Reflexão social, controle percebido e motivações à adoção: características psicossociais das mães adotivas  <span class="so-article-trans-title" dir="auto"> Translated title: Social reflection, perceived control, and motivation to adopt a child: psychosocial characteristics of adoptive mothers </span>

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Abstract

A literatura mostra que a adoção é associada no imaginário social ao altruísmo e ao hedonismo dos adotantes. O objetivo deste estudo foi investigar algumas características psicossociais de mães adotivas, como as motivações à adoção, o nível de julgamento moral, as crenças de locus de controle e a percepção de apoio social. A amostra foi composta por 20 mães adotivas e 20 mães biológicas. Os dados foram coletados utilizando um questionário com itens psicossociais, o Sociomoral Reflection Objective Measure e a Escala Multidimensional de Locus de Controle de Levenson. Os resultados revelaram que 60% das participantes relacionaram a adoção a problemas de fertilidade, mas as análises não indicaram diferenças significativas entre o tipo de maternidade e as variáveis investigadas, à exceção do apoio social percebido. Os resultados sugerem novas direções às pesquisas sobre os fatores moderadores da adaptação psicológica das famílias adotivas.

Translated abstract

The literature points out that the social imaginary of adoption is associated with altruism and hedonism of adopters. Thus, the present study aimed to investigate some psychosocial characteristics of adoptive mothers, such as the motivation to adopt, moral judgment, locus of control, and perceived social support. The participants were 20 adoptive and 20 biological mothers. Data were collected using a questionnaire of psychosocial items, the Sociomoral Reflection Objective Measure, and Levenson's Multidimensional Locus of Control Scale. The results indicated that 60% of participants related adoption to fertility problems. However except for perceived social support, there were no significant differences between the type of maternity and the variables investigated. The results suggest new directions for studies about the moderator factors of psychological adaptation of adoptive families.

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Self-Efficacy : The Exercise of Control

Albert Bandura (1997)

1 Theoretical Perspectives The Nature of Human Agency Human Agency in Triadic Reciprocal Causation Determinism and the Exercise of Self-Influence Related Views of Personal Efficacy 2 The Nature and Structure of Self-Efficacy Perceived Self-Efficacy as a Generative Capability Active Producers versus Passive Foretellers of Performances The Self-Efficacy Approach to Personal Causation Multidimensionality of Self-Efficacy Belief Systems Self-Efficacy Causality Sources of Discordance Between Efficacy Judgment and Action 3 Sources of Self-Efficacy Enactive Mastery Experience Vicarious Experience Verbal Persuasion Physiological and Affective States Integration of Efficacy Information 4 Mediating Processes Cognitive Processes Motivational Processes Affective Processes Selection Processes 5 Developmental Analysis of Self-Efficacy Origins of a Sense of Personal Agency Familial Sources of Self-Efficacy Peers and the Broadening and Validation of Self-Efficacy School as an Agency for Cultivating Self-Efficacy Growth of Self-Efficacy through Transitional Experiences of Adolescence Self-Efficacy Concerns of Adulthood Reappraisals of Self-Efficacy with Advancing Age 6 Cognitive Functioning Students' Cognitive Self-Efficacy Teachers' Perceived Efficacy Collective School Efficacy 7 Health Functioning Biological Effects of Perceived Self-Efficacy Perceived Self-Efficacy in Health Promoting Behavior Prognostic Judgments and Perceived Self-Efficacy 8 Clinical Functioning Anxiety and Phobic Dysfunctions Depression Eating Disorders Alcohol and Drug Abuse 9 Athletic Functioning Development of Athletic Skills Self-Regulation of Athletic Performance Collective Team Efficacy Psychobiological Effects of Physical Exercise 10 Organizational Functioning Career Development and Pursuits Mastery of Occupational Roles Self-Efficacy in Organizational Decision Making Self-Efficacy in Enactment of Occupational Roles Collective Organizational Efficacy 11 Collective Efficacy Gauging Collective Efficacy Political Efficacy Enablement by Media Modes of Influence Enablement for Sociocultural Change Underminers of Collective Efficacy References Name and Subject Indexes.