Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-04T18:27:36Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Amanda Wechsler.pdf: 545089 bytes, checksum: b6ee599561813755b87945a15b093a48 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008-02-12 / Verbal correspondence can be defined as the relationship between verbal and non verbal individual s behaviors. Researches in the literature about verbal correspondence used correspondence trainings, without observing if correspondence already exists naturally, with no training need. This study had as objective to describe correspondence behaviors of mothers and sons in a natural situation in a medical context. Seven mother-child pairs (children with ages between five and eight years-old) and one physician participated in the research. With each pair, there were three moments: 1) an interview with the mother and child separately before the medical examination, 2) filming of the examination and 3) interview after the examination with mother and son, separately. The results demonstrated that, from the categorized behaviors, most children showed total verbal correspondence saydo- say (33,33%). However, the mothers had most of their behaviors categorized as noncorrespondence (35,13%). In addition, most mothers did not instruct their sons on how to behave in the medical context, and the mothers who did so, showed incomplete rules. Variables such as age, social- economical level, life history, educational level and context must be better investigated about their influence in the occurrence of natural verbal correspondence. In conclusion, verbal correspondence has a great importance in the health context because it is related to self-control and self-knowing. / Correspond?ncia verbal pode ser definida como a rela??o entre o comportamento verbal e o comportamento n?o-verbal de um indiv?duo. As pesquisas encontradas na literatura sobre correspond?ncia verbal utilizaram-se de treinos de correspond?ncia, sem se preocupar em observar se a correspond?ncia j? existe naturalmente, sem necessidade de treino. Este estudo teve como objetivo descrever os comportamentos de correspond?ncia de m?es e filhos em uma situa??o natural no contexto m?dico. Sete d?ades m?es-crian?a (crian?as com idades entre cinco a oito anos) e uma m?dica participaram da pesquisa. Com cada d?ade, houve tr?s momentos: 1) entrevista com m?e e crian?a separadamente antes do exame m?dico, 2) filmagem do exame e 3) entrevista ap?s o exame com m?e e crian?a, separadas. Os resultados mostraram que, dentre os comportamentos categorizados, as crian?as apresentaram em sua maioria correspond?ncia verbal total, dizer-fazer-dizer (33,33%). J? as m?es tiveram a maioria de seus comportamentos categorizados como n?o-correspond?ncia (35,13%). A maior parte das m?es tamb?m n?o instruiu seus filhos a como se comportar no contexto m?dico, e as m?es que instru?ram, apresentaram regras incompletas. Vari?veis como idade, n?vel s?cio-econ?mico, escolaridade, hist?ria de vida devem ser melhor investigadas quanto ? influ?ncia na ocorr?ncia da correspond?ncia verbal natural. Conclui-se sobre a import?ncia da emiss?o de correspond?ncias verbais para o contexto da sa?de, pois estas est?o relacionadas a autocontrole e autoconhecimento.