Prevention of self-destructive actions with elementary school students in public school

perspectives and possibilities

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Keywords:

Suicide, self-injury, prevention, students, phenomenology

Abstract

Contemporaneity has been constituted by a series of facts that allow us to question our own existence. Thus, the aim of this study was to understand the perception of higher elementary and high school students from schools in the municipal and/or state public education system about self-destructive behaviors in adolescents, considering risk factors and protective factors from the perspective of Phenomenology. It is a study based on a qualitative research approach, using the phenomenological research method with a descriptive, exploratory and reflective character. The analysis was based on the theoretical perspective of Martin Heidegger. The proposal of Carl Rogers' Meeting Groups was used, with audio recording of the activity and subsequent transcription. 22 students from 6th to 9th grade participated. It should be noted that the project's goal is to contribute to the improvement of the education and health system in the sense of providing subsidies for the elaboration of strategies that enable the execution of actions related to protective factors regarding self-destructive behavior in the school community. 3 categories of analysis were elaborated: a) The perception of the origin of the behavior; b) The various dimensions of self-destructive behavior; c) Looking at the suffering of the other: Care is experienced. It is concluded that there is a need to understand the pluridimensionality present in these themes, considering that it is a rapidly growing phenomenon that crosses instances where adolescents transit, family and school and the possibility of carrying out activities from the psychological duty on prevention of self-destructive and self-injurious behaviors.

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Author Biographies

Jaynne Nogueira Duarte, Federal University of Amazonas

Psychologist graduated from the Psychology Course at the Faculty of Psychology at the Federal University of Amazonas. Scholarship holder of the Scientific Initiation Scholarship Program. Member of the Laboratory of Phenomenological-Existential Psychology LABFEN/UFAM. Email: jayduartejnd@gmail.com. Orcid: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-9670-8835

Milena Cecília Barroso Fernandes, State University of Amazonas - UEA

Student of the Medicine Course at the University of the State of Amazonas (UEA). Email: milena_mcb@hotmail.com Orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5435-2632

Ruy Siqueira de Lima, Centro Universitário do Norte - Uninorte

Graduation – Social Communication, Radio, TV and Internet – Centro Universitário do Norte – UNINORTE. Undergraduate – Psychology – 9th period Centro Universitário do Norte – UNINORTE. Associate member of the Brazilian Alzheimer's Association (ABRAz) Regional Amazonas. Member of the Uninorte Academic Psychology League – (LAPSIUNN). Member of the Academic League of Existential Phenomenological Psychology (LAPFE). Member of the Existential Phenomenological Psychology Laboratory (LABFEN). E-mail: ruylima@gmail.com Orcid : https://orcid.org.0009-0004-0303-9506

Janderson Costa Meira, Baptist Superior School of Amazonas - ESBAM

Human Resources Manager at UNIP – Manaus. Graduating in Psychology from Escola Superior Batista do Amazonas - ESBAM. Member of the Phenomenological-Existential Psychology Research Group (CNPq). Member of the Phenomenological-Existential Psychology Laboratory (LABFEN/UFAM). Attendant of the Psychological Duty Extension Project in schools of the public education system in Manaus. Academic director of the Academic League of Phenomenological-Existential Psychology – LAPFE (FAPSI/UFAM). Email: jandersonmeiraa@gmail.com Orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9145-6465

Branca Cecília Benício, Baptist Superior School of Amazonas - ESBAM

Psychopedagogue graduated from Faculdade Metropolitana do Estado de São Paulo. Psychologist graduated from Escola Superior Batista do Amazonas – ESBAM. Member of the Phenomenological-Existential Psychology Research Group (CNPq). Member of the Phenomenological-Existential Psychology Laboratory (LABFEN/UFAM). Attendant of the Psychological Duty Extension Project in schools of the public education system in Manaus. Email: cecilia.psi@hotmail.com Orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0482-355X

Ewerton Helder Bentes de Castro, Federal University of Amazonas

PhD in Psychology from FFCLRP/USP. Associate Professor at the Faculty of Psychology/UFAM. Professor of the undergraduate course and the Graduate Program in Psychology (FAPSI/PPGPSI/UFAM). Leader of the Phenomenological-Existential Psychology Research Group (CNPq). Coordinator of the Phenomenological-Existential Psychology Laboratory (LABFEN/UFAM). Coordinator of the Extension Project Psychological duty in schools of the public education system in Manaus (FAPSI/UFAM. Scientific coordinator of the Academic League of Phenomenological-Existential Psychology – LAPFE (FAPSI/UFAM) E-mail: ewertonhelder@gmail.com Orcid: https ://orcid.org/0000-0003-2227-5278

Published

2023-06-29