O dinamismo psíquico na adolescência: indicadores normativos do questionário desiderativo / The psychic dynamics in adolescence: normative indicators of the Desiderative Questionnaire.

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2007

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The scientific literature on Psychology points the need of studies on instruments of psychological assessment, in order to improve them as technical devices and to assure the quality of psycho-diagnosis processes. Aiming to contribute with the achievement of these goals, the present study attempted to elaborate the answer patterns of adolescents in the Desiderative Questionnaire, through a psycho-dynamical approach of the production analysis. It was also evaluated the accuracy in the analysis of the answers to this projective instrument, based on the agreement rate among independent examiners. For this objective, the Desiderative Questionnaire was applied to 120 adolescents, volunteers of both genders, without history of disturbances in the development (verified in a preliminary interview), attending both public and private secondary schools in Ribeirão Preto - SP. Their answers in the Desiderative were evaluated by three independent examiners (who didn´t know the identity and other characteristics of the subjects), and based on an adaptation of the evaluation proposed by Nijamkin and Braude. Non-parametric statistical analysis were carried through (Mann-Whitney, Quisquare and/or Fisher´s Exact), comparing initially the adolescents´ answers in positive and negative cathexis and, after that, opposing the Desiderative´s variables according to gender and school origin (public or private). The analysis of the agreement rate among the examiners indicated good accuracy in the analysis, using the Nijamkin and Braude´s evaluative system for the Desiderative Questionnaire. It was possible to identify significant differences in the patterns of the positive and negative answers, as it was theoretically foreseen by this technique. Significant differences were also verified according to gender in about 20% of the Desiderative´s variables analyzed, while the school origin (public or private) did not seem to influence on the answers in this projective technique. The adolescents gave, in average, three or four answers in each part of the Desiderative Questionnaire, indicating the occurrence of at least one flaw in answering the instrument, in most of the cases. Signals of good logical functioning were verified, mostly answers in a concrete level of organization, and signals of good distinction between fantasy and elements of reality among the examined adolescents. There were indicators of higher level of anxiety in answering negative cathexis, and also signals of a possible tendency of the instrument to induce a perseveration in the category object. Finally, the common answers in the different categories identified among the overall answers to this projective technique were presented. These current results offer scientific grounds for the Desiderative Questionnaire´s application in the Brazilian social-cultural context, besides offering information on the psychic dynamics of adolescents with common development.

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accuracy adolescence normas avaliação psicológica adolescência norms psychological assessment. desiderative questionnaire questionário desiderativo fidedignidade

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