Objective: This study aims to understand the social representations of old age LGBT (lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transvestites, and transgenders) among adults living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in Brazil. Method: 111 people from 21 Brazilian states participated in the study, with a mean age of 42 years, most of the men (85%), homosexuals (75%), single (85%), and without religion (34%). For data colle...
The article aims to investigate the Social Representations (RS) of the School and Educational Psychologist's practice by university students of Psychology. The research was carried out with 101 university students from the Psychology course of a public institution, who were studying or had already studied the School Psychology discipline. The data collected, using the Free Word Association Technique (TALP), wer...
This article aims to analyze the social representations of Brazilian gay men about LGBT old age, based on the Theory of Social Representations. A semi-structured interview was conducted with gay men living in Brazil. The Descending Hierarchical Classification (CHD) and the Prototypic Analysis were used to analyze the seized representations. The results show the rooting of representations in negative aspects of ...
A partir emergência social de discutir a velhice LGBT, aborda-se aqui as atitudes e estereótipos em relação ao tema. Encontrou-se assuntos direcionados a estereótipos e atitudes negativas, preconceito duplo, homofobia internalizada e dificuldade de acesso aos serviços de saúde, suporte psicossocial e invisibilidade do idoso LGBT.