Thesis (M. Soc. Sc.)--University of Hong Kong, 2006.

Thesis (M.A.)--York University, 2005. Graduate Programme in Psychology. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 71-84). Also available on the Internet. MODE OF ACCESS via web browser by entering the following URL: http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url%5Fver=Z39.88-2004&res%5Fdat=xri:pqdiss &rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:MR11884

Esta pesquisa teve por objetivo investigar, a partir de recortes do cotidiano, a escolarização da criança psicótica, procurando pensar sobre o que pode impulsionála na direção do conhecimento e do laço social. Utilizou-se de autores da psicanálise que seguem o pensamento de Freud e Lacan. Nesta pesquisa, entende-se a psicose na infância sob a perspectiva de autores como Bernardino (2000), que a considera como estrutura não decidida. Na introdução, buscou-se situar a importância da questão da psicose infantil no contexto da educação na perspectiva da inclusão, enfatizando as dificuldades do professor ao deparar-se com uma criança psicótica. No segundo capítulo, foi trabalhado o conceito de psicose, destacando suas particularidades e propondo breve discussão acerca do diagnóstico da psicose infantil na psiquiatria e na psicanálise. Ainda neste capítulo, procurou-se discutir acerca do conhecimento na psicose, perpassando pelo conceito de Lacan (1987) acerca do conhecimento paranoico e pela proposta de Kupfer (2000) sobre as ilhas de inteligência. Na última parte, buscou-se compreender a psicose infantil e a questão do laço social, trazendo para discussão a dificuldade desses sujeitos em inserir-se no laço social. Para esta dissertação, utilizou-se do método de pesquisa psicanalítica, tendo como objeto de investigação a escuta dos significantes que circulam no contexto escolar, propondo a realização de um ensaio metapsicológico construído a partir da articulação entre a teoria e a escuta realizada ao longo de quatro anos de experiência na escola. Para a construção do ensaio metapsicológico foram feitos recortes de algumas cenas escolares que permitiram identificar significantes que circulam em torno do laço social e do conhecimento. No tocante ao laço social, foi possível escutar alguns significantes em torno dos alunos nomeados como “estranhos”, mas que, por sua vez, buscam formas de participar do social que a escola oferece. Nesse sentido, foi possível ancorar a discussão com a investigação do (un)heimlich, de Freud (1919/1996). Identificaram-se, também, significantes que apontam para o conhecimento na psicose. Nessa direção, alguns resultados permitiram pensar em ilhas de inteligência e possibilidades de aprender, mesmo que de uma forma diferente, na medida em que o sujeito pode reconstruir em si o conhecimento do outro. Foi possível, ainda, refletir acerca da transferência e do lugar ocupado pelo professor como forma de proporcionar o conhecimento e o laço social. Por fim, considerou-se o lugar da escola e do professor mediante essas crianças, pensando nas possibilidades e limites na inclusão destes sujeitos / This paper aimed to investigate, from daily snippets, the schooling of psychotic children, inquiring about what could propel them to knowledge and social bond. It was based on authors of psychoanalysis who follow the thoughts of Freud and Lacan. In this research, childhood psychosis is understood from the perspective of authors such as Bernadino (2000), who consider it as an undecided structure. In the Introduction, it was situated the importance of the children psychosis issue, in the context of education, from the perspective of inclusion, emphasizing teacher’s difficulties when faced with a psychotic child. In the second chapter, it was developed the concept of psychosis, highlighting its particularities and proposing a brief discussion about the diagnosis of childhood psychosis in psychiatry and psychoanalysis. Furthermore, it was also discussed about knowledge in psychosis coursing through the concept of Lacan (1987) about paranoid knowledge and Kupfer’s (2000) concept of islands of intelligence. In the last part, it was analyzed childhood psychosis and the social bond issue, bringing to discussion the difficulty of these subjects in inserting themselves into social bond. For this dissertation, it was used the psychoanalytic method of research, aiming as object of investigation the listening of the signifiers which surround the school environment, proposing a metapsychological rehearsal built from the articulation between theory and listening along four years of school experience. In order to build the metapsychological rehearsal, some snippets of school scenes were done, which allowed the identification of signifiers that surround the social bond and knowledge. Regarding the social bond, it was possible to listen to some signifiers around the students named as “strange” but who, in turn, search for ways of participating in the social activities the school offers. In this regard, it was possible to anchor the discussion with the study of Freud’s (1919/1996) (un)heimlich term. Signifiers which point to the knowledge in psychosis were also identified. Therefore, some results led to think of islands of intelligence and learning possibilities, even if in a different way, since the subject can reconstruct into themselves the knowledge of the others. It was also possible to ponder the transference and the place of the teacher as a way of providing knowledge and social bond. In conclusion, it was considered the place of the school and the teacher towards these children, regarding the possibilities and limits about the inclusion of these subjects

published_or_final_version / Social Work / Master / Master of Social Sciences

[Truncated abstract] The overall aim of the research reported in this thesis was to explore the viability and utility of the construct of psychopathy and aggression in children and adolescents. Specifically, by taking a developmentally informed approach it sought to develop new instrumentation which measured psychopathic-like-traits, and verbal proactive and reactive aggression in non-referred mainstream school children and adolescents. To achieve this, four separate yet interrelated studies were conducted. Study One comprised three phases relating to the development and validation of two new instruments. In Phase One the instruments currently used to measure psychopathy were reviewed and items relevant to young persons were selected for inclusion in a draft version of the new psychopathy screening instrument. Phase Two, which sought to further explore the construct of psychopathy in children and adolescents, comprised a series of interviews with school principals, deputy principals, psychologists, and education officers at the main juvenile detention centre in Perth, Western Australia. These interviews provided information relating to the behaviour and characteristics of children and adolescents who present with psychopathic-like-traits. As a consequence of the feedback from the Phase Two data, Phase Three reviewed the instrumentation currently used to measure aggression in children and adolescents. From this items were selected for possible inclusion in an aggression questionnaire. The data gathered over these three phases resulted in 117 psychopathy related items being generated for the new instrument, which were subsequently reduced to 56 when duplicated items were identified and the extant knowledge of the construct applied. The 56 items were retained in a draft version of the newly developed instrument, which was named the Child and Adolescent Psychopathy Screening Instrument (CAPSI). The Study One data revealed the instrumentation used to date provided few measures of physical and verbal aggression - a characteristic of psychopathic-like behaviour. Thus, a review of instrumentation together with the information from the interviews resulted in 63 aggression items being generated. ... Study Four utilised information from the CAPSI and the CASA in conjunction with in-depth interviews to generate case studies to further elucidate the characteristics of children and adolescents with psychopathic-like-traits and extreme aggression. Case studies were undertaken with seven male students ranging in age from 8 to 15 years who had been suspended from mainstream schools. All boys scored very highly on the new instruments. All presented with extreme aggression, with some exhibiting proactive or premeditated aggression combined with a superficially engaging personality, insincere charm, lack of remorse, and lack of empathy. The findings from all four research studies are discussed in the light of the literature reviewed and the aims of the research. Implications are then drawn for researchers and clinicians, and directions for further research are suggested.