[Relationships and interactions in the process of healthily becoming an adolescent].
The purpose of this study is to explore how teenagers view the relationships and interactions in the process of healthily becoming an adolescent. This qualitative exploratory research was conducted with ten teenagers in a state college in a town in southern Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, from August to October, 2007. We used semi-structured interviews to collect the data. Later, we decided to use a thematic analysis, in which two themes emerged: (1) the process of building relationships and interactions in adolescence and (2) the risk in social life. As a result, we realized the importance of interpersonal relationships formed in adolescence, which deserve the nurse's attention. Nurses can help in the guiding of this population in basic health units, hospitals or schools, to a healthy adolescence. Thus, teenagers may enjoy the relationships built in this process in order to grow and to enter into adulthood.
Araújo
Adelita Campos
AC
Enfermagem pela FURG, Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil. adelitacam@hotmail.com
Lunardi
Valeria Lerch
VL
da Silveira
Rosemary Silva
RS
Thofehrn
Maira Buss
MB
Porto
Adrize Rutz
AR
D000293:Adolescent; D041923:Adolescent Development; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006262:Health; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male