Interfaces da violência e da ética entre adolescentes nos contextos da escola e da família

Abstract

Introduction: Adolescence is a period historically constituted by human development with multiple transformations and emergency needs, which rebound in its health condition. Objectives: to analyze the interface of violence in adolescence within the family and school contexts from the ethical perspective. Stratify a violent attitude index to correlate such interfaces. Material and Methods: a descriptive cross-sectional study conducted in 2013/2014 in Belo Horizonte/MG, with 1.212 adolescents from private and public schools through the application of self-administered and anonymous questionnaires. Results: 54,7% of the students were female and 45,3% were male; 94,8% singles; 46,6% declared themselves brown, 34,8% white and 13,1% black; mean of 14,9 years, median 15 years and standard deviation of 1,52; 70,3% studied in public schools and 29,7% in private schools. Based on the students perception of the ethical themes elaborated by the hypotheses of moral development proposed by Piaget, a Violent Attitude Index (IAV) was formulated, where measures of higher central tendencies in the masculine gender were verified, worse perception in the relation with Parents and colleagues and in the treatment they receive from teachers, worsen school performance and disbelief in God. Conclusions: Less harmonious socio-family contexts may imply a perspective on ethics associated with more violent attitudes. It is necessary to conduct continuous studies of the themes: violence and moral and ethical values in adolescence, considering the rapid transformations in the relationships in which the adolescent, a being in formation, is inserted.