This paper about the children born to Chilean men and Peruvian women during the occupation of Lima (1881-1883) provides general information about their social standing in late 19th century Lima. It suggests that the social status of these «children of war» was defined mainly by the social status of their parents and their relationship (marriage or cohabitation). The research confirms that conditions in post-war society were adverse for most of these children, as they were usually born out of wedlock and therefore carried the stigma of illegitimacy. In addition, the crisis caused by war affected the social status of their parents. The nationality of these children depended on their relationship with their parents, the fate of their families—whether they remained in Peru or moved to Chile—and their own will. / El artículo tiene como objetivo presentar una investigación sobre los hijos de hombres chilenos y mujeres peruanas concebidos y nacidos durante la ocupación de Lima (1881-1883), y brindar algunos alcances generales acerca de la situación social de aquellos niños en la Lima de finales del siglo XIX. Proponemos que la situación social de estos «hijos de la guerra» se define principalmente a través del status social de sus padres y el tipo de relación que sostuvieron (matrimonio o amancebamiento). Ante ello, en el proceso de la investigación, comprobamos que la condición de la mayoría de estos infantes en la sociedad, especialmente después de la guerra, fue adversa, ya que generalmente fueron producto de relaciones de convivencia, lo que les llevó a cargar con el estigma de ilegítimos. Además, la crisis generada por la guerra se reflejó en el status social bajo de la mayoría de sus padres. La nacionalidad que adquirieron estos niños dependió de la relación con sus padres, el destino de las familias que formaron —si permanecieron en Perú o se trasladaron a Chile— o incluso de ellos mismos.

Orientador: Regina Celia Spadari / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Biologia / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-11T10:54:34Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Souza_AglecioLuizde_M.pdf: 1332866 bytes, checksum: 5e6eb15dfbfa806199261b6c88b3e135 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2007 / Resumo: Muitos estudos demonstram associação entre baixo status socioeconômico e alta prevalência de morbidade psiquiátrica. Entretanto, em países da América Latina, incluindo o Brasil, nos quais as diferenças sociais são maiores, estes estudos são escassos. Fatores psicossociais são importantes mediadores da relação entre saúde e status socioeconômico, e as respostas neuroendócrinas e imunológicas podem explicar a patogênese de morbidade psiquiátrica associada ao estresse psicossocial. Esta resposta é modulada pelo cortisol e por mediadores inflamatórios. O objetivo deste estudo foi avaliar a associação entre índice de estresse percebido, prevalência de morbidade psiquiátrica, concentrações séricas de interleucina 6 (IL-6), fator de necrose tumoral-a (TNF-a) e proteína C reativa (PCR), bem como de cortisol salivar em indivíduos de baixo status socioeconômico. Sessenta e cinco indivíduos foram submetidos a análises psicométricas utilizando-se a Entrevista Clínica Estruturada Revisada (CIS-R), o Questionário de Estresse Percebido (QEP) e a Escala Hospitalar de Ansiedade e Depressão, e forneceram amostras de sangue e saliva para determinação da concentração dos marcadores acima mencionados. Os resultados mostraram alto índice de estresse percebido e alta prevalência de morbidade psiquiátrica, os quais apresentaram associação entre si. Os sujeitos apresentaram também alta concentração salivar de cortisol e resposta do cortisol ao acordar, sendo esta última negativamente correlacionada com a renda per capita. A concentração sérica dos marcadores inflamatórios foi maior do que a apontada na literatura em indivíduos saudáveis, porém, não houve associação entre estes marcadores inflamatórios, o estresse percebido e a prevalência de morbidade psiquiátrica. Nós concluímos que exposição crônica a estressores psicossociais, presentes no ambiente dos indivíduos avaliados, pode explicar o alto índice de estresse percebido e a alta prevalência de morbidade psiquiátrica encontrados neste trabalho. O estresse psicossocial crônico, através da concentração aumentada de cortisol, deixaria o indivíduo vulnerável à morbidade psiquiátrica. Além disso, as altas concentrações de marcadores inflamatórios encontradas indicam um estado sub-clínico de inflamação, o qual poderia contribuir para a alta prevalência de morbidade psiquiátrica e para a manutenção de concentrações elevadas de cortisol. Assim, devido às características socioeconômicas, o Brasil, comparado com países desenvolvidos, possui uma significativa parcela da população sujeita a transtornos mentais, os quais têm forte impacto negativo sobre a saúde pública, exigindo políticas de prevenção e intervenção especificamente direcionadas à população de baixo status socioeconômico / Abstract: The association between low socioeconomic status (SES) and high psychiatric morbidity prevalence has been established throughout studies performed in rich countries rather than developing countries where the social differences are huge. The aim of this work was to investigate the association between the perceived stress level, psychiatric morbidity prevalence, interleukin-6 (IL-6), a- tumoral necrose factor (a TNF) and reactive C protein (PCR) serum levels, as well as salivary cortisol concentration in individuals of low SES. Sixty-five adult male classified as belonging to low SES were submitted to a psychometric analysis by the Revised Clinical Interview Schedule (CIS-R), the Perceived Stress Questionnaire (QSP) and the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HAD). The subjects also provided blood and saliva samples for the analysis of the biological markers of stress and inflammation. The results showed association between perceived stress level and prevalence of psychiatric morbidity, with both indicators showing high scores. The salivary cortisol concentration and the awakening cortisol response (CAR) were high and the CAR showed a negative correlation to per capita income. The inflammatory markers levels were higher compared to data for healthy subjects in the literature. However, there was no association between inflammatory markers, perceived stress and psychiatric morbidity prevalence. We concluded that chronic exposure to psychosocial stressors, present in low SES environmental, might explain the higher perceived stress level and psychiatric morbidity prevalence found in this work. The chronic psychosocial stress, through the high cortisol levels, might lead to psychiatric morbidity vulnerability. Inasmuch, the higher inflammatory markers levels indicate an inflammatory state, which probably contribute to psychiatric morbidity prevalence. Therefore, considering the socioeconomic features of the Brazilian population, there is a great percentage of people exposed to high risk of mental health diseases. This picture might have a negative impact on public health and imposes the need for public actions of prevention and of intervention specifically directed toward this socioeconomic class / Mestrado / Fisiologia / Mestre em Biologia Funcional e Molecular

With yearly rates ranking clearly above world average in Europe, suicide constitutes a substantial public health problem. Because of that, prevention has become a major concern for German mental health institutions. A requirement for successful prevention strategies is to address all key factors that contribute to suicidality. It is highly relevant in this respect that suicidal behaviour itself exhibits a social gradient: drawing on the relevant literature, low socioeconomic status (SES) and a high extent of social isolation (SI) are related to increased suicide risks (Lorant et al. 2005; Li et al. 2011; Qin et al. 2003; Agerbo et al. 2007). The purpose of this study was therefore to add to these findings and to further investigate associations of SES and SI with suicide in order to define starting points for public health interventions. It was consequently hypothesized that lower individual levels of SES and higher individual levels of SI are correlated with increased suicide rates. SI potentially compromises the perception of social support in stressful live events associated with low SES (Cohen et al. 2006; Kumari et al. 2010). Since such life events correlate with suicidal behavior (Beautrais et al. 1997; Cohen et al. 2019), the effects of low SES were further hypothesized to be aggravated in individuals with high SI levels (SES x SI interaction). In order to test the hypotheses, all 149.033 suicide deaths between 1997 and 2010 (T = 14 years) were extracted from the official German death record as coded by ICD categories E950 - E959 for 1997 and X60 - X84 for the years from 1998 onwards, respectively. Information on SES and SI was gained by merging the dataset with Germany’s main household survey, i.e. the Microcensus. In accordance with the existing literature, established indexes on occupational status (ISEI, Ganzeboom & Treiman 1996) and educational achievements (CASMIN, König et al. 1988) were applied as well as items on income, minor employment, unemployment, the number of received public transfers and the reception of social bene fits due to unemployment (ALG I/II) in order to capture SES. SI was proxied with variables measuring single marital status, living in a one-person-household and relocations throughout the year before the survey was conducted. Due to German data protection regulations that do not permit the analysis of death record data based on individual level information, suicide deaths were examined as aggregated rates at the level of N = 390 administrative districts. In order to deal with two problems associated with this kind of statistical analysis, Prentice and Sheppard’s model for aggregate data (1995) was applied accounting for potential estimation biases due to differences in baseline suicide rates between districts and between time periods. The model specification further corrected for spatial effect correlations. An important limitation to this procedure is that the estimates represent a blend of effects at the individual and district levels. However, an adequate solution is only available through the application of individual level data. The statistical analysis turned out the following results: The positive effect on suicide rates of unemployment and the negative effect of income as two out of seven SES proxies and the positive effect of living in a one-person-household as one out of three SI proxies validate the proposed hypotheses on the relations of SES and SI with suicide rates. Confirming the hypothesis on SI mediating SES effects, the model revealed positive effects on suicide rates of income decreases in single individuals. Likewise, we observed positive effects on district suicide rates for decreasing levels of CASMIN in district population shares who had relocated throughout the past year. In contradiction to the theoretical claims, however, increases in CASMIN scores were found to result in positive effects on suicide rates just as a history of relocation prior to suicide was related to decreasing suicide rates. Furthermore, decreases in income were found to result in negative effects on suicide rates in the district population of persons living in a one-person-household. The results indicating associations of SES and SI with increases in district suicide rates represent appropriate starting points for the definition of suicide prevention strategies. Thus, particularly the unemployed, individuals with low incomes, persons living in one-person-households and relocated individuals with lower educational levels should be targeted by public health interventions. Moreover, the observations of the present study clearly demonstrate the significance of longitudinal individual level data for public health policies. Respective research incorporating such data would permit a better understanding of the causal mechanisms resulting in suicidality and help to further investigate the robustness of the shown results. By this means, prevention strategies could be better adapted to the specfic needs of the individuals under concern. Regarding the findings contradicting the theoretical claims, it needs to be mentioned that associations of low SES and high SI levels with increases in suicide risks can not be ruled out at the individual level. Rather, the observed inconsistent effects might be attributable to differences in district compositions than to differences in characteristics of the respective subjects. Also a statistical separation of compositional effects from effects of individual traits would be made possible by including individual level data in future work.:Abbrevations II Tables II 1 Introduction 1 1.1 Suicide - A Global Health Burden 1 1.2 Risk Factors and Etiology of Suicide 1 1.3 Suicide Prevention 2 1.4 Social Disparities in Suicide 2 1.4.1 Socioeconomic Status 2 1.4.2 Social Isolation 3 1.4.3 Health Inequalities and Health Inequities 4 1.4.4 Causation and Selection 5 1.4.5 Individual Life Courses 7 1.5 Stress and Diathesis 8 1.5.1 Critical Life Events 9 1.6 Neurobiological Correlates of Suicidality 9 1.6.1 Neurobiological Correlates of SES and SI 10 1.7 SES, SI and Social Support 11 1.8 Aims of the Thesis 11 1.9 Methods 12 2 Original Publication 14 Summary 23 References 26 Supplementary Materials - Further Statistical Tests & Models 41 Structural Breaks in Suicide Numbers 41 Age- and Gender-Adjustment of District Suicide Rates 42 Alternate Model Specifications Anlagen i Erklärung über die eigenständige Abfassung der Arbeit i Spezifizierung des eigenen wissenschaftlichen Beitrags iii Danksagung iii

Intergenerational solidarity and reciprocity are fundamental building blocks of any society. At the same time, socio-generational groups constantly struggle for influence and authority. In Sub-Saharan Africa, disproportionately male, gerontocratic and patrimonial systems governing economic, social and political life lend a special explosiveness to the social cleavage of generation. This dissertation draws on the concept of the generational contract to explore whether Sierra Leone’s decade-long civil war (1991-2001) – labelled a ‘revolt of youth’ – catalysed changes in the power-asymmetries between age groups. Based on fieldwork conducted between 2007 and 2010, I argue that youth in post-war Sierra Leone question fundamental norms of intergenerational relations and challenge local governance structures demanding changes to the generational contract. Amidst a strong continuity of gerontocratic dominance and counter-strategies from elders, youth draw on organisational forms and a local rights discourse to create spaces for contestation and negotiation. These openings hold potential for long-term rearrangements of societal relations in the medium to long-term future.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California, San Diego and San Diego State University, 2008. / Title from first page of PDF file (viewed June 12, 2008). Available via ProQuest Digital Dissertations. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (p. 70-81).

Made available in DSpace on 2016-12-06T17:07:01Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Thiago Emannuel Medeiros TRACOS DE PERSONALIDADE EM JOG.pdf: 775671 bytes, checksum: edf50e4a5ff1b5d2f1343182a713bec7 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-07-04 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / The purpose of present study was to examine the psychosocial identity of soccer players from specific positions. The research design was characterized as exploratory, cross-sectional, and comparative descriptive. The study was divided in two phases. On the first phase the aim was to describe the psychosocial characteristics of soccer players concerning: the gender schema; the idiocentric allocentric profile, and the subjective social status. On the second phase the aim was to compare the players psychosocial characteristics with their specific soccer positions, well as study it relationship of subjective social status with the factors of gender schemas of these athletes. On total 152 male athletes were evaluated with age varying between 14 and 20 years old. They were players at developmental categories from two professional soccer clubs in Santa Catarina. Questionnaires were used to determine the participants sociodemographic conditions, sport situations, the gender schema (IMEGA), and the allocentric idiocentric athletes` profile (IA Profile). In addition a subjective social status scale (MacArthur Scale of subjective Social Status, version for young people) was used to data collection. A mix of qualitative and quantitative data analysis was performed in order to examine the players` psychosocial identity from different soccer positions. According to the results, no significant differences between positions were observed concerning gender schema and A-I profile. Although is important mentioning that 60% of athletes were determined as isoesquematics, and 63 % were defined as isocentrics. Differences between positions were viewed in several factors, such as rationality, integrity, self-realization & competitiveness, emotional distance of team, and idiocentrism level. The differences on subjective social status were observed only in family`s social status on community, in which goalkeepers had higher status. Although among other situations of social status, no significant differences were observed, 99.4% and 97.6% of the athletes demonstrate dissatisfied with their subjective social status in the club and category respectively. Finally, the factors emotion, rationality, egocentrism, sensitivity, integrity, and audacity, that compound the gender schema, were related to subjective social status of players in different positions in both clubs and categories. Therefore, it is concluded that there is no common personality trait in relation to gender schemes and profile idiocêntrico allocentric that characterized the positions occupied by the players despite a predominance of isoesquematic and isocentric respectively players. Well as in respect to subjective social status also not a common trait of social status was found although most athletes present with dissatisfaction status. From these findings we emphasize the fact that all athletes with different psychosocial traits fit in various positions. Therefore, the different positions on soccer, that refer to typical actions during the game, are characterized by individuals with specifics gender schema, idiocentric allocentric profiles and subjective social status, although there is not a predominance of these characteristics among the positions. The data related to features in the personality of the players depending on the positions they occupy in the field in which certain characteristics become more evident than others. / O presente estudo objetivou analisar quais os traços de personalidade relacionados aos esquemas de gênero do autoconceito, perfil idiocêntrico-alocêntrico e status social subjetivo caracterizam as posições específicas em que atuam os jogadores de futebol de campo. Trata-se de um estudo exploratório, transversal de cunho descritivo comparativo que primeiramente buscou descrever características psicossociais relacionadas aos esquemas de gênero do autoconceito, perfil idiocêntrico-alocêntrico e status social subjetivo de indivíduos envolvidos com a prática de futebol com vistas ao rendimento esportivo e comparar as características acima citadas no que diz respeito à posição que cada indivíduo ocupa em campo bem como verificar qual a relação do status social subjetivo com os fatores dos esquemas de gênero desses atletas. Foram coletadas informações referentes a situações sociodemográficas e esportivas dos atletas, bem como foram aplicados dois questionários sendo um sobre os esquemas de gênero (IMEGA) e outro sobre o perfil idiocêntrico-alocêntrico de atletas (Perfil I-A), além de uma escala de status social subjetivo (Escala MacArthur de Status Social Subjetivo versão para jovens). Foram avaliados 152 atletas do sexo masculino com idade entre 14 e 20 anos pertencentes às categorias de base de dois clubes de futebol profissional do estado de Santa Catarina. Foram realizadas análises descritivas, comparações e regressão com o intuito de observar quais traços de personalidade caracterizavam esses atletas nas diferentes posições de atuação em campo. De acordo com os resultados não foram observadas diferenças significativas entre as posições no que diz respeito aos esquemas de gênero do autoconceito e perfil I-A, porém ressalta-se que em torno de 60% dos atletas são isoesquemáticos e 63% isocêntricos, respectivamente. Cabe destacar que ocorreram diferenças entre as posições nos fatores racionalidade, integridade, auto-realização e competitividade, distância emocional da equipe e nível de idiocentrismo. Quanto ao status social subjetivo observaram-se diferenças entre as posições somente na situação de status social da família na comunidade em que os goleiros apresentaram maior status. Apesar de entre as outras situações de status social não foram observadas diferenças significativas, 99,4% e 97,6% dos atletas se demonstram insatisfeitos com o seu status social subjetivo no clube e categoria respectivamente. Por fim, os fatores emotividade, racionalidade, egocentrismo, sensibilidade, integridade e ousadia que compõem os esquemas de gênero do autoconceito foram relacionados ao status social subjetivo dos jogadores das diferentes posições no clube e categoria. Sendo assim, conclui-se que não existe um traço comum de personalidade com relação aos esquemas de gênero e perfil idiocêntrico-alocêntrico que caracteriza as posições ocupadas pelos jogadores em campo apesar de um predomínio de jogadores isoesquemáticos e isocêntricos, respectivamente. Bem como, quanto ao status social subjetivo também não foi encontrado um traço de status social comum apesar de a maioria dos atletas se apresentarem com insatisfação do status. A partir dessas conclusões ressalta-se o fato de que todos os atletas com distintos traços psicossociais se encaixam nas mais variadas posições. Dessa maneira, as posições e de atuação em campo as quais remetem ações típicas durante o jogo, são caracterizadas por indivíduos com esquemas de gênero do autoconceito, perfil idiocêntrico-alocêntrico e status social subjetivo específico apesar de não haver um predomínio dessas características entre as posições. Esses dados remetem a particularidades na personalidade dos jogadores em função das posições que ocupam em campo em que determinadas características tornam-se mais evidentes do que outras.

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Objectives: Research on life stressors and adverse life events has a long tradition. Few studies have addressed this topic in connection to very old people. Life stressors, especially major life stressors (MLSs) experienced by clients of home care services in the community have rarely been the subject of studies. Considering this gap, we investigated the prevalence of MLSs in home care clients. We examined the effects that MLSs have on their mood and health status as well as the impact of clients’ social resources on MLSs and their outcomes. Method: We used assessment data from 2,884 home care clients in six European countries. The methodological basis was the comprehensive and standardized interRAI Home Care Assessment (interRAI HC). Results: Fifteen point four percent of the sample—that consisted of women and men with an average age of 82.89 years–experienced an MLS in the last 6 months before the assessment. They were more depressed than persons without these experiences, and their health status indicated a higher level of instability and deterioration. At reassessment after 6 months, the situation changed. Despite the fact that both outcomes of the MLSs, depression and health status became worse in the reassessment-sample, home care clients without MLS were more affected by the worsening, especially that of depression. The expected buffering impact of social resources was low. Discussion: Although this study worked with limited information on MLSs, it could contribute to closing various knowledge gaps. The study shows that the MLSs represent a prevalent problem in a population of home care clients and that this problem has negative consequences for their mood and the stability of their health status. Furthermore, this research took up the situation of very old and vulnerable adults, who have previously rarely been considered in studies on major critical life events and stressors. Conclusion and Research Perspective: Future research on MLSs has to take up the issue of the time passage between the MLS and the impact on health and well-being of individuals dependent on care. It has to determine immediate as well as later consequences and identify those factors that are appropriate to reduce the MLS-effects on very old people dependent on care.

Il bullismo è un fenomeno di gruppo in cui bambini e ragazzi possono essere coinvolti con ruoli differenti Il presente progetto di ricerca comprende tre studi originali, focalizzati su tre comportamenti ed esperienze connesse al bullismo: la condotta prevaricante, il comportamento di difesa della vittima e la vittimizzazione. Il primo studio ha esaminato gli effetti principali e di interazione dell'empatia affettiva e cognitiva, della preferenza sociale e della popolarità percepita su questi tre ruoli di coinvolgimento nel bullismo, nella media fanciullezza e nella prima adolescenza. Il secondo studio ha analizzato le relazioni esistenti tra abilità di teoria della mente (ToM), comportamento prepotente, difesa della vittima e vittimizzazione in un campione di media-fanciullezza. Sono anche stati controllati gli effetti di moderazione delle relazioni tra ToM e coinvolgimento nel bullismo esercitati da variabili individuali e relazionali. Il terzo studio, un progetto di ricerca longitudinale a breve termine, ha riesaminato le associazioni tra variabili rinvenute nel primo studio, valutandone il valore predittivo, oltre a rilevare eventuali effetti di moderazione della stabilità nel tempo di questi comportamenti e situazioni connessi al bullismo. / Bullying is a group phenomenon in which children may be involved with different roles. This project includes three original studies, focussed on three bullying-related behaviours or experiences: bullying, victimization, and defending the victim. The first study examined main and interaction effects of affective and cognitive empathy, social preference and perceived popularity on these three ways of participation in bullying, in middle-childhood and early adolescence. The second study analyzed the relationships between theory of mind skills (ToM), bullying, defending and victimization in a middle-childhood sample. Several individual and relational variables were controlled for, and their moderation effects on the relationships between ToM and involvement in bullying were examined. The third study was a short-term longitudinal research project, examining the predictive values of the associations between variables found in the first study and some possible moderation effects of the stability over time of these social behaviours and situations related to bullying.

This paper looks into the recent law school boom in Alagoas and attempts to frame it against the historical, cultural, and social background of the State, providing a reasonable explanation as to the factors that have contributed to such expansion, which has rendered Alagoas the fastest growing state when it comes to newly accredited law schools. To delve into the core elements that might yield an answer to such troubling question, we embarked on a socio-anthropological study of the local society and analyzed the historical college education pattern in the state, from the birth of the first law school to the current state of affairs, devoting attention to the advances in teaching and to the reasons for this explosive growth. One factor unquestioningly stands out and makes it plain why so many students choose law among the vast array of courses offered. To understand so heightened a preference, as well as the other aspects relevant to the theme, such as how this phenomenal expansion is sensed, students from several law schools statewide and applicants from one such institution were asked to answer questionnaires. Law students and professionals were also interviewed. Based on the historical, sociological, and anthropological framework we studied, the collected data were ultimately analyzed and led us to conclude that, in view of the highly conservative nature of society regarding its culture and behavior patterns, the fascination with a career in law still prevails, imprinting on the collective psyche the idea of a highly esteemed profession, able to bestow power and prestige, which, in a patriarchal and conservative society like ours, is but a dream, a lifetime s aspiration, a goal for many. / Fundação de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Alagoas / O presente trabalho analisa a expansão recente do ensino jurídico em Alagoas e busca visualizá-la dentro do contexto histórico-cultural e social do Estado, extraindo as explicações centrais em torno dos fatores que contribuíram para a referida expansão, a ponto de possibilitar o quadro atual encontrado, ou seja, o de ser Alagoas, em termos percentuais, o estado campeão no crescimento de cursos de Direito. Assim, na busca de encontrar os elementos centrais da pesquisa e desvendar a problemática proposta, foi feito um estudo sócio-antropológico da realidade alagoana, além da análise histórica da trajetória da educação superior no estado, observando o surgimento e a evolução do ensino jurídico, analisando as peculiaridades desse crescimento, em que foi constatado um fator indiscutivelmente acentuado, que está relacionado à grande procura em Alagoas pelos cursos de Direito em detrimento a tantas outras graduações. Assim, a fim de entender a referida preferência pelos cursos jurídicos, bem como outros aspectos de relevância à temática em análise, foram aplicados questionários com estudantes de Direito de várias faculdades do Estado, sendo também aplicados questionários com candidatos ao Vestibular de Direito de uma instituição do estado, além da realização de entrevistas com estudantes de Direito e com profissionais da seara jurídica, no sentido de revelar a percepção destes sobre o fenômeno expansionista e sobre a preferência por tais cursos. Ao final, promoveu-se a análise conjunta dos dados coletados, tendo como referência os fundamentos históricos, sociológicos e antropológicos estudados, o que permitiu concluir que, sendo a sociedade alagoana paradigmaticamente conservadora, no que concerne à sua cultura e aos seus padrões comportamentais, o fascínio pelas carreiras jurídicas ainda impera, representando, no imaginário coletivo, ser uma profissão de extraordinário destaque, capaz de conferir prestígio e poder, o que, numa sociedade patrimonialista, patriarcal e conservadora como a alagoana, constitui um sonho, um ideal de vida e uma meta de boa parte da população.