Abstract

to analyze the social conditions and life projects of non-pregnant adolescents, pregnant adolescents and pregnant women who are victims of domestic violence. This is a exploratory, descriptive and comparative study of a quantitative and qualitative character. Ninety adolescents between 12 and 18 years old participated in the study, consisting of three groups: Group A (30 non-pregnant adolescents with no history of violence); Group B (30 pregnant adolescents with no history of violence); and Group C (30 pregnant adolescents with a history of violence). The tools used were a questionnaire of characterization of socioeconomic conditions, Inventory of Domestic Violence Against Children and Adolescent Phrases and structured interview. Group C adolescents had lower schooling, higher school dropout, lower family income and short-term life projects. Final considerations: in life projects and social conditions (marital status, education, living conditions and family income) there was some difference between the groups.

Highlights

  • Adolescence and Life ProjectsAdolescence is a unique phase in an individual’s life that lies between childhood and adulthood

  • Regarding housing and family income, there was a significant difference between the three groups, but when pairwise statistical analysis was performed, it was found that there was no significant difference between AB

  • The data from the present study agree with the IBGE (Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics - Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística) data[22] that adolescent mothers have less time to study than adolescents without children, indicating the difficulty of combining maternity and school attendance

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Introduction

Adolescence and Life ProjectsAdolescence is a unique phase in an individual’s life that lies between childhood and adulthood. According to Levisky[1], at this moment in life, the identification process is in complete restructuring, and the adolescent needs family and social support for the construction of this identity. It is a period of intense physical, psychic and affective changes. According to Freud[3], through work, the individual is and valued by society, being able to discharge his libidinal, aggressive and erotic impulses. In this way, the adolescent begins to invest libidinally in the profession. Besides being an important aspect in the construction of your identity, which is the professional identity; The work emerges as a real possibility of the realization of their dreams, their ideals, as well as the achievement of financial independence[3]

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