Estudo de evidência de validade do teste de apercepção familiar (FAT): análise de sua estrutura interna

• Ano de defesa: 2012
• Autor(a) principal: Salvatori, Roberta Louzada
• Orientador(a): Werlang, Blanca Susana Guevara
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul; Porto Alegre
• Palavras-chave em Português: PSICOLOGIA CLÍNICA; TESTE DE APERCEPÇÃO FAMILIAR; PSICOMETRIA (PSICOLOGIA); PROJEÇÃO (PSICOLOGIA)
• Link de acesso: http://hdl.handle.net/10923/4856

Family is the first group that a human being takes part of. The scientific field is showing more and more interest in the family institution and when we talk about it we should always keep in mind that each of its members is unique and singular. The Systems Theory understand the families work in order to maintain their homeostatic balance and they avoid any form of change, too. However, this constant search for homeostasis can cause dysfunctional behaviors in the families if these represent a constant in their structures. Then when one of the members of the group decides to search for healthier operation patterns it creates an imbalance in this system that generates conflicts. However family conflicts are not undesirable since they conduct to the growth of the individuals and of the group. It is considered undesirable, when these conflicts are not solved and this is generally caused by lack of communication between the members of the family. Communication is an inherent ability of man and this shows up even through gestures and glances. This phenomenon is characterized as the transmission of information from one person to another and may be intentional or unintentional. Within the family context, the communication shows itself capable of being a mediator and even facilitator of conflicts generated by dissonant attitudes and opinions and it should be open, clear and it should allow a positive problem solving. Many scientific studies have been conducted in the theme of family conflicts and their resolutions, especially in the field of childhood and adolescence.An example of this is the Family Apperception Test (FAT) that is a projective and systemic instrument indicated for children and adolescents aged between six and fifteen years old. This test collects data from the family structure and functioning process from the point of view of the person who answers to it and it is told throughout stories elaborated by this person. FAT is originally American and because of this it must be submitted to studies of adaptation to the Brazilian reality before being marketed in the country. As a result of this, there have been studies of reliability among evaluators, content validity of the instrument and the popular responses. In order to complement this major project, this thesis brings the study of evidence of validity based on internal structure of the Answers Categorization System of FAT, and it is organized into two sections. The first one is theoretical and it analyzes the issues of communication and how it can be a facilitator of family conflicts. The second section is empirical and it performs an exploratory factor analysis made with principal component analysis and varimax rotation to account for the study of evidence of validity. Throughout this work it was possible to reach five factors that were grouped in a theoretically coherent way. This survey had a total sample of 451 children and adolescents that were divided into a non-clinical sample (329 participants) and a psychiatric clinical sample (122 subjects). This clinical sample was divided into five groups according to diagnosis hypotheses. Was reached five factors, which were theorecally coherent. The findings identified that FAT has validity based on the internal structure of the test.