs. blue) background. We discuss the theoretical and practical issues raised by these results.

scholarly journals Portrayals of mental disorders in music: How are the studied?

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fabián Pavez ◽  
Erika Saura ◽  
Gemma Pérez ◽  
Pedro Marset
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Mental Disorders ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Social Representations ◽  
Research Strategy ◽  
Research Strategies ◽  
The Social ◽  
Song Lyrics

Introduction and Objectives. The importance of the study of social representations of mental disorders and psychiatry in music, and particularly in songs lyrics, have been discussed in previous communications. It is a small-explored topic, and most published articles do not exhibit a rigorous research methodology. In this communication, we review the methods used in published studies addressing depictions of mental disorders or mental health concerns in music (advantages and limitations); in order to propose a framework for the study of the social representations of psychiatry and mental disorders in song lyrics. Methods. Descriptive study. Methods used in thirty-seven articles addressing the depictions of mental disorders or mental health issues in music were reviewed. Frequencies of the research methods used are provided. Finally, a theoretical review of the advantages and limitations of different research strategies was performed. Results/Conclusion. Research designs are heterogenous between studies. Despite Content Analysis was the most frequent research strategy identified, there is a high representation of opinion articles or essays. Quantitative methods are rarely used (if we consider Content Analysis as a Qualitative Strategy). Content analysis is frequently used in studies addressing exposition to risk factors (mostly, depictions of substance use). We propose a mixed method by using descriptive statistics (frequency measures of references to mental disorders in song lyrics, that is a quantitative content analysis), followed by qualitative content analysis and thematic analysis. This strategy allows a deeper approximation to the contents, favoring the access to the social meanings of psychiatry or mental disorders expressed throught music.

scholarly journals Cultura, Imaginário Social e Representações Sociais: o Corpo na História e no Currículo da Educação Física

2017 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 59
Author(s):  
Felipe Da Silva Triani ◽  
Cristina Novikoff
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Physical Education ◽  
Social Transformation ◽  
Social Representations ◽  
The Body ◽  
Social Imaginary ◽  
Education Development ◽  
Documentary Analysis ◽  
The Social ◽  
The City

O objetivo foi analisar o currículo do Curso de graduação de licenciatura em Educação Física da cidade de Duque de Caxias para interpretar as representações sociais sobre corpo nele contidas. Para atingir o objetivo pretendido foi realizada uma pesquisa qualitativa, por meio de revisão bibliográfica e análise documental. Os resultados encontrados são de que as mudanças ocorridas no desenvolvimento da Educação Física acerca do corpo são resultado de desenvolvimentos culturais, que implicaram a transformação social dos grupos e que o currículo do curso analisado institui representações de corpo relacionadas com a ideia de saúde.Palavras-chave: Corpo. Representações Sociais. Imaginário Social. Formação de Professores. AbstractThe objective was to analyze the  undergraduate degree curriculum  in Physical Education Course of the city of Duque de Caxias to interpret the social representations about the body contained in it. In order to achieve the intended objective, a qualitative research was carried out through bibliographical review and documentary analysis. The results are that the changes that occurred in the  Physical Education development about the body are results of cultural developments that implied the groups’ social transformation and that the curriculum of the analyzed course establishes representations of body related to the idea of health. Keywords: Body. Social representations. Social imaginary. Teacher’s Training.

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