title: Social representations of adolescents on quality of life: structurally-based study.
abstract: This study sought to conduct a comparatively analysis and describe the contents of the structure of the social representations of adolescents on quality of life. It involves descriptive, quantitative research, with the benchmark of a structural approach to social representations. The informants included 316 adolescents from three public schools in Jequié in the State of Bahia. The Spontaneous Word-Choice Eliciting Technique using the key expression "Quality of Life" was used for data collection. The responses were processed using Evoc 2003 software, which generated the Four-House Chart. The results reveal the core nucleus of the terms: healthy eating; physical activity; money; and sex. In the 1st outer circle, the words absence of disease, condoms, liberty, marijuana, housing, work and living well are featured. In the 2nd outer circle, there appeared the words difficulty, family, peace and power, and the contrasting elements of well-being and soccer. The overall consensus is that adolescents associate quality of life with sports and other healthy behavior activities, and are influenced by the desires and curiosities of adolescence.
authors: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem e Saúde, Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia, Jequié, BA, Brasil, ramonefisica@hotmail.com.
authors: Ramon Missias
authors: RM
authors: Moreira
authors: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem e Saúde, Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia, Jequié, BA, Brasil, ramonefisica@hotmail.com.
authors: Eduardo Nagib
authors: EN
authors: Boery
authors: Faculdade de Enfermagem, Universidade Estadual do Rio de Janeiro.
authors: Denize Cristina
authors: DC
authors: De Oliveira
authors: Departamento de Saúde, Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia.
authors: Zenilda Nogueira
authors: ZN
authors: Sales
authors: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem e Saúde, Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia, Jequié, BA, Brasil, ramonefisica@hotmail.com.
authors: Rita Narriman Silva de Oliveira
authors: RN
authors: Boery
authors: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem e Saúde, Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia, Jequié, BA, Brasil, ramonefisica@hotmail.com.
authors: Jules Ramon Brito
authors: JR
authors: Teixeira
authors: Centro de Pesquisa Gonçalo Muniz - BA, Fiocruz.
authors: Ícaro José Santos
authors: ÍJ
authors: Ribeiro
authors: Programa de Pós- Graduação em Enfermagem, Universidade Federal da Bahia.
authors: Fernanda Carneiro
authors: FC
authors: Mussi
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011788:Quality of Life; D012938:Social Perception; D055815:Young Adult