Adolescence, family and peer group: the discourse of the adolescents and the implications for nursing ; Adolescence, family and groups of equals: the discourse of the adolescents and the implications for nursing

Objective: to know the meanings attributed by teenagers to their family, their peer group and the process of being adolescent. Method: qualitative study, having as subjects of research 14 adolescent students of a learning public institution of a capital city of Northeast in Brazil who participated of a previous stage of the matrix search Structure, Dynamic and Meanings of Family for Parents and Students Adolescents. To collect data it was used the semi-structure interview in the period from June to August 2010 and to analyze them, the method of the Collective Person Discourse. The study has been approved by the Ethics Committee in Research of the Federal University of Maranhão, under protocol number 23115-006943/2009-99. Results: three speeches are presented: Describing the adolescence; the family in the concept of being a teenager and describing the peer group. The speeches show that the adolescent understands the family as the axis of affective and emotional support and shortage of openings in this social group allows for greater approximation of the peer group. On the other hand, the adolescence is noticed as a transition process characterized by the manifestation of ambivalent desires and behaviors. Conclusion: the study reveals the influence that family and peer groups play in the adolescent development, demonstrating the importance of thinking, valuing and to involve such dimensions in the attitudes of nursing care to adolescents. Descriptors: nursing; family; adolescent. RESUMO Objetivo: conhecer os significados atribuídos pelo adolescente à sua família, ao seu grupo de iguais e ao processo de adolescer. Método: estudo qualitativo, tendo como sujeitos da pesquisa 14 adolescentes escolares de uma instituição pública de ensino de uma capital do Nordeste brasileiro que haviam participado de etapas anteriores da pesquisa matricial Estrutura, Dinâmica e Significados de Família para Pais e Adolescentes Escolares: conhecer para intervir. Para coleta dos dados utilizou-se a entrevista semi-estruturada no ...