Aspectos comunicacionais em relacionamentos entre casais na fase madura do ciclo vital familiar

• Ano de defesa: 2009
• Autor(a) principal: Vicente, Eurídice Bergamaschi
• Orientador(a): Cerveny, Ceneide Maria de Oliveira
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo
• Programa de Pós-Graduação: Programa de Estudos Pós-Graduados em Psicologia: Psicologia Clínica
• Departamento: Psicologia
• País: BR
• Palavras-chave em Português: Comunicação; Conjugalidade; Casais > Aspectos psicologicos; Idosos > Psicologia
• Palavras-chave em Inglês: Communication; Conjugality
• Área do conhecimento CNPq: CNPQ::CIENCIAS HUMANAS::PSICOLOGIA
• Link de acesso: https://tede2.pucsp.br/handle/handle/15839

This study aimed at identifying verbal and non-verbal aspects of communication as a violent act in marital relationships, from the point of view of couples in the Mature Phase of the Family Life Cycle. This qualitative research was carried out in Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil. Eight couples in the Mature Phase of the Family Life Cycle who had at least one child having left home and one partner aged between 45 and 55 years participated in discussion groups. In the groups, after the presentation of scenes of three films which exhibited the Courtship, Acquisition and Mature Phases of the Family Life Cycle a discussion with questions regarding aspects of verbal and non-verbal communication as a violent act in the conjugality was held. The Social Constructionism Theory and the Systemic Approach were used. The analysis of the content of the group discussions allowed categories and subcategories for subject systematization and data grouping to be formed. Participants pointed out aspects regarding gender, family of origin, values and age level, although the categories related to the objectives of this research were restricted to communicational and relational dynamics, which showed distinct characteristics in the different studied Phases. Participants identified verbal and non-verbal micro aggressive aspects of communication and relation in all films, with an important and progressive worsening of the bad relational quality triggered by the presence of communicational aggressiveness with the progression to the next Phase of the Family Life Cycle, resulting in communication as a violent act. They especially highlighted the need of dialogue, revising roles, a marital project, building up individuality and recovering intimacy as expressive problems in the Mature Phase. This study is expected to allow mature couples to become observers of the communicational aspects present in their relational dynamics. Healthier communication styles can help building self consciousness in the marital environment, which might also make a difference in the family and social contexts