Indisciplina escolar: um estudo a partir da identificação grupal e da preferência musical

Abstract

Indiscipline is conceived as a non-observance of the norms directed to the harmonization of the school environment. Indiscipline has reported to the school community a great discomfort, for teachers who wear out trying to discipline the class, also for the undisciplined teenagers who have impaired learning, and for the physical structure of the school, which suffers the consequences of vandalism. Considering this issue, it was sought to relate fundamental variables regarding teenager's lives (music preference and group identification), capable of providing indicators that help to understand undisciplined behaviors. Starting from questions such as: What is the relation of music preference and group identifications with teenagers’ indiscipline? Is it possible to propose psycho-pedagogical strategies considering this relation? The main objective was outlined, verify the extent that group identification and music preference are related to teenagers’ undisciplined behaviors. Therefore, this studied was carried out with 249 high school students, from public schools of João Pessoa (PB), their ages were between 14 and 19 years old (m = 16.1; sd = 1.15), and they answered the Antisocial and Delictive Behaviors Scale (adapted for school context), the Music Preference Scale, the Identification with Alternative Groups Scale and demographic questions. Indiscipline correlated positively and significantly with group identification (r = .22**) and alternative music (r = .29**). Besides that, there was also a significant difference of antisocial behaviors (undisciplined) regarding sex (F (3,144) df = 245.15; p = .001). In conclusion, these findings might contribute for outlining prevention strategies and psycho-pedagogical intervention in school context, as well as to expand the range of explanations about typical behaviors of learning contexts.