FUNCTIONALITY OF FAMILIES OF ADOLESCENTS IN STATE SCHOOLS: A DESCRIPTIVE APPROACH

Authors

  • Ana Larissa Araujo Nogueira Universidade Federal do Maranhão
  • Francisca Georgina Macedo Sousa Universidade Federal do Maranhão
  • Ítalo Rodolfo Silva Escola de Enfermagem Anna Nery
  • Andréa Cristina Oliveira Silva Universidade Federal do Maranhão
  • Dennyse Cristina Macedo Silva Hospital Universitário Unidade Presidente Dutra
  • Ewaldo Santana Universidade Federal do Maranhão

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/ce.v17i2.25878

Keywords:

Nursing, Adolescent, Family.

Abstract

Family functionality is characterized as a structuring thread for constructing adolescents’ behavior. This is an exploratory, descriptive and quantitative study, whose objective was to classify adolescents’ families according to the Family APGAR (Adaptation, Participation, Growth, Affection, Resolution) involving 1035 adolescents from two state schools in a state in the Brazilian northeast. The data was collected by means of the Family APGAR, during lesson time, on days and at times defined by the school management, and analyzed through descriptive statistics, using an Excel database. 73,2% of the families were described as functional, and 26,8% as dysfunctional; the dimensions adaptation and dedication were related to the adolescents’ greatest satisfaction. The results generate challenges for research, for the professional insertion of the nurse into the school context, as well as for interdisciplinary work and in the adolescent care network.

Author Biography

Ana Larissa Araujo Nogueira, Universidade Federal do Maranhão

Enfermeira, graduada pela Universidade Federal do Maranhão (UFMA). Mestranda em Enfermagem pela UFMA.

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Published

2012-06-29

How to Cite

Nogueira, A. L. A., Sousa, F. G. M., Silva, Ítalo R., Silva, A. C. O., Silva, D. C. M., & Santana, E. (2012). FUNCTIONALITY OF FAMILIES OF ADOLESCENTS IN STATE SCHOOLS: A DESCRIPTIVE APPROACH. Cogitare Enfermagem, 17(2). https://doi.org/10.5380/ce.v17i2.25878

Issue

Vol. 17 No. 2 (2012)

Section

ORIGINAL ARTICLE

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