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This work presents a theoretical study based on the framework of Liberation Social Psychology. We aim to reflect about two main concepts: crisis and limit-situation within from the standpoint of Leonardo Boff and Ignacio Martín-Baró. For this, we propose a reflected reading of three important articles written by each of them: Crisis – growth opportunity from Leonardo Boff and War and Psychosocial Trauma of the child in El Salvador and War and Mental Health for Ignacio Martín-Baró. The reflected reading is a methodological perspective that aims to find the similarities and differences or possible matches between the crisis and limit-situation ideas within the Liberation Social Psychology paradigm. Thus, it is expected to share and help to better understand the practical possibilities arising from Social Liberation Psychology.

This paper is the result of a literature research which aims to demarcate the relationship of the Critical Theory of the Frankfurt School with Freud’s psychoanalysis, in particular its metapsychology, referred here as freudianism. To archieve this, we made a detailed analysis of the Institute for Social Research in Frankfurt while epistemological Mark, and not as an individual production of its members. This paper was divided into three parts: 1) a brief introduction to the suggested topic and some explanations of the research procedure culminat in this article; 2) A historical contextualization of the events that led to the rapprochement between Freudianism and the Frankfurt School; 3) The ratio of Critical Theory with freudian psychoanalysis in its philosophical, sociological and cultural critic aspects. Thus, We tried to identify these fields approach and displacement movements that symbolize the conflicting relationship between the historical and dialectical materialism and the Freudianism mainly because we assume the premise that the dialogues Critical Theory with Freud’s psychoanalysis had the metapsychology as a mediator instrument. The purpose of this work is to show the importance of the Frankfurt School for Critical Theory and the understanding of phenomena involving the subject-society relations.

Think about the aspects of identity in contemporary production means to quest for understanding meanings assumed by individuals and attributed to transformations experienced throughout their lives and still one of the greatest theoretical challenges of today to the different areas of the humanities. In the context of a Critical Social Psychology, this debate is especially relevant because the discussion calls for the development of theoretical constructs that contribute to a successful result reading of social reality, taking into account the undisputed political commitment of the theoretical and epistemological intentionality social psychology historically situated. Based on these guidelines, the aim of this study is to revisit the paths taken by the work of Antonio da Costa Ciampa, from a reading of his doctoral thesis toward the theoretical construction of the phrase identity-metamorphosis-emancipation, seeking to clarify the main conceptual and epistemological design of your work. And to assess the analytical potential of the writings of the author, argue that his work constitutes a theory of identity and not just an analytical category, whose building aims, especially, find vanishing points, emancipatory alternatives to the framework of individualism, coercions and dissension caused by the inversion of values in modern societies.

This paper brings the reflexion, in the context of social psychology, of the importance of considering in studies at the field of Identity, the analysis not only of history but also the life project of individuals, in order to collect information about your identity process. The theoretical framework for this discussion was the sintagma identity-metamorphosis-emancipation proposed by Ciampa (1987/2009), as well as their basis in Habermas theory of communicative action (1975, 1983, 1987). The existence of a political identity, coupled with an autonomous life project lead the individual to this condition. Appears at the end of the article, a case in which, to give up the adherence to heteronomous identity politics and taking a political identity, the subject achieved emancipation fragments in his life project.

Violence, as a social phenomenon, is historically present in everyday social relations, intrinsic to the process of civilization and it is manifested in different ways. Violence in relationships between partners expresses affection and the dynamics of power and, mostly, denounces relations of subordination and domination. It is largely directed against women, regardless of their social status or the degree of economic development. This study tried to make the analysis of the woman’s identity in relation to violence with their partners, identifying values and identity processes in everyday circumstances and dynamics of the actors involved. For this, we used as methodology the actionresearch, which had as instruments of data collection the “Diário de Campo”, “Escuta Terapêutica-educativa”, buoyed by psychosocial intervention. The results that was obtained by the analysis of the woman’s identity showed us the difficulties faced by women who suffer domestic violence in exercising the ability to guide her own life, when she needs to make some decisions and, also, to construct new identities and to make them understand that gender violence must be changed, through deconstructing relationships of inequality between men and women and restructuring the affection, personal values that can transform her social relations.

The main objective of the present study is to analyse organizational leaders’ styles in Spain and Brazil. The proposed comparative study among Spanish and Brazilian organizational leaders follows the GLOBE (Global Leadership and Organizational Behaviour Effectiveness) project according to its methods and goals. For the present research 40 Spanish and 40 Brazilian enterprises were approached in a transversal and correlation study with the participation of 83 Spanish and 88 Brazilian organizational leaders. Both directors (20%) and managers (80%) took part in the study. Comparatively, the main results point to differences among Brazilian and Spanish leaders in what concerns the following leadership dimensions: authoritarianism, relationship and anticipation for changing. On the other hand, it was found a negative relationship between authoritarianism and social ability;; a positive relationship between authoritarianism and relation, as well as a positive relation between relationships and social ability. At last it was discussed the limitations and practical implications of the found results for leadership in organizations of both approached countries, comparatively.

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The management in mental health has become an important topic in the field of psychiatric reform. A study was developed in two public Psychosocial care centers in the state of Rio Grande do Norte. One of these centers are a public one in Natal. Another study was held in a private center in the city of Parnamirim. Aimed at understanding the mode of operation of each of them, specifically how is the process of planning and management of human and material resources. Methodologically was conducted desk research and interviews with managers and technical staff of both services, totaling 13 professionals. Differences were found in management between the two services in the following aspects: transparency in the transfer of resources from the municipal administration for the service, autonomy, participation in planning and forms of resource use. We observed that both models have advantages and disadvantages. The privately in the lines of a Social Organization (OS) is privileged in the sense of provide more autonomy and resolution to the service. Public management is submitted to the executive power, working in a less flexible and plaster form, not allowing faster and focused resource management by the technical team.

The future expectancy concerns the preparation of plans, aspirations and fears in relation to various aspects of life in the near or distant future; It is believed that studies of this construct are rather relevant in which the image that is made of the future results in influencing both groups and individuals behavior in present. In Brazil, the scale has revealed statistical indicators that confirmed the existence of three factors: Society Conditions, Professional and Financial Success and Personal Fulfillment; however, there were some limits in this study (e.g., from a lack of statistical options of the classical theory – TCT, from psychometric studies to insufficient factor scores, which hinder the association item-factor). This study aims to assess the consistency of the factorial organization contemplating the TCT and modern statistics. The study included 500 subjects, men and women (students and the general population) of the city of Seropédica - RJ and João Pessoa - PB, ages ranging from 18-65 years old and they responded to the Future Expectancy Scale and also to socio-demographic data. Through TCT, there were indicators that suggested the reduction of the scale, which was proven in the confirmatory analysis.

For many young people, joining the university is marked by a transition process characterized by several changes that both affect and influence their psychosocial - as well as their professional - development. This work aims to analyze the factors that have ultimately been influencing the student’s acclimation from high school up to his or her university life. Besides that, looked for identification of behavioral changes occurred because of this process of academic transition. The study was conducted through eight semi-structered interviews with students ranging from different courses. The collected data was analyzed using the approach of content analysis and categorized into two segments: a) Factors that have influenced the student’s adaptation on campus; b) Behavioral changes. The results highlighted seven (7) categories concentrated on a first block: Infrastructure; Information about the university and course; Factors external to the university; Organizational Aspects; Material of Study; Attachment and Professors — and four (4) categories concentrated on a second block: a) Personal aspects; b) Personal Planinng to the Studies; c) Time and d) Symptom. This work contributes to punctuate difficulties encountered by freshmen on campus and provide better understanding of the academic transition.

This article discusses the notion of suffering through the lens of multiple contours of Merleau-Ponty’s ambiguity phenomenology. We start at the notion of suffering and its historical evolution since Ancient Greece to contemporaneity, by conducting a literature review and discussion seeking scientifical articles in the last ten years in databases such as Scielo and Ebsco, as well as a books that relates to the theme. The notion of suffering is a historical construction that was influenced by several economic, social and cultural changes and, nowadays, is seen as something to be avoided the fastest and easiest way and as a sign of weakness and failure. We consider that problematizing the notion of suffering and its comprehension under the lens of multiple contours based on Merleau-Ponty’s philosophy gives us the possibility of understanding it from various perspectives, contributing to the comprehension of the demands that are brought to the contemporary clinic.

This research aimed to support the physical assessment and functional capabilities, for the validation of symptoms in orthopaedic diagnoses in the process of reintegration for the work. Analysis of the functional state of the vertebral column of a random sample of 236 patients, through the measurement of the maximum isometric force using the Assessment System DAVID® was accomplished taking into account the socio-economic status of these patients. The test protocol is coherent with the report of the Rehabilitation Center assessment. The data of biomechanical functional analysis were found using the Excel program. In accordance with the brief study developed it is possible to say that there is a significant difference in the development of maximum strength during rotation movement of the trunk (to the right, p = 0,018; to the left, p = 0,046) between the socio-economic groups “employees” or “unemployed” in patients with low back pain. Since the study is not able to demonstrate correlation between chronic pain of the lumbar region and strength development, the concerned pathological special features remains irrelevant.

Absenteeism is a complex phenomenon, which involves several factors related to work environments. This work investigates diagnoses related to sick leave among public servants of Ceará and its associations with social, demographic and employment variables. The Coordination of Medical Licenses of the State has provided the information. 26,707 sick leaves and 38,054 diagnoses associated with absences of more than four days were analyzed, computing their frequencies and associations by Chi-Square. Three groups of the ICD-10 (F, 22.5%; M, 21.1%; and Z, 12.5%) presented the highest frequencies. Gender, age and work institution presented significant differences: the diagnostics are associated with women, with working in the Secretary of Education and Military Police and with the higher age group. Mental disorders were responsible for the sick leave of teachers and police officers, predominantly. The results show the need for intervention’s action and effective changes in health policies and health promotion for civil servants.

This study aimed to know the values of young students, and to investigate possible differences of these values according to other studies. The sample consisted of 1258 high school students, public and private schools in Recife, Brazil. The values were discussed following the evaluation instrument Ethical Plan. This scale assesses the dimensions of the behavior of young people about values. The results indicate that students are optimistic about the progress of society, and also reasonably optimistic about the chances of being accomplish in life, people attach great confidence to his private circle (parents, friends) and feel much more influenced by them about their values than by the school, the media and religion, what corroborates previous studies.

This article proposes , from a reflection on the extraterritorial position of psychoanalysis in culture and its consequences on the analyzes of Freud and Lacan about politics, to approach democracy . It then proceeds to a questioning of collective demonstrations which took place in many countries in contemporariness.

We aim to point out to the major contributions of Maud Mannoni in the history of psychoanalysis. For this, we want mention to the influences that marked its trajectory and the key aspects of her work: the conceptions of madness and the child. The idea is to try to understand how these aspects, being repeated, get a fundamental importance for the reading of her work. It summons for two questions: Why the child and the insane? In what does the psychiatric issue and the place of the analyst are related? In this way we will try to discuss about the rupture Maud Mannoni operated in the clash caught by her against the Psychiatry and psychiatric institutions, and their relationship with the place of analyst in the clinic with children.

Book Review: Man Moses and the Monotheistic Religion - Three Essays: The Unveiling of a Murder by Betty Bernardo Fuks. Rio de Janeiro: Brazilian Civilization, 2014.

He speaks of the author in the activity of the Lacanian School of Bahia entitled: "Talking about Psychoanalysis" on March 28, 2015 in Salvador (BA).

This paper was developed on the experience of master’s research for two and a half years, with the object of his study to understand the construction of identity with emancipatory sense of residents of the 1st village-train in the State of São Paulo, the town of “Paranapiacaba”, in Santo André, listed by historical, cultural and environmental inserted in a context of intense psychosocial distress, which figure in a significant incidence of panic disorders, depression and frequent cases of suicide. From the theoretical basis proposed by Antonio da Costa Ciampa, it was analyzed the narrative of the life stories of 11 villagers, old and new, with different professional training, in different age groups, which, corroborating with observations “in loco”, can conclude that the suffering is based on the imposition of an identity politics of recognition perverse, and legitimized by instrumental rational logic-finalist in the public discourse coupled with the crisis of meaning.

The objective of this paper is to study the relationship between seniority and organizational commitment as indicators of satisfaction in a family company in Fortaleza. Its relevance comes from the necessity of undertaking new themes that bring together possibilities of articulation to the theme of organizational commitment from the multidimensional pattern proposed by Rego (2003), namely: affective commitment, common future, alternatives shortage, substantial sacrifices, norm commitment, and psychological absence. The survey was conducted in a large company in the metallurgical segment. Two hundred and seventy two employees from operational, administrative, coordinative, managerial and directorial levels participated in this study. Concerning the approach of the problem, the outline of this study has its base on quantitative and qualitative grounds, and its method is based on case study. The analyzed data was collected from a questionnaire. The theory used employs concepts as “organizational commitment”, “seniority”, “satisfaction”, and “management of family business” as a way to undertake patterns of relationships and influence among them. We highlight as main results the high level of affective commitment, normative commitment and communal future, as well as the low level of substantial sacrifice commitment, alternatives shortage and psychological absence perceived among all the employers of the company; we’ve concluded that employees with seniority display a slight increase in affective commitment and significant increase in normative commitment; and, finally, we have verified that employees who are not part of the family demonstrate higher levels of commitment in all dimensions of commitment as proposed by Rego (2003).