“Percepção social dos adolescentes sobre a família recasada: uma análise psicopedagógica”

Abstract

The concept of family has been affected by social changes, which led to the emergence of new family configurations, such as the remarried families, which involve three or more families in its formation. As a result, this new family model requires each member to change their roles and adjust their family relationships. In this sense, it is relevant to comprehend the way people perceive the context and the family members so that less conflict and more social interaction take place. To fit the purpose of this study, it was used the Social Perception theory since it emphasizes the way people perceive the context they are inserted in and how they are influenced by it, ending up modifying their own behavior. Having said that, this study is aimed at analyzing the adolescents’ social perception on remarriage. Three female adolescents participated in this study, being the three of them children of separated parents, at 14,3 years old. A semi-structured and a social-demographic questionnaire. The results showed that the adolescents do not see the members of their father’s remarried family as part of their family configuration. The results also presented that there are feelings of anger and hatred in relation to their stepmother, being referred to by the three adolescents as the one to blame for their parents’ separation, a fact that interferes in the family relationships as well in the father’s remarriage acceptance. In short, it can be concluded that the adolescents’ perception on the remarried family and their members are important sources of information and maintenance of family relationships.