Valores humanos predizendo comportamentos antissociais: papel mediador das atitudes frente à escola

Abstract

The present study aimed to know the mediating role of attitudes before school in the relationship between human values and antisocial behavior. For that, there were 438 students of public and private schools of the city of João Pessoa-PB. The average age of 14.24 years (SD = 1.20). Participants answered the Antisocial Conduct Scale, the School Attitudes Scale, the Basic Values Questionnaire and a sociodemographic questions. For the data analysis, SPSS software (version 21) was used to perform descriptive and inferential analyzes (Correlation, Multiple Regression and Mediation). It was verified that normative, supra- personal and experimental sub-functions explained attitudes before school and antisocial behaviors, so that it was possible to confirm the mediating role of attitudes. It is concluded that there is a need for educational managers to consider human values in the moment of designing intervention programs in the school context.