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Estudos e Pesquisas em Psicologia

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ZAPPE, Jana Gonçalves et al. Social images of families with children in sheltered care and in family context: a study between Brazil and Portugal. Estud. pesqui. psicol. [online]. 2017, vol.17, n.1, pp.181-204. ISSN 1808-4281.

The literature indicates that families of children and adolescents in sheltered care may be socially stigmatized and this has a negative impact on their well-being, the construction of their identity, and the success of family interventions. However, only a few studies have empirically investigated this social image. This study aimed to analyse the social image of the families of children and adolescents in different contexts in Portugal and Brazil. A sample of 378 participants (176 Portuguese and 202 Brazilian) was asked to indicate five attributes of families of children and adolescents in shelter care, and other five attributes of families of children and adolescents in the family context, varying from low to middle socioeconomic status. The data indicate that in both countries there is a predominance of negative attributes associated with families of children and adolescents in shelter care and low socioeconomic status, whereas a predominance of positive attributes was associated with families of children and adolescents in family context and middle socioeconomic status. It is highlighted the need of interventions, especially with professionals who work with this population, to bring out awareness of these social images.

Keywords : images; care; stigmatization; families; status.

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