SOCIAL CLEAVAGES AND COMPREHENSION OF SOCIAL INEQUALITY IN CHILDREN FROM CONTRASTIVE SOCIAL GROUPS

The study investigates the notions of children from contrasting social groups around social inequality. Its main interest rests on the analysis of infant cognitive constructions considering the social contexts of belonging. A descriptive and qualitative empirical study was performed. Seventy-six sem...

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Autores: Acuña Figueroa, María Belén, Aguilera Sicot, Romina, Cesario, Julieta, Imhoff, Débora
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:Uruguay
Recursos:Universidad Católica del Uruguay
Repositorio:LIBERI
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:liberi.ucu.edu.uy:10895/5353
Acesso em linha:https://revistas.ucu.edu.uy/index.php/cienciaspsicologicas/article/view/1150
https://hdl.handle.net/10895/5353
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:nociones sociales
desigualdad social
infancia
pertenencia social
social notions
social inequality
childhood
social cleavages
Descrição
Resumo:The study investigates the notions of children from contrasting social groups around social inequality. Its main interest rests on the analysis of infant cognitive constructions considering the social contexts of belonging. A descriptive and qualitative empirical study was performed. Seventy-six semi-structured interviews to children of 10 and 11 years old, from medium-high and low socioeconomic status of the city of Cordoba, were conducted, selected by theoretical sampling. The data obtained were analyzed using qualitative content analysis. In turn, an analysis of the underlying causal attributions was made and a traversal exploration of the ideological dimension around the understanding of this social problem. Results indicate that both groups shared some aspects about their understanding of social inequality. Still, certain dimensions showed differences between the two groups, accounting for differences in the way to understand social inequality based on social belongings of the participants.