A influência ambiental é tida como certa no desenvolvimento humano. Contudo, alguns ambientes específicos exercem influências tardias no desenvolvimento. A psicologia militar tem se estabelecido como campo de pesquisa e atuação profissional desde a Primeira Grande Guerra, principalmente nos Estados Unidos e Europa. O ambiente militarizado, costumeiramente relacionado com a fase adulta de vida, tem sido pouco estudado no Brasil, suscitando uma lacuna importante de conhecimentos psicológicos. Neste estudo, cadetes da Academia Militar das Agulhas Negras (N=373) e universitários (N=73) responderam instrumentos psicológicos sobre bem-estar subjetivo, estilos parentais e personalidade. Para fins de análise, a amostra militar foi subdividida por diversos critérios: ter pai militar, ter estudado em Colégios Militares, ter parentes militares (que não o pai). Diferenças significativas foram encontradas entre a amostra militar e universitária e entre filhos de militares e não-filhos de militares. Filhos de pais militares apresentaram maior satisfação de vida e maior freqüência de pais e mães responsivos que outros cadetes. Ex-alunos de Colégio Militar mostraram-se mais autônomos e propensos a novas experiências, além de melhor adaptação ao meio militar. Observou-se que a pontuação na escala de Afiliação foi significativamente mais alta entre os militares, entre outras diferenças nas escalas do IFP, mas não houve diferença na Escala de Desejabilidade Socia!. Os resultados apontam a necessidade de novos estudos na área e com diferentes populações. / There seems to be no doubt that the environment has an influence in human psychological development. Nevertheless, it also seems that some specific environments may have an influence in development later on life. Military Psychology was established as research and work field since World War I, mainly at United States and Europe. The military environment, usually related to the adult stage of life, has received little attention from Brazilian psychologists and little is known of its effects in our country. The present study attempts to fill this gap investigating possible psychological differences between persons who live in a military environment and those who do not have any contact with it. Participants were 373 male students at Academia Militar de Agulhas Negras (a military school for training officers for the Brazilian army) and 73 male undergraduate students who never had any contact with a military environment. The military sample was further divided into groups of students who 1) have studied in military schools, 2) have a parent serving in the armed forces, and 3) have other relatives serving in the armed forces. The participants responded to scales to assess subjective well-being, parental styles, and personality traits. The results showed significant differences between the military and the undergraduate sample and between participants who had a father serving at the armed forces and those who did not. Participants whose father was serving presented higher subjective well-being scores and perceived their father and mother as more authoritative. Those who had studied at military secondary schools presented more autonomy and were more open to new experiences. The non-military undergraduate participants tended to perceive their parents as more authoritarians. Affiliation scale score was higher to army cadets, among other significant differences, but Social Desirability scale shown no difference. The results stress the need to study the influence of military environments on psychological development in a more systematic way in Brazil.

[pt] Os estilos parentais e as trajetórias de socialização são temas cuja a construção é mediada pelas crenças parentais e, por conseguinte, pela cultura, sendo de considerável relevância que sejam investigados de acordo com o contexto no qual estão inseridos. Com o objetivo de identificar os estilos parentais e as trajetórias de socialização de diferentes tipos de família, participaram do estudo 40 pais e mães residentes na cidade do Rio de Janeiro, com filhos entre 7 e 11 anos de idade, de três configurações familiares: 10 casais de famílias nucleares, 10 mães de famílias mononucleares e 5 casais de famílias reconstituídas. Foi utilizado um questionário sociodemográfico para coletar dados como idade, gênero e tipo de família, o Inventário de metas de socialização/desenvolvimento (KELLER et al., 2006; adaptado por SEIDL-DE-MOURA et al., 2008) para identificar as trajetórias de socialização, as cinco imagens dos sistemas de cuidados parentais propostos por Keller (2005) para avaliação dos sistemas parentais e uma entrevista semiestruturada para identificar os estilos parentais. Sobre as trajetórias de socialização, os resultados apontaram que famílias nucleares tenderam para trajetória autônomo-relacional e famílias mononucleares e reconstituídas, para trajetória relacional. Em relação aos estilos parentais, famílias mononucleares e reconstituídas apresentaram indícios de estilo indulgente, com alta responsividade e baixa exigência. Já as famílias nucleares, demonstraram um estilo autoritativo, valorizando igualmente ambas as dimensões. Nessa medida, o presente estudo almeja contribuir para a Psicologia do Desenvolvimento, a partir de uma perspectiva sociocultural, e abrir caminhos para futuras investigações. / [en] Parental styles and socialization trajectories are issues whose construction is mediated by parental beliefs and therefore by culture, so it s considerably relevant that they be investigated according to the context in which they are inserted. In order to identify parental styles and socialization trajectories of different family types, 40 parents resident in Rio de Janeiro with children between 7 and 11 years old participated in the study. They belonged to three family settings: 10 couples of nuclear families, 10 single mothers of parent families and 5 couples of remarried families. A sociodemographic questionnaire was used to collect data such as age, gender and family type. The Inventory of socialization/development goals (KELLER et al., 2006; adapted by SEIDL-DE-MOURA et al., 2008) was used to identify the socialization trajectories, the five images of parental care systems proposed by Keller (2005) were used for evaluation of parental systems and a semi-structured interview to identify parental styles. About the socialization trajectories, results pointed out that nuclear families tended to autonomous relational trajectory, whereas single patents and remarried families tended for relational trajectory. Regarding the parental styles, single parents and remarried families presented indications of indulgent style, with high respondingness and low demandingness. However, nuclear families demonstrated an authoritative style, valuing both dimensions equally. To this extent, the present study aims to contribute to the developmental psychology from a sociocultural perspective and to open ways for future investigations.

Text in Afrikaans / The child in early middle childhood experiences certain developmental changes. He is absorbed in the foundation phase of the formal education system and parents are no longer the most important authoritative figures. Social interaction now also includes the school environment and peer groups start playing a very important role. To face the new challenges, the possession of EI skills is of cardinal importance. The ability to observe, recognise and understand personal and other people's emotions and to react correctly is now developed. The study, a quantitive research process, is directed by holism as the point of departure from the Gestalt approach in which `totality' is a key concept. According to this concept all situations in the child's terms of reference will influence his development, including the parental style of his parents. The purpose of the study therefore was to determine and describe the correlation between parental style and emotional intelligence. / Social Work / M. Diac. (Play Therapy)

Text in Afrikaans / The child in early middle childhood experiences certain developmental changes. He is absorbed in the foundation phase of the formal education system and parents are no longer the most important authoritative figures. Social interaction now also includes the school environment and peer groups start playing a very important role. To face the new challenges, the possession of EI skills is of cardinal importance. The ability to observe, recognise and understand personal and other people's emotions and to react correctly is now developed. The study, a quantitive research process, is directed by holism as the point of departure from the Gestalt approach in which `totality' is a key concept. According to this concept all situations in the child's terms of reference will influence his development, including the parental style of his parents. The purpose of the study therefore was to determine and describe the correlation between parental style and emotional intelligence. / Social Work / M. Diac. (Play Therapy)

This research was aimed at the development, implementation and evaluation of a parenting program for parents with pre-school children, after a divorce, in order to improve the sosio-emotional functioning of the adults, as well as the children. The motivation for this study stemmed from the reality of divorce in many family systems. Intervention research as applied research was utilised. A two-phase research approach was undertaken. A quantitative questionnaire approach as used during phase 1. The following research question was formulated for this phase: What should the content of a parenting program for parents after a divorce with pre-school children be? A needs assessment questionnaire was completed by 20 members of the population and an assessment of child-respondents, was undertaken. This data, complemented the literature study which was undertaken and brought information to the foreground which established the contents of the parenting program. The research question could therefore be answered. A child assessment was undertaken with the children of the parents who would attend the workshop during phase 2, in order to explore the children’s experience of their living environment. The quantitative approach was used in phase 2 as the single system design. The following research hypothesis was formulated for this phase: If parents and their pre-school children attend a parenting program after a divorce, a significant change in their sosio-emotional functioning should realise. Four workshops were implemented, in the following way: Theoretical workshops for the custodial and non-custodial parent respectively and practical workshops for the custodial parent and child and the non-custodial parent and child respectively. A quantitative questionnaire was completed prior to the workshops and thereafter by the 5 family systems involved. This instrument of measurement confirmed the hypotheses. A comparison was done between the literature and the empirical data. Conclusions and recommendations for future research were formulated, as a result of the research study. / Thesis (DPhil (Social Work))--University of Pretoria, 2006. / Social Work and Criminology / unrestricted

BACKGROUND: The most numerous group from children due to perinatal burden is a group of prematurely born children and whose number continues to increase constantly. The children have higher probability of health problems and they are at risk of a complex threat to their successful development. Premature childbirth is a complicated difficult life situation for parents. Strongly reduced mental well- being is often developed at these parents and sometimes even some clinical symptoms (especially depression, anxiety, posttraumatic stress disorder). Such parenting (as well as other factors) greatly diminishes the overall interaction and communication with the child (especially their sensitivity and responsiveness) which can also be reflected in the parental style. AIM: The aim of the empirical part was to describe the occurrence of individual educational styles in healthy preterm infants 8-12 years old. METHODS: A Questionnaire of parental styles for children between the ages of 8 and 12 was used for this purpose (Čáp, Čechová & Boschek, 2000). RESULTS: A sample of 35 children showed that the most perceived parental style was a style characterized by a negative emotional relationship combined with a strong direction. CONCLUSION: The importance of the results can be seen in the practical application for...

Text in Afrikaans / Die doel van hierdie ondersoek is om die ekstrinsieke en intrinsieke oorsake van leermislukking met spesifieke verwysing na skole in die Windhoek stadsgebied te bepaal en om aanbevelings te doen hoe om leermislukking teen te werk. Leermislukking en druiping is onrusbarend hoog in skole in die Windhoek stadsgebied. Nadat die Ministerie van Onderwys die semi-outomatiese promoveringstelsel ingestel het, het druiping afgeneem maar leermislukking het toegeneem omdat leerders gepromoveer word sander dat hulle sukses in die vorige graad behaal het. Volgens die literatuurstudie lê die oorsake van leermislukking by die ouerhuis, die skool, die omgewing en in die leerder self. Die empiriese ondersoek toon ooreenkomste met die literatuurstudie wat betref die oorsake van leermislukking. Om die oorsake teen te werk • moet onderwysers beter opgelei word • moet die ouers meer bewus gemaak word van hulle rot in die leersukses van hulle kinders. • is meer skoolgeboue en onderwysers nodig om kleiner klasse te bewerkstellig. / The purpose of this research is to establish the extrinsic and intrinsic causes of learning failure with specific reference to schools in the Windhoek municipal area and to make recommendations to counteract learning failure. Learning failure and grade failing are disconcertingly high in schools in the Windhoek municipal area. After the Ministry of Education implemented the semi-automatic promotion system, grade failing decreased, but learning failure increased because learners are promoted without achieving success in a prior grade. According to the literature study, the causes of learning failure are to be found in the home, the school, the environment, and the learner. Similarities regarding the causes of learning failure were found in the empirical investigation and the literature study. To counteract these causes • teachers should be better trained • parents should become more aware of their role in the learning success of their children • more school buildings and teachers are needed to limit class sizes. / Educational Studies / M. Ed. (Spesiale Behoeftes Onderwys)

Text in Afrikaans / Die doel van hierdie ondersoek is om die ekstrinsieke en intrinsieke oorsake van leermislukking met spesifieke verwysing na skole in die Windhoek stadsgebied te bepaal en om aanbevelings te doen hoe om leermislukking teen te werk. Leermislukking en druiping is onrusbarend hoog in skole in die Windhoek stadsgebied. Nadat die Ministerie van Onderwys die semi-outomatiese promoveringstelsel ingestel het, het druiping afgeneem maar leermislukking het toegeneem omdat leerders gepromoveer word sander dat hulle sukses in die vorige graad behaal het. Volgens die literatuurstudie lê die oorsake van leermislukking by die ouerhuis, die skool, die omgewing en in die leerder self. Die empiriese ondersoek toon ooreenkomste met die literatuurstudie wat betref die oorsake van leermislukking. Om die oorsake teen te werk • moet onderwysers beter opgelei word • moet die ouers meer bewus gemaak word van hulle rot in die leersukses van hulle kinders. • is meer skoolgeboue en onderwysers nodig om kleiner klasse te bewerkstellig. / The purpose of this research is to establish the extrinsic and intrinsic causes of learning failure with specific reference to schools in the Windhoek municipal area and to make recommendations to counteract learning failure. Learning failure and grade failing are disconcertingly high in schools in the Windhoek municipal area. After the Ministry of Education implemented the semi-automatic promotion system, grade failing decreased, but learning failure increased because learners are promoted without achieving success in a prior grade. According to the literature study, the causes of learning failure are to be found in the home, the school, the environment, and the learner. Similarities regarding the causes of learning failure were found in the empirical investigation and the literature study. To counteract these causes • teachers should be better trained • parents should become more aware of their role in the learning success of their children • more school buildings and teachers are needed to limit class sizes. / Educational Studies / M. Ed. (Spesiale Behoeftes Onderwys)