Mapeamento dos grupos de pesquisa do CNPQ sobre adolescência e juventude em psicologia

Abstract

Adolescence is a phase of human development studied by different areas of Psychology. So, several researches investigate and discuss this phase as well as being interested in developing studies with adolescents as participants. In this sense, the reflection from national productions allows to know the theoretical perspectives that develop studies on adolescence / youth. Thus, to deepen the studies in a critical psychosocial perspective on conceptual production of adolescence / youth. The objective of this research is to map the research groups of adolescence / youth in the production of psychosocial knowledge. The meta-synthesis was chosen as methodological strategy. The following steps were taken: exploration, refinement, description and analysis. The exploratory stage was carried out with the choice of the Research Groups Directory in Brazil to search for Brazilian research groups. The search for research groups was carried out based on the selected descriptors: adolescence, adolescent, adolescents, youth, young. The consultation returned 20 research groups. The descriptor that most appeared in the groups was adolescence. Partial data on the groups were obtained, such as: leader, vice-leader, group name. The data were stored in spreadsheets for the refinement stage. From the research groups found, the search for productions by the leader with more productions was carried out through the Lattes platform. The results show that the majority of groups are located in the Southeast and South, with the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul being the place with the largest number of groups. The groups were formed mostly from the 2000s. The prevalence of groups led by women was noted. Among the research topics most worked on are: institutional care and violence.