Ansiedade entre Adolescentes: uma proposta de intervenção educacional

Abstract

The overall objective of this dissertation was to investigate anxiety among adolescents from technical courses integrated to high school in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic and develop an educational intervention proposal for the Federal Institute of Acre (Ifac), Rio Branco Campus. The research had a qualitative approach and followed the action research procedures. In order to answer the research objectives, the dissertation was structured in three articles. The first article entitled “Anxiety in integrated high school students (EMI, as per its Portuguese acronym) in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic” discussed anxiety among adolescents in the educational setting and in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic. Through a literature review, it was observed the scarcity of scientific productions investigating anxiety among EMI students, especially in a pandemic context. The second article, called “Anxiety in integrated high school: what students say”, investigated the knowledge and the factors of the school environment related to anxiety in integrated high school students in Ifac, Rio Branco Campus, using focus groups for data collection in its ethodological path, and Collective Subject Discourse (CSD) was used for the analysis of these data. The third manuscript, named “Anxiety in integrated high school: what the students suggest”, had the purpose of presenting the suggestions of the EMI students in Ifac, Rio Branco Campus, in order to foster the development of a proposal for the promotion of mental health with a focus on anxiety, which also used focus groups and CSD analysis, allowed the speech of the students to demonstrate which actions can be performed by the institution, as well as contributed to the design of the Educational Product (EP) named Jovem Ansiedade (Joan), which is a website and application (Android and iOS versions) that aims to promote information on the topic of anxiety among students, using images, videos and texts in a more youthful language. In addition, it was reviewed by sectors linked to the EMI and Student Assistance. The EP has accessibility features, especially for people with hearing and visual impairments, as well as for people with dyslexia. It also provides a user interaction interface directly with the Institution’s Student Assistance Center (Naes, as per its Portuguese acronym). The EP was evaluated by the students and achieved positive results in the analysis of the information it contains, the language used, the new knowledge offered, as well as the possibility of referring it to their friends. Besides the fact that the students expressed feeling welcomed and reflective about the content of the website, they also considered that Joan can help other people. It was concluded that the school environment should provide opportunities for intersectoral actions of prevention and health promotion for the mental health of students, including, in the view of the subjects surveyed, the school environment has factors that may cause the emergence or worsening of anxiety issues, but that institutional actions on an ongoing basis can help in facing and mitigating such circumstances, such as: training for educators; establishment of conversation circles; strengthening the dissemination of institutional actions, as well as provision of psychological care.