Social humiliation in the daily lives of adolescent students in the interior of Tocantins

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https://doi.org/10.7213/psicolargum.43.122.AO06

Abstract

This research aimed to identify and analyze expressions of social humiliation in the daily lives of adolescents. It constituted a field study, characterized as analytical-descriptive, utilizing a qualitative approach supported by ethnographic research methodologies. The target population comprised students from a public school situated in a city in the interior of the state of Tocantins, located in the Northern region of Brazil. The methodological framework included semi-structured interviews and both direct and participant observations. The transcriptions of the interviews, alongside the field diaries generated during the research, underwent Content Analysis, which resulted in the following thematic categories: (1) domination and social inequality: origins of social humiliation; (2) facets of anguish: social humiliation and its subjective manifestations; and (3) school and social humiliation: articulations and confrontations. Social humiliation was conceptualized as a phenomenon arising from the contradictions inherent in social organization and capitalist modes of production. The school, along with other daily life contexts, including neighborhoods characterized by limited communal spaces, emerged as environments where power dynamics and domination exacerbate social inequalities. Frequently, the local population encounters situations of humiliation, which are intertwined with manifestations of aggression, violence, anguish, fear, a lack of future prospects, feelings of helplessness, and a sense of disconnection. Addressing social humiliation necessitates the establishment of spaces for collective participation, access to fundamental rights, and opportunities to dream, envision, and resist the social oppression that adolescents and other community members experience on a daily basis.

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Author Biographies

Luana Bogo Monteiro da Silva, Prefeitura Municipal de Palmas

Graduada em Psicologia pela Universidade Federal do Tocantins. Psicóloga vinculada ao Centro de Atenção Psicossocial Infantil - CAPSi.

Ladislau Ribeiro do Nascimento, Universidade Federal do Tocantins

Doutor em Psicologia Social pela Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Mestre em Psicologia Social pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC/SP). Bacharel e licenciado em psicologia pela Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie (UPM). Atua como professor no Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ensino em Ciências e Saúde (PPGECS) e no Curso de Psicologia da Universidade Federal do Tocantins (UFT). Coordena o projeto de extensão, intitulado, Oficinas de Orientação Profissional para Jovens Estudantes da Rede Pública de Ensino. Desenvolve pesquisas na interface Psicologia/Educação. Principais temas: práticas escolares e produção de subjetividade; relações étnicas e raciais na interface psicologia/educação; intervenções psicossociais em contextos escolares; processos de inclusão e de exclusão escolar.

Yasmin Coelho dos Santos Parreão, Universidade Federal do Tocantins

Mestranda vinculada ao Programa de Ensino em Ciências e Saúde da Universidade Federal do Tocantins (PPGECS-UFT). Graduada em Psicologia (2017-2022) pela mesma instituição. Psicóloga da educação básica na Secretaria Estadual de Educação do Tocantins.

Published

2025-09-23

How to Cite

Bogo Monteiro da Silva, L., Ribeiro do Nascimento, L., & Coelho dos Santos Parreão, Y. (2025). Social humiliation in the daily lives of adolescent students in the interior of Tocantins. Psicologia Argumento, 43(122). https://doi.org/10.7213/psicolargum.43.122.AO06