Representações sociais do suicídio em Jovens do bairro de Bunhiça, na cidade da Matola

Abstract

This monograph sought to analyze the social representations of young people from the Bunhiça neighborhood, Matola, regarding suicide. To carry out this research, a qualitative approach was used, an exploratory research, through a sample of 17 young people aged 21 and 32 years old. The data were collected through semi-structured interviews and were analyzed based on Bardin's content analysis and interpreted in the light of Moscovic's theory of social representations. The results of the research show that for young people, suicide is the result of internal problems of the individual, such as mental disorders, negative feelings, and bitterness. Suicide was objectified as death resulting from hanging, anchoring this phenomenon in the belief of suicide as an escape or solution strategy, spiritual problems, such as the lack of God and the influence of evil spirits, problems in interacting with others, including their family and other groups to which the suicidal agent belongs. Suicide is seen as a phenomenon that affects the community more than the suicide victim(TRADUÇÃO NOSSA)