PHENOMENA OF MINORITY GROUPS

Author: CARCEDO GONZALEZ RODRIGO JESUS.
Year: 2004.
University: SALAMANCA [www.usal.es].
Place of defense: FACULTAD DE PSICOLOGIA.
Place of preparation: FACULTAD DE PSICOLOGIA.

Summary: This Doctoral Thesis to revise and rework the "speech" on the needs interpersonal (social, emotional and sexual) of prisoners, know how and to what extent these requirements are resolved, and how could be met in prison. It also discusses the factors that affect the degree of resolution of these needs and the influence thereof on the quality of life of prisoners. Finally, this paper incorporates suggestions from internal to improve the state of their needs and interpersonal raises a number of practical implications to facilitate its resolution in prison. Ninety internal Correctional Center Topas (Salamanca) were interviewed. Eighty of them (21 boys Spaniards, 39 male foreigners, 10 Spanish women and 10 foreign women) were placed in the second grade and 10 (all male Spanish) in the third grade. The most relevant results of this study lead us to conclude that, firstly, the fact enter prison negative impact on the degree of resolution of social needs, emotional and sexual. Secondly, we find that, for the resolution of interpersonal needs, it is especially important to (a) have a close friend in the same prison, (b) submit a good satisfaction with the family of origin prior to the first entry in prison, (c) maintain frequent contact with their children, (d) have couple and (e) maintaining sexual relationships with some frequency. In last place and with regard to quality of life, we see that as the degree of resolution of social needs is particularly important for the quality of life of internal and domestic, sexual needs are more relevant in the case of males and needs emocionales-románticas in the case of women.

Author: CUADRADO NICOLI SANDRA.
Year: 2005.
University: PONTIFICIA COMILLAS [www.upcomillas.es].
Place of defense: FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS HUMANAS Y SOCIALES.
Place of preparation: FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS HUMANAS Y SOCIALES.

Summary: The thesis entitled âLa Reconstruction of the experience of institutionalized children and adolescents through their narracionesâ compiles the results of the investigation conducted with institutionalized children and adolescents in two Welcome Centers of the Community of Madrid. From a psychological and epistemological constructivist approach and following a methodology for analysis and textual narrative, we analyzed twenty children's stories created by the participants themselves subject. The narrations were elicitadas from pictorial material from the blades of Pata Negra Test of Corman and the results are focused on the study of narrative dimension of the stories manifested in the thematic content, structure and form of these. Our main goal is based on an understanding of the dynamics of family and relational representation that the subject conducted themselves through the protagonist of the story invented. There have also been studied conflicts emerging in the stories through an analysis of the levels of construction moral and cognitive used by the subjects in its resolution. The methodological process conducted narrative allows us to deepen the study of the experience of the group in question with a dual goal: understanding their experience and application in psychosocial intervention.

Author: CAL CRESPO ANA MARÍA.
Year: 2006.
University: SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA [www.usc.es].
Place of defense: ESCUELA DE ENFERMERÍA.
Place of preparation: DEPARTAMENTO DE ENFERMERÍA.

Summary: Involved in the phenomenon and the importance that the aging of the population has for society, acometemos studying retirement as a direct result in the increased years of life posed to this stage. First we have a collection of studies and subjective components that overlap in retirement as a phase of life that also exploring terminology that makes it more understandable retirement and the consequences that stem from it, taking into account the legal aspects that arropan this stage transpón between the world of work and abandonment of the settlement to old age. Mindful also that retirement is a consequence resulting in a high percentage of the post played employed, the second part of the study focuses on a specific field of study needs to collect referred by workers belonging to a particular group, in order to gather opinions and references outlining a field of action. The population chosen is the professional college of the University of Santiago de Compostela, in the age interval 50-70, which we sent a questionnaire to collect data, attitudes and opinions to variables such as social linkages, social activity, with the expectations retirement, job satisfaction and life satisfaction, along with personal variables such as age, sex, occupation and marital status. Of the 1233 subjects participating in the study, 820 men and 413 women get a sample of 253 subjects, 156 men and 97 women. Through the SPSS statistical program, we analyzed the data applied to the same factor analysis, "Alpha" Cronbach, analysis of variance and t-Student. Some of the findings refer to the loss of purchasing power once retired, in relation to sex relate greater job satisfaction as crucial both men, in terms of professional category is the group most satisfied the PDI, also highlight the lack of positioning in the postulate a good time to retire from work, not making it clear whether workers want once they have reached retirement age or cutting expect to lose skilled in carrying out its task. In particular, and in light of the results obtained and references consulted, we can determine that the process of retirement is an individual adjustment and not have to relate the same way. Yes from the social sciences, shows the need for development patterns in adapting to this new role leading to the establishment of a standard of living. In other words, deal with the so-called stage of the role without role as a bet from the formative research to assist in the preparation of the profile that this stage has not yet providing better quality of life, fundamental philosophy from gerontology.