Journal articles: 'Social representations theory'

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Höijer, Birgitta. "Social Representations Theory." Nordicom Review 32, no. 2 (November 1, 2011): 3–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/nor-2017-0109.

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Abstract This article argues that the theory of social representations can give valuable contributions to media research. It offers a new theory-based approach for studying how the media and citizens socially represent societal and political issues colouring our age, or some specific time period. Two fundamental communicative mechanisms – anchoring and objectification – are posited by the theory. These mechanisms, with a set of subcategories, are presented and it is shown how they can be used as conceptual analytical tools in empirical analysis. Concrete examples are given from a study on climate change and the media.

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Wolter, Rafael. "The Structural Approach to Social Representations: Bridges between Theory and Methods." Psico-USF 23, no. 4 (December 2018): 621–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1413-82712018230403.

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Abstract Since the publication of the works of Jean-Claude Abric and Celso Sá, the structural approach to social representation has become widely diffused. There is often a lack of congruency between theoretical aspects of the structural approach and technical characteristics of the different methods used. This paper aims at making explicit the structural characteristics that are studied by the different structural approach techniques. These characteristics are: associative power of the elements, consensual aspects of thought and object essence. With these characteristics it is possible to elaborate a classification of the different techniques of the structural approach to social representations. The conclusion focuses on the absence of the social representation dynamics on a technical level despite being a central theoretical point for a better understanding of the socio representational phenomenon.

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Daanen, Paul. "Conscious and Non-Conscious Representation in Social Representations Theory: Social Representations from the Phenomenological Point of View." Culture & Psychology 15, no. 3 (August 17, 2009): 372–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1354067x09343704.

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Wagner, Wolfgang, and Maaris Raudsepp. "Representations in Intergroup Relations: Reflexivity, Meta-Representations, and Interobjectivity." RUDN Journal of Psychology and Pedagogics 18, no. 2 (December 15, 2021): 332–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.22363/2313-1683-2021-18-2-332-345.

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Social and cultural groups are characterised by shared systems of social objects and issues that constitute their objective reality and their members' identity. It is argued that interpersonal interactions within such groups require a system of comprehensive representations to enable concerted interaction between individuals. Comprehensive representations include bits and pieces of the interactant's representational constitution and potential values and behaviours to reduce possible friction in interactions. On a larger scale, the same is true in encounters, communication, and interaction between members of different cultural groups where interactants need to dispose of a rough knowledge of the other culture's relevant characteristics. This mutual knowledge is called meta-representations that complement the actors' own values and ways of thinking. This concept complements Social Representation Theory when applied to cross-cultural and inter-ethnic interactions.

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Bonetto, Eric, Nicolas Pichot, Grégory Lo Monaco, Fabien Girandola, and Nathalie Bonnardel. "Social Representations Theory in Creativity Research." European Psychologist 27, no. 3 (July 2022): 254–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.1027/1016-9040/a000469.

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Abstract. Due to the difficulties of understanding all the aspects of creativity, the study of this complex phenomenon has been placed at the crossroads of various disciplines. Among these, social psychology has been interested in this exploration. Incidentally, various approaches in creativity research highlighted the importance of social factors in the production, judgment, and acceptance of creative ideas. Contributions adopting such a social perspective naturally convoked different social psychological theories, among which is the Social Representations Theory. This theory focuses on the collective construction of shared knowledge and beliefs (social representations) within social groups. Interesting perspectives about the contribution of social representations to the study of creativity have been described in previous works. Nevertheless, these works remain rare despite the many possibilities offered by the theoretical and methodological framework of social representations. Consequently, the present contribution recalls briefly the main objectives that these previous works have pursued in order to highlight several unexplored lines of research that could promote theoretical, methodological, and applied advancement. These lines could enrich research related to the evaluation of creativity, the study of creativity as deviance, the stimulation of group creativity, and promote interdisciplinary work. This contribution aims to draw the attention of researchers to these under-exploited perspectives and stimulate the creation of many others to understand better the complex phenomenon of creativity.

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Wagner, Wolfgang, Gerard Duveen, Robert Farr, Sandra Jovchelovitch, Fabio Lorenzi-Cioldi, Ivana Marková, and Diana Rose. "Theory and Method of Social Representations." Asian Journal of Social Psychology 2, no. 1 (April 1999): 95–125. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1467-839x.00028.

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Wachelke, Joao. "Social Representations: A Review of Theory and Research from the Structural Approach." Universitas Psychologica 11, no. 3 (December 12, 2011): 742. http://dx.doi.org/10.11144/javeriana.upsy11-3.srrt.

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The present paper is a review of the theoretical advances and empirical findings related to social representations according to the structural approach, a research stream that aims at studying the influence of social factors in thinking processes through the identification and characterization of relationship structures. The presentation of the approach begins with the baseline definitions of social representations according to a structural approach, moving on to an overview on the nature of representation elements, the relationships between representations and practices, cognitive scheme dimensions, central core theory, representation transformations and interaction context effects. In addition to positioning ourselves concerning polemic topics during the review, in the final section we evaluate briefly the current state and future perspectives of structural research on social representations, mostly addressing the problem of defining consensus, the difficulty of characterizing a collective construct from individual data, and the secondary importance of content in structural laws.

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Lahlou, Saadi. "Social Representations and Individual Representations: What is the Difference? And Why are Individual Representations Similar?" RUDN Journal of Psychology and Pedagogics 18, no. 2 (December 15, 2021): 315–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.22363/2313-1683-2021-18-2-315-331.

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This paper clarifies a long-standing ambiguity in the notion of social representations; it provides a clear operational definition of the relation between social representation and individual representation. This definition, grounded in the theory of sets, supports most current empirical investigation methods of social representations. In short, a social representation of an object in a population is the mathematical set of individual representations the individuals of that population have for this object. The components of the representation are the components used to describe this set, in intension in the mathematical sense of the term (in contrast with a definition in extension). Statistical techniques, as well as content analysis techniques, can construct such components by comparison of individual representations to extract commonalities, and that is what classic investigations on social representations indeed do. We then answer the question: how come that, in a given culture, individuals hold individual representations that are so similar to one another?

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Murray, Michael. "Connecting Narrative and Social Representation Theory in Health Research." Social Science Information 41, no. 4 (December 2002): 653–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0539018402041004008.

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According to narrative theory, human beings are natural story-tellers, and investigating the character of the stories people tell can help us better understand not only the particular events described but also the character of the story-teller and of the social context within which the stories are constructed. Much of the research on the character of narratives has focussed on their internal structure and has not sufficiently considered their social nature. There has been limited attempt to connect narrative with social representation theory. This article explores further the theoretical connections between narratives and social representations in health research. It is argued that, through the telling of narratives, a community is engaged in the process of creating a social representation while at the same time drawing upon a broader collective representation. The article begins by reviewing some of the common origins of the two approaches and then moves to consider a number of empirical studies of popular views of health and illness that illustrate the interconnections between the two approaches. It concludes that narratives are intimately involved in the organization of social representations.

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Brandão, Brígida Maria Gonçalves de Melo, Rebeca Coelho de Moura Angelim, Sergio Corrêa Marques, Denize Cristina de Oliveira, Regina Célia de Oliveira, and Fátima Maria da Silva Abrão. "Social representations of the elderly about HIV/AIDS." Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem 72, no. 5 (October 2019): 1349–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0034-7167-2018-0296.

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ABSTRACT Objective: to understand the representational content about HIV/AIDS among seropositive elderly people. Method: a qualitative study carried out from April to May 2017, in the city of Recife/PE, with 48 seropositive elderly people, through a semi-structured interview. The Social Representations Theory was used as theoretical framework and the method of lexical analysis through IRAMUTEQ software. Results: it was observed that the social representation of HIV is structured around the proximity of death and that it is a disease of restricted groups, leading to feelings of sadness. On the other hand, it is evident a transformation of the representation linked to the reified knowledge, leading to the process of naturalization of the disease. Final considerations: it is concluded that the elderly living with HIV, when they undergo a process of reframing about the disease, become more flexible to deal with their condition of seropositivity.

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Ogoro, Mamobo, Anca Minescu, and Mairead Moriarty. "Cultural Identity in Bicultural Young Adults in Ireland: A Social Representation Theory Approach." Social Sciences 11, no. 6 (May 24, 2022): 230. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/socsci11060230.

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This research investigates the nature by which first- and second-generation Irish young adults of (1) African descent, (2) Asian descent, and (3) Eastern European descent explore their cultural identity(ies) through communicating and interpreting social representations relating to their ethnic and national cultures. Using Social Representation Theory (SRT) and, more widely, Proculturation Theory as the theoretical underpinning, we examine how grown children of migrants construct their cultural identity(ies) by exploring external social representations. We conducted three separate in-depth focus groups for each continental group in virtual rooms on Zoom, lasting between 60 and 90 mins. A thematic analysis was pursued to understand how the participants discussed the representation of their cultural groups both in social and media-driven situations. The results indicated the overarching themes of Anchoring Irishness and Latent Media Representation, whereby participants communicated and dialogically explored their subjective interpretations of the social representations of their cultural groups which, in turn, may have informed their cultural identity(ies). Highlighting the dynamic nature of the cultural reality of Ireland and how it impacts generations after the initial migration period, this research highlights and exemplifies the importance of external social representations that serve to construct the multiple cultural identities of first- and second-generation migrants.

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Tafani, Eric, and Lionel Souchet. "Commitment to pro- versus counter-attitudinal behavior and the dynamics of social representations." Swiss Journal of Psychology 61, no. 1 (March 2002): 34–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1024//1421-0185.61.1.34.

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This research uses the counter-attitudinal essay paradigm ( Janis & King, 1954 ) to test the effects of social actions on social representations. Thus, students wrote either a pro- or a counter-attitudinal essay on Higher Education. Three forms of counter-attitudinal essays were manipulated countering respectively a) students’ attitudes towards higher education; b) peripheral beliefs or c) central beliefs associated with this representation object. After writing the essay, students expressed their attitudes towards higher education and evaluated different beliefs associated with it. The structural status of these beliefs was also assessed by a “calling into question” test ( Flament, 1994a ). Results show that behavior challenging either an attitude or peripheral beliefs induces a rationalization process, giving rise to minor modifications of the representational field. These modifications are only on the social evaluative dimension of the social representation. On the other hand, when the behavior challenges central beliefs, the same rationalization process induces a cognitive restructuring of the representational field, i.e., a structural change in the representation. These results and their implications for the experimental study of representational dynamics are discussed with regard to the two-dimensional model of social representations ( Moliner, 1994 ) and rationalization theory ( Beauvois & Joule, 1996 ).

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Bovina, I. B., and M. Ye Sachkova. "Obedience and Disobedience in the Understanding of Russian Students: An Exploratory Study." Psychology and Law 10, no. 4 (2020): 76–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.17759/psylaw.2020100406.

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The aim of the presented exploratory study was to reveal the social representations of obedience and disobedience among Russian students (N=189, aged from 18 to 25). Following the ideas of the social representations theory, mainly of the structural approach it was shown that the representations of obedience was crystallised around the elements related to power. Obedience and disobedience are composed with the element of different connotation, namely: the representation of obedience was composed by the elements evaluated neutrally, the representation of disobedience was composed by the elements predominantly with negative valence. The obtained results are discussed in line with the ideas of the theory of social representations, the comparison with results obtained in other cultures are made.

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Andersén, Jim, and Annelie Andersén. "Deconstructing resistance to organizational change: a social representation theory approach." International Journal of Organizational Analysis 22, no. 3 (July 8, 2014): 342–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijoa-04-2012-0582.

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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to illustrate how social representation theory (SRT) can be used to understand the concept of resistance to change. SRT is a growing theory in social psychology research. SRT is about how individuals co-construct representations of various objects in different social settings. These social representations govern the attitudes and actions of individuals and groups. In spite of the growing interest in SRT in various fields, no studies have used SRT to understand resistance to organizational change. Design/methodology/approach – This study reviews the relevant literature on resistance to change and SRT to develop a conceptual framework for understanding resistance from the standpoint of SRT. Findings – The authors develop a model that illustrates how three interrelated objects, i.e. the organizational process and the pre-and post-change situation, are co-constructed in social contexts. Also, the authors discuss how representations of these objects can co-exist (cognitive polyphasia). Our study illustrates the complexity of resistance to change by deconstructing the concept. Originality/value – Application of SRT to analyze resistance to organizational change is a novel approach that provides several new insights. For example, where most publications regard advocates of change as sense-givers in the change recipient’s sense-making process, the authors argue for a more constructionist approach. Thus, all actors involved in the change process will affect each other and together co-construct the social representations. These social representations govern attitudes to change.

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Araújo, Ivonete Alves de, Ana Beatriz Azevedo Queiroz, Maria Aparecida Vasconcelos Moura, and Lúcia Helena Garcia Penna. "Social representations of the sexual life of climacteric women assisted at public health services." Texto & Contexto - Enfermagem 22, no. 1 (March 2013): 114–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/s0104-07072013000100014.

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The present study aimed at studying the social representations of the sexual life of climacteric women. Its theoretical-methodological referential was based on the Theory of Social Representations. Study participants were 40 women between 45 and 65 years of age, who were divided into two groups: perimenopause and postmenopause. Scenarios were two public units of health services for women in the municipality of Rio de Janeiro. Data were collected through the semistructured interview technique and treated according to the analysis of thematic content. Results indicated three representation fields. Two fields emerged in the perimenopause group: continuity of sensuality and sexuality, and representation of the negativity in climacteric leading to a sexual life without pleasure. The postmenopause group was organized into one representational field: sexual life based on the aging process. The authors concluded that the representations regarding sexual life in climacteric are being redesigned by some women despite many conceptions that still persist in association with traditional socio-historical-cultural values regarding women and the aging process.

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Farr, Robert M. "Common sense, science and social representations." Public Understanding of Science 2, no. 3 (July 1993): 189–204. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0963-6625/2/3/001.

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The theory of social representations is perfectly suited to the empirical investigation of the public's understanding of science. A sharp distinction is drawn between a scientific theory and its social representation corresponding, respectively, to the contrasting worlds of science and of common sense. Representations of science are to be found in the media as well as in people's minds and need to be sampled and studied in both locations. Moscovici initiated this French tradition of research with his study, in the late 1950s, of psychoanalysis. It is a sociological form of social psychology with close affinities to the sociology of knowledge. The applicability to the natural sciences of a theory developed in relation to the social and human sciences is discussed. The views of Moscovici and of Wolpert are compared and contrasted, especially in regard to the relations between science and common sense. It is argued that the study of social representations is a form of social science that natural scientists need to take seriously if their advice to governments is to become more effective. This is discussed in relation to such health issues as the purity of water and the conduct of government-sponsored campaigns to contain the spread of HIV/AIDS as well as in regard to the wider issues of threats to the ecosystem.

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Bovina, I. B., N. V. Dvoryanchikov, D. V. Melnikova, and N. V. Lavreshkin. "Studying Social Representations: an Outsider’s Perspective." Social Psychology and Society 13, no. 3 (2022): 8–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.17759/sps.2022130302.

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Objective. The aim of this article is a brief look at the current state of development of the theory of social representations (SRs), and a discussion of problematic points of the methodology of the SRs analysis.Background. Over the sixty years of its existence, the theory of SRs has been enriched with new ideas, methodological and methodological techniques to study SR, expanded the ranks of its supporters, who answered open questions and formulated new ones. The article proposes a brief look at the development of the theory of SR and empirical approaches to SRs. The main methods of research of the SRs are discussed.Conclusions. Observing the development of the theory of SRs over the past decade, the authors find new arguments in favor of the idea expressed by G. Breakwell, that the heterogeneity of empirical approaches to SRs turned out to be not a weakness, but a strength of the theory of SRs, by giving this theoretical tradition influence within the framework of social psychology.

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BAUER, MARTIN W., and GEORGE GASKELL. "Social Representations Theory: A Progressive Research Programme for Social Psychology." Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour 38, no. 4 (December 2008): 335–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-5914.2008.00374.x.

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Augoustinos, Martha, and John Michael Innes. "Towards an integration of social representations and social schema theory." British Journal of Social Psychology 29, no. 3 (September 1990): 213–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.2044-8309.1990.tb00901.x.

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Bovina, I. B., N. V. Dvoryanchikov, L. Dany, M. A. Aim, A. V. Milekhin, S. Yu Gayamova, and A. V. Yakushenko. "Health representations of children and adolescents." Experimental Psychology (Russia) 11, no. 1 (2018): 61–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.17759/exppsy.2018110104.

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The key question in this article is how children and adolescents understand health. This period attracts a particular interest because the social practice towards health and illness as well as attitudes towards risk and risk behaviour are formed at that time. The productivity of the theory of social representations applied to the field of health and illness is discussed. The exploratory study in groups of children and adolescents on the representations of health and illness is presented here. A total of 633 subjects (333 children (aged 8 years old) and 300 adolescents (aged 13 years old) participated in a study. The study is based on the structural approach of the theory of social representations. The opposition «health»—«illness» is important in case of representations of health in children; its importance is decreasing with age. The key elements of the representation of health in adolescents are the actions to maintain health. The representation in case of children is less shared than in case of adolescents.

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Sefane, Antonio Francisco, and Joseneide dos Santos Gomes. "SOCIAL REPRESENTATIONS: Moçambican ethnicities." Revista Observatório 7, no. 1 (January 1, 2021): a7en. http://dx.doi.org/10.20873/uft.2447-4266.2021v7n1a7en.

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This article aims to bring a reflection on the theory of Social Representations from the perspective of Social Psychology. From the bibliographic review, an analogy is made between the theories of social representations, to a concrete society, in this case, the Mozambican society. Social representations have been a topic widely discussed by several and categorized authors, many of them addressing the relationship between cognition-knowledge, individual and society. For this purpose, three Mozambican ethnicities were analyzed, namely, Macuas-Lomués, Ndaus and Tsongas, in which, based on the bibliographic verification of their cultures, beliefs and values, a real analogy can be drawn between the theories on social and cultural representations. the behaviors of these ethnic groups, which make clear the different social representations in the different regions that form the country called Mozambique.The basis of the research was the bibliographic review, both to address the theoretical supports, as well as to address the Mozambican reality.

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Moliner, Pascal, and Inna B. Bovina. "Introduction: The Heuristic Value of Social Representations Theory." RUDN Journal of Psychology and Pedagogics 18, no. 2 (December 15, 2021): 291–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.22363/2313-1683-2021-18-2-291-298.

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Potter, Jonathan, and Ian Litton. "Some problems underlying the theory of social representations." British Journal of Social Psychology 24, no. 2 (June 1985): 81–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.2044-8309.1985.tb00664.x.

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Howarth, Caroline. "A social representation is not a quiet thing: Exploring the critical potential of social representations theory." British Journal of Social Psychology 45, no. 1 (March 2006): 65–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.1348/014466605x43777.

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Campos, Pedro Humberto Faria, and Rita de Cássia Pereira Lima. "Social positions and groups: New approximations between Pierre Bourdieu’s sociology and social representation theory." Culture & Psychology 23, no. 1 (July 24, 2016): 38–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1354067x16652133.

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This article proposes approximations between Pierre Bourdieu’s sociology and Serge Moscovici’s social representation theory. Both authors are interested in the relationship between agents/groups, social context, and culture, and both value the symbolic dimension in the construction of social reality. Bourdieu highlights the social world of struggles between the socialized agent and culture, while Moscovici privileges interactions involving the collective subject which, whether in conflict or consensus, produces a theory of social knowledge that is revealing of culture. In this broader context, the article highlights relations between “social positions” and “groups” which are present in both Bourdieu and Willem Doise, an important collaborator of Moscovici in the area of social representation theory. Such relations are founded on the principle of structural homology, a principle based on the correspondence between social structure and symbolic systems. This discussion leads to another: the need to understand “consensus” and “conflict” in groups, in both Moscovici and Doise, relating them to the action of forces in Bourdieu’s social field of struggles. The notion of “group,” which is valued in our text, is little discussed by these authors. We emphasize the necessity to go deeper into group interactions in articulation with positions in the social field, and to value group representations and practices in meaning negotiation processes, as well to discuss the question of social change. We propose studying social representations—in groups with homogeneous practices—as a symbolic form of condensation and measurement of symbolic capital, adding to this approach the notion of social position and semiotic mediation.

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Moraes, Silvia Piedade de, and José Roberto Da Silva Brêtas. "Teoria das Representações Sociais e Teoria Queer: tramas possíveis." Revista Pesquisa Qualitativa 6, no. 12 (December 24, 2018): 556. http://dx.doi.org/10.33361/rpq.2018.v.6.n.12.155.

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Resumo: Trata-se de um artigo teórico que tem por finalidade relacionar elementos da Teoria das Representações Sociais e da Teoria Queer, buscando identificar as similaridades e destacar os elementos encontrados na interseccionalidade das teorias e a potencialidade de ambas enquanto aporte teórico e metodológico na produção de conhecimento no interior da pesquisa qualitativa.Palavras-chave: Pesquisa qualitativa; Representação social; Teoria Queer. Theory of Social Representations and Queer Theory: possible chambersAbstract: It is a theoretical article whose purpose is to relate elements of the Theory of Social Representations and Queer Theory, seeking to identify the similarities and highlight the elements found in the intersectionality of theories and the potentiality of both as a theoretical and methodological contribution in the production of knowledge within the qualitative research.Keywords: Qualitative research; Social representation; Queer Theory.

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Matus, Pablo. "Discursive representation: Semiotics, theory, and method." Semiotica 2018, no. 225 (November 6, 2018): 103–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/sem-2017-0019.

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AbstractAlthough representation may be a recurrent theme in research on journalism and advertising, as well as in studies of other social discourses, there may be less clarity regarding its epistemological and methodological aspects. One example is the frequent use of Social Representations Theory (Moscovici), despite its research object is a cognitive phenomenon. Beginning with a literature review in which I examine several sources (for example, sign theory, the philosophy of language, and rhetoric), the following article presents a theory of discursive representation, as well as associated semiotic, epistemological, and methodological theories. My aim is to provide a conceptual framework to help guide and prompt further research in this area.

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Campos, Caroline Gonçalves Pustiglione, Maria de Fátima Mantovani, Maria Elisa Brum do Nascimento, and Cristiam Carla Cassi. "Social representations of illness among people with chronic kidney disease." Revista Gaúcha de Enfermagem 36, no. 2 (June 2015): 106–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1983-1447.2015.02.48183.

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OBJECTIVE: To describe the social representations of illness among people with chronic kidney disease undergoing haemodialysis. METHOD: Descriptive, qualitative research, anchored on the social representations theory. This study was conducted in the municipality of Ponta Grossa, Paraná State, Brazil, with 23 adults with chronic kidney disease. Data were collection between February and November 2012 by means of a semi-structured interview, and analyzed using Content Analysis. RESULTS: The interviews led to the categories "the meaning of kidney disease": awareness of finitude, and "survival": the visible with chronic kidney disease. The representation of illness unveiled a difference and interruption in life projects, and haemodialysis meant loss of freedom, imprisonment and stigma. CONCLUSION: Family ties and the individuals´ social role are determining representations for healthcare.

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Lubenow, Juliana Almeida Marques, Maria Eliete Batista Moura, Benevina Maria Vilar Teixeira Nunes, Maria do Livramento Fortes Figueiredo, and Luís Carlos Sales. "Social representations of needlestick injuries." Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem 20, no. 6 (December 2012): 1176–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/s0104-11692012000600021.

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OBJECTIVES: understand the Social Representations about needlestick injuries elaborated by Nursing Technicians and analyze how these representations influence their conducts. METHOD: the data, obtained by interviews, were processed using ALCESTE software and their analysis was based on Serge Moscovici's Social Representations Theory. RESULTS: it was evidenced that, after the accident, these professionals take care of the affected area. Then, they report the accident, motivated by the fear of catching HIV and hepatitis. The different feelings experienced are due to this fear and the way they were forwarded by the institution, reflecting in the cause they attribute to their accident. CONCLUSIONS: it was verified that knowledge about the accident as a whole is very incipient in this professional group, demanding continuing education and greater emphasis on this subject in professional training. It is expected that this study draws public authorities and health institutions' attention to the problem and that it modifies Nursing Technicians' Social Representations about percutaneous exposure.

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Araujo, Marcos Vinícius, Grégory Lo Monaco, and Kelly Lissandra Bruch. "Social Mobility and the Social Representation of Sparkling Wine in Brazil and France." Wine Economics and Policy 10, no. 1 (April 14, 2021): 89–100. http://dx.doi.org/10.36253/wep-8873.

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Wine is a social object, established in the Old World and later migrated to the New World. Champagne is an internationally important and famous French sparkling wine, significantly present worldwide. Brazil, a New-World wine producer, has a recent but expanding history of sparkling wine production and consumption. As to its social aspect, this product has different representations and roles in both these countries. Therefore, this study aims to understand how culture and social status influence the organization of social representations associated with sparkling wines in Brazil and France. Thus, we used the Social Representation approach, a theory of knowledge and communication. For content collection, we carried out a verbal association task. Two hundred and thirteen Brazilians and one hundred ninety-eight French participants provided the first four words which came to mind after hearing four inducted words. The verbal associations were categorized using semantic contextualization. Then, we performed a Correspondence Factor Analysis. The results supported our hypothesis that culture, social status, and social origins all influence social representations associated with sparkling wine, revealing this kind of wine to be a product of social distinction and affluence.

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Larkins, Jeremy. "Representations, Symbols, and Social Facts: Durkheim and IR Theory." Millennium: Journal of International Studies 23, no. 2 (June 1994): 239–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/03058298940230021001.

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Pereira, Ana L., José T. Lunardi, Marcos Calçada, and Bagio Viviane A. "HodgeRank as a quantitative tool in social representations theory." Journal of Physics: Conference Series 1391 (November 2019): 012114. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/1391/1/012114.

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MARKOVÁ, IVANA. "The Epistemological Significance of the Theory of Social Representations." Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour 38, no. 4 (December 2008): 461–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-5914.2008.00382.x.

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Gjorgjioska, Marija Adela, and Ana Tomicic. "The Crisis in Social Psychology Under Neoliberalism: Reflections from Social Representations Theory." Journal of Social Issues 75, no. 1 (February 20, 2019): 169–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/josi.12315.

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Hakoköngäs, Eemeli, and Inari Sakki. "The naturalized nation: Anchoring, objectification and naturalized social representations of history." Journal of Social and Political Psychology 4, no. 2 (December 19, 2016): 646–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.5964/jspp.v4i2.664.

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This study focuses on the connection between social representations of history and collective memory from the perspective of elementary concepts of social representations theory: anchoring, objectification and naturalization. The aims of the study are to arrive at a conceptual clarity of this connection and demonstrate how to apply basic concepts of social representations theory to the study of collective memory. The study also focuses on the naturalized characteristics of Finnish history. The data consist of the covers of twenty Finnish history books between the years 1965 and 2014. All the covers are embellished with typography or visual images. The covers were analysed using a semiotic approach in which the interest is in the description (denotation), the associations (connotation) and the meaning system these construe (myth). The analysis shows how national history is concretized with visual images (objectification), how the meaning of representation is conveyed (anchoring) and how collective memory is maintained (naturalization), transmitted and shaped during the years. The results show how the stable collective memories and changing social representations of history are interacting. The most frequently used visual element was the colour blue, which alludes to the Finnish flag, a symbol of the nation that represents the core of Finnish history. The study suggests that it is possible to conceptualize collective memories as naturalized social representations of history. It shows how processes of anchoring and objectification serve as tools of collective memory and how the naturalized conceptions are subtly changed. In addition, the study develops the use of visual semiotic analysis in social representations research.

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Savonen, Jenni, Pekka Hakkarainen, Kati Kataja, Inari Sakki, and Christoffer Tigerstedt. "Social representations of polydrug use in a Finnish newspaper 1990–2016." Drugs and Alcohol Today 19, no. 2 (June 3, 2019): 123–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/dat-04-2018-0019.

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to study the social representations of polydrug use in the Finnish mainstream media. Social representations are shared ways of talking about socially relevant issues and have ramifications on both individual and socio-political levels. Design/methodology/approach The social representations theory and the “What’s the problem represented to be?” analysis provided the theoretical framework. In total, 405 newspaper articles were used as data and analysed by content analysis and thematic analysis. The key tenets of the social representations theory, anchoring, objectifying and naturalisation, were used in data analysis. Findings The study found that polydrug use was written about differently in articles over the study period from 1990 to 2016. Three social representations were introduced: first, polydrug use as a concept was used to refer to the co-use of alcohol and medical drugs. This was seen as a problem for young people, which could easily lead to illicit drug use. Second, illicit drugs were included in the definitions of polydrug use, which made the social representation more serious than before. The typical polydrug user was portrayed as a person who was addicted to substances, could not quite control his/her use and was a threat to others in society. Third, the concepts were naturalised as parts of common language and even used as prototypes and metaphors. Originality/value The study provides a look at how the phenomenon of polydrug use is conceptualised in everyday language as previous research has concentrated on its scientific definitions. It also adds to the research of media representations of different substances.

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Bonomo, Mariana, Lídio de Souza, Paola Zanotti Epifanio, and Zeidi Araujo Trindade. "Social Representations and Rural Sociability Among Farmers of a Rural Community." Psico-USF 22, no. 2 (May 2017): 235–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1413-82712017220204.

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Abstract Guided by the Social Representation Theory, this study aims at investigating rural social representations among farmers in State of Espírito Santo Brazil by analyzing the semantic field associated to the representational object “rural person”; the organizational principles of individual attitude in face of shared content; and the anchoring processes. Two hundred (200) residents, aged between 7 and 81, belonging to four generations of a rural community participated in individual interviews in this study. The results analyzed using software SPAD-T showed that rural sociability is represented from the positive association to the agricultural and community spheres, as well as from the negative comparison between country and city life, which causes feeling of depreciation and critical evaluation about the poor investments in rural areas. It also identified that personal and community values strengthen the positive image of rural identity, showing strategies to maintain the country way of life among different generations in this community.

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Figari, Helene, and Ketil Skogen. "Social representations of the wolf." Acta Sociologica 54, no. 4 (November 29, 2011): 317–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0001699311422090.

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Restoring species to their former range has become a major goal in official environmental policy. Under strict protection, the expansion of a new wolf population has been taking place on the Scandinavian Peninsula since the late 1980s, leading to much controvery in rural areas. Most research on conflicts concerning wolves has taken antagonistic attitudes as a point of departure. In this article we question such an approach. Taking social representations as our framework for analysis, our aim has been to find out how wolves are perceived and whether an analysis of such cultural meanings could contribute to a better understanding of the conflicts accompanying wolf recovery. Focus group interviews in two areas in Eastern Norway suggest that it is not antagonistic interpretations of the carnivores’ nature that fuel the conflicts over wolves, but different views as to whether they belong in the areas where they are now found. Yet, at the same time, it is against the undisputed background of the wolf’s perceived character that the negotiations over their belonging to Norwegian nature make sense. We so argue that the theory of social representations provides a comprehensive framework for studying the complex relationship between consensus and diverging opinions, and between culturally embedded representations and conflict, that appears to lie at the heart of such issues.

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Anvarovna Zeletdinova, El’vira, and Vera Valerievna Diakova. "FRAMES OF SOCIAL REPRESENTATIONS: STRUCTURE AND FORMATION FEATURES." Humanities & Social Sciences Reviews 7, no. 6 (December 21, 2019): 858–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.18510/hssr.2019.76130.

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Purpose of the study: The purpose of this article is to determine the features of the framing process, taking into account the methodological basis of the theory of frames. Methodology: The methodological basis of the study is a theory of frames, as well as various methodological approaches aimed at searching for meaning, analyzing the characteristics of social consciousness, forming social representations. In order to clarify the issue of the formation and structure of a frame of social representations, theoretical-methodological concepts of a frame (Goffman, Bateson, Minsky, Fillmore) and social representations (Moscovici, Neisser) are analyzed. The main provisions of the structural-functional approach, the theory of social interactionism and constructivism are used. Main Findings: The main provisions of the structural-functional approach, the theory of social interactionism and constructivism are used. As a result of analyzing the structure of frames of social representations, the author’s interpretation of the process of their formation is given, which makes it possible to better understand people’s understanding of already widespread and accepted social representations. Additions to the current understanding of the framing process and its nature allow for the applied research of social representations that underlie the studied social actions. The findings presented in the article, first of all, the conceptualization of basic concepts and generalization of extensive analytical material can serve as a prerequisite for further disciplinary (philosophy, sociology, political science, psychology, and others) and interdisciplinary developments in the field of frame research, monitoring and comparative research. Applications of this study: The stated results can be used in analyzing the process of forming and determining the structure of frames of social representations. Novelty/Originality of this study: The originality of the study lies in the author's interpretation of the formation of the frame of social representations, it's content and nature.

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Cojocaru, Natalia, and Olga Guţu. "Social representations, professional practices and organizational changes." Univers Pedagogic, no. 4(76) (December 2022): 86–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.52387/1811-5470.2022.4.15.

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In this article, we will analyse how the theory of social representations can be used in the successful implementation of strategic changes at the institutional level. Just as social representations guide human actions and behaviours, investigating the representations that individuals have with reference to the issue of change allows us to identify possible attitudinal and behavioural responses to planned organizational change.

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Roland-Lévy, Christine, Ruxanda Kmiec, and Jérémy Lemoine. "How is the economic crisis socially assessed?" Social Science Information 55, no. 2 (February 8, 2016): 235–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0539018416629228.

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Based on the Social Representation Theory, the purpose of this article is to explore how lay-people consider both the economic crisis and risk, and to link these social representations to behavior. The article offers an original approach with the articulation of two studies about the social construction of risk and crises. It also contributes to the development of research methods for studying the connections between representations and practical implications. Based on this, the impact of the social representation of the crisis on the perceived ability to act is approached. The first study focuses on free-association tasks, with two distinct target terms: ‘risk’ and ‘crisis’. The structural approach, with a prototypical analysis, allowed the identification of two different representations: (1) for risk, ‘danger’ is the central element; (2) for crisis, ‘economy’ and ‘money’ constitute the main components of the representation. The second study investigates the links between the two previously detected structures and their relations with the perceived ability to act in a financial crisis context. Some aspects of social knowledge were found to have an impact on perceived ability to act.

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Volodarskaya, Elena A. "A Study of the Scientist’s Image in the Context of S. Moscovici’s Theory of Social Representations." RUDN Journal of Psychology and Pedagogics 18, no. 2 (December 15, 2021): 402–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.22363/2313-1683-2021-18-2-402-421.

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The article describes the scientific and social aspects of the functioning of the scientific school created by S. Mosсoviсi, revealing various forms of this association: a research team, a scientific direction, an invisible college. The authors focus on the possibility of studying social representations through the inclusion of new analytical methods in the diagnostic toolkit, in particular, iconographic documents and images of a social object, which indicates the current stage of the functioning of S. Mosсoviсis scientific school. The formation of social representations not only through verbal associations but also through drawings is explored by the authors through the example of how adolescents develop their social representations of a scientist. The purpose of this study is to highlight the categorical features of the image of a scientist in modern Russian adolescents, identified using the DAST drawing technique. The hypothesis of the research is the assumption that the system of social representations of a scientist among Russian adolescents contains both stable indicators of a persons belonging to the professional scientific community and variable contextual elements of the scientists image, whereas the degree of expression and the ratio of stable and contextual elements reflect the characteristics of the scientists image in domestic respondents. The Draw-A-Scientist Test (DAST) technique was used as the main diagnostic tool aimed at identifying adolescent representations of a scientist based on iconographic associations.The obtained drawings were analyzed by the expert evaluation method, involving the procedures of correlation and factor analysis. The results of the study show that Russian adolescents generally have a stereotypical representation of a scientist associated with the use of general indicators of external appearance, which determine the professional affiliation of the character depicted. Differences were found in the frequency of using stable and contextual iconographic elements of drawings. It has been shown that it is possible to use the drawing technique as a diagnostic tool for identifying social representations of a scientist based on an analysis of the meaning of an object through its iconographic fixation.

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Moreira, Wanderson Carneiro, Vanessa Carvalho Fontinele, Fernanda Cláudia Miranda Amorim, Maria do Perpétuo Socorro de Sousa Nóbrega, Cláudia Maria Sousa de Carvalho, and Camila Aparecida Pinheiro Landim Almeida. "Sexuality of elders with dementia: social representation of nursing students." Rev Rene 21 (September 25, 2020): e44199. http://dx.doi.org/10.15253/2175-6783.20202144199.

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Objective: to learn about the social representation of nursing students about the sexuality of elders with dementia. Methods: qualitative study, based on the Theory of Social Representations, developed with 20 Nursing Graduation students from a Brazilian higher education institution. Data was collected through a focal group, processed in the software IRAMUTEQ and analyzed using a Descending Hierarchical Classification. Results: four semantic classes emerged: Sexuality as a right, The theme was insufficient in graduation, Meanings attributed to sexuality, and Care from the perspective of students. Conclusion: the study showed that the nursing students investigated had polysemic representations about the sexuality of elders with dementia, among which discriminatory and stigmatizing conceptions stood out, socially constructed and anchored in common sense.

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Zbróg, Zuzanna. "Obniżenie wieku rozpoczęcia obowiązku szkolnego – reprezentacje społeczne problemu w debacie publicznej." Problemy Wczesnej Edukacji 35, no. 4 (December 31, 2016): 85–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.5604/01.3001.0009.7633.

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The article shows, on the example of discussion about the lowering of the school age, how it can be analysed by means of communication mechanisms distinctive of the social representation theory (anchoring, objectification) and the procedure of media discourse research in what way the media and citizens create social representations concerning socio-political problems, including educational problems. Social representations as a key tool describing the reality give meanings within the frame of the perceived world and join the private and the public reality. The knowledge encompassed in the representations clarifies the reality. The author’s own analysis included press materials published in the on-line versions of Rzeczpospolita, Gazeta Wyborcza and the web page Interia in years 2013–2014.

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Cluley, Robert, and William Green. "Social representations of marketing work: advertising workers and social media." European Journal of Marketing 53, no. 5 (May 13, 2019): 830–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ejm-12-2016-0682.

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Purpose Informed by social representation theory, the study aims to explore how marketing workers represent their activities on social media. Design/methodology/approach A naturalistic data set of 17,553 messages posted on Twitter by advertising workers was collected. A sample of over 1,000 unique messages from this data set, incorporating all external links and images, was analysed inductively using structured thematic analysis. Findings Advertising workers represent marketing work as a series of fun yet constrained activities involving relationships with clients and colleagues. They engage in cognitive polyphasia by evaluating these productive differences in both a positive and negative light. Research limitations/implications The study marks a novel use of social representation theory and innovative social media analysis. Further research should explore these relations in greater depth by considering the networks that marketing workers create on social media and establish how, when and why marketing workers turn to social media in their everyday activities. Practical implications Marketing workers choose to represent aspects of their work to one another, using social media. Marketing managers should support such activities and consider social media as a way to understand the lives and experiences of marketing workers. Originality/value Marketing researchers have embraced digital media as a route to understanding consumers. This study demonstrates the value of analysing digital media to develop an understanding of marketing work. It sheds new light on the ways marketing workers create social relationships and enables marketing managers to understand and observe the social aspects of effective marketing.

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Bacallao-Pino, Lázaro M. "What power? Social representations of ICTs’ appropriation for community empowerment in Latin American social movements." Semiotica 2018, no. 223 (July 26, 2018): 177–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/sem-2017-0013.

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AbstractThe article analyzes the social representations of ICTs’ appropriation for community empowerment by social movements. The study includes two recent Latin American student social movements: the Mexican #YoSoy132 and the Chilean student movement. Discourse analysis was used to examine interviews with participants in these social movements as well as other texts associated with their episodes of collective action. The discourse analysis was focused on four main dimensions of the social representations of ICTs’ appropriation: (1) the interrelationships between the technological and the socio-political and cultural dimensions; (2) the tension between a visibility-centered and an articulating-focused use of ICTs; (3) the tension between the individual and the collective dimensions; and (4) the articulation between ICTs-based collective action and offline one. The findings indicate that the online/offline and the visibility/articulation tensions are relevant dimensions, in an articulated way, of the social representation of ICTs’ appropriation for collective empowerment. The results also indicate that the sociopolitical goals of the social movements are a central mediation for the process of configuration of the social representation, as it is proved by the importance of the individual/collective tension for the process.

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Mendieta-Izquierdo, Giovane, Diana Patricia Tinjaca-Prada, and Juan María Cuevas-Silva. "Representaciones Sociales sobre Emociones y Masculinidad en Hombres Bogotanos Social." Masculinities & Social Change 10, no. 2 (June 21, 2021): 186. http://dx.doi.org/10.17583/mcs.2021.7319.

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This article aims to identify the content and organization of social representations about the concept of emotions and masculinity of young Bogota men, from a qualitative study design in the light of social representations through associative techniques such as free listings and questionnaires. In comparison by pairs to 20 young men with employment in Bogotá, Colombia, by means of proactive sampling and convenience, the analysis was carried out in the light of graph theory, after identifying the distance index. It was found that the social representation of the emotion concept is related to a feeling associated to success and motivation, as well as to emotional expressions such as: anger, joy, sadness and happiness. The masculinity concept is permeated by hegemonic elements, linked to strength, power, domination and manhood, related to responsibility and work. It is concluded that the social representation of the concepts of masculinity and emotion is diverse, it is reconciled in several peripheral elements which can be fractured and generate mobility in social representation recognizing the mandates of hegemonic masculinity and male stereotypes.

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Kaster Portelinha, Márcia, Camila Almeida, Caroline Vasconcellos Lopes, and Natalia Rosiely Costa Vargas. "A Teoria das Representações Sociais e sua Inter-Relação Entre Sujeito e Objeto." Ensaios e Ciência C Biológicas Agrárias e da Saúde 24, no. 5-esp. (February 19, 2021): 684–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.17921/1415-6938.2020v24n5-esp.p684-692.

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Conhecer o que vem sendo descrito sobre a Teoria das Representações Sociais e sua inter-relação entre sujeito e objeto foi objetivo desta pesquisa de Revisão Integrativa. As buscas foram realizadas no mês de julho de 2019. O operador booleano and foi utilizado entre os termos saúde, sustentabilidade e teoria das Representações Sociais, Nos Idiomas Português E Inglês, Sendo Consultadas As Bases Lilacs, Medline/PubMed e PAHO e Google acadêmico. Os filtros foram: ser publicado nos últimos cinco anos, ter como frase exata/citação “Serge Moscovici” e ser artigo científico original. A análise dos dados decorreu do método Análise de conteúdo, resultando em três categorias: “Teoria das Representações Sociais”, que trouxe possibilidades de interpretar conhecimentos, relacionamentos e experiências atreladas ao individual e ao coletivo. A segunda categoria “Teoria das Representações Sociais e os universos: Consensual e Reificado” retrata os entrelaces e afastamentos do olhar empírico e do científico. A última categoria “Teoria das Representações Sociais e os processos: Ancoragem e Objetivação” demonstra como são organizados os pensamentos que vão formar as representações sociais, sendo considerados mecanismos que alicerçam a Teoria. Conclui-se que a Teoria das Representações Sociais não apresenta limites de utilização por temática, ela é abrangente e pode revelar grandes achados e mostrar formas de interpretar coisas iguais com olhares e descrições diferentes. No campo da saúde e da sustentabilidade esta teoria é uma ferramenta para interpretar concepções, atitudes e comportamentos de indivíduos e de grupos. Palavras-chave: Saúde. Sustentabilidade. Teoria das Representações Sociais. Abstract The aim of this research of Integrated Review was to know what has been described about the Theories of Social Representations and its inter-relation between subject and object. The researches were conducted during July 2019. The Boolean operator and was used among the terms health, sustainability and theory of social representations, in the English and Portuguese languages, being consulted in the Lilacs, Medline/PubMed and PAHO and Academic Google databases. The filters were: had been published in the last five years, having as exact/citation sentence “Serge Moscovici” and being an original scientific paper. The analysis of data was originated from the method Analysis of content, resulting in three categories: “The Theories of Social representation” which brought possibilities of interpreting knowledge, relationships and experiences related to the individual and the collectivity. The second category: “Theory of Social Representations and the universes: Consensual and Reified” which describes the interlaces and distances of empiric and scientific view. The last category: “Theory of Social Representations and the processes: Anchorage and Objectivation” which demonstrates how thoughts are organized which are responsible for making the social representations, being considered the base mechanisms of the Theory. It is concluded that the Theory of Social Representations do not present limits of utilization by themes, it is vast and can reveal big results and show ways of interpreting equal things with views and different descriptions. In the field of health and sustainability, this theory is a tool to interpret conceptions, attitudes and behaviors of individuals and groups. Keywords: Health. Sustainability. The Social Representation’s Theory.

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Franco-Ramírez, Julieta Armida, Carlos Enrique Cabrera-Pivaral, Gabriel Zárate-Guerrero, Sergio Alberto Franco-Chávez, María de los Ángeles Covarrubias-Bermúdez, and Marco Antonio Zavala-González. "Structure and content of the maternal representations of Mexican teenagers during their first pregnancy." Revista Brasileira de Saúde Materno Infantil 19, no. 4 (December 2019): 897–906. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1806-93042019000400009.

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Abstract Objectives: understand the structure and content of the maternal representations of Mexican teenagers during their first pregnancy. Methods: a study was carried out with qualitative methodology based on the concept of maternal representation and the theory of social representations with 30 adolescents who attended prenatal control at the Civil Hospital of Guadalajara "Fray Antonio Alcalde", in Jalisco, Mexico. The participants were interviewed with the consent of their tutors. Classical content analysis techniques were used to obtain codes and thematic categories to develop a conceptual map that explains maternal representations. Results: the maternal representation was identified: "Pregnant but reunited, a legitimated bad decision", which was composed of social meanings towards adolescent pregnancy, family dynamics, expectations towards motherhood, and the feelings experienced by the adolescent during the pregnancy. The content of the representations was heterogeneous for most of the identified categories; however, it is identified that the desire for pregnancy guides the expectations of the adolescent about her future way of being as a mother. Conclusions: the desire of women for pregnancy, the level of participation of the couple, and the social meanings of adolescent pregnancy, have an outstanding role in the development of models of maternal representations.

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Kotrotsiou, E., M. Gouva, E. Briseniou, E. Dragioti, and N. Skenteris. "The Social Representations of Aggravating Factors Living Conditions and Their Connection to Their Psychological Profile." European Psychiatry 33, S1 (March 2016): S482. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eurpsy.2016.01.1766.

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ObjectiveTo investigated the Greek social representations towards harmful factors of health.DesignCross-sectional questionnaire survey.MethodTwo hundred and eighty healthy individuals participated to the present study from different region in Greece. The age range was 19–65 years old. The questionnaire included:– question for the recording of social representations based on free association methods;– The Greek version of the Revised Experiences in Close Relationships (ECRI);– The Symptom Checklist 90-revised (SCL-90);– question for the social-demographic parameters.ResultsOne factor and multifactor analysis was used for statistical analysis. Results showed significant differences in social representation of diet in terms of age and marital status. Place of region and chronic disease were found to affect the development social representations, such as exercise and disease, respectively. Exercise, night out and health were found like positive social representations, smoking and disease were characterized as negatives, whereas diet, alcohol and lifestyle were found controversial enough. Moreover, the results highlight the significant relationship between social representations towards harmful factors of health, psychopathology and attachment style (P < .05).ConclusionThe results of the current study highlighted the importance of studying on social representations and provided more support to the representations theory context. But more crucially, our study highlighted functional domains of them related to psychopathology.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

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