NORMATIZAÇÃO DO TESTE DE ZULLIGER SC PARA CRIANÇAS E ADOLESCENTES.

Abstract

This thesis is organized in two articles that aim to contribute to the construction of Brazilian psychometric parameters of regulation for the use of Zulliger Test Comprehensive System (ZSC) for children and adolescents. The first article consists of a literature review of the use of Zulliger Test in a population consisting of children and adolescents in Brazilian samples with no date limits. The databases searched were BVSPsi, Scielo, PubMed, Medline, PsycNet, Web of Science, BDTD and repositories of theses and dissertations of USF, UFMG, UFU, UFRGS, PUC RS, UFSC, USP and UnB. Nine publications were found in accordance with the inclusion and exclusion criteria. The publications found date from the 1960s until 2013, with the vast majority of them being from Southeast region of Brazil. The studies cover the assessment of cognitive and emotional development, interpersonal relationships, creativity, affection, cooperation, integration, anxiety, depression and psychometric data obtained with the application of Zulliger test in children and adolescents. The second article consists of a standard performance survey of a sample of children and adolescents between the ages of 7 and 14. The study included 304 children from public and private schools in the state of Goiás, which were divided into age groups and compared regarding age, sex and the kind of school they attend. For this, comparative analyzes and a survey of the descriptive statistics of ZSC s performance were made. The results showed that cognitive development increases with age, thus teens showed more mature thinking than children who showed immaturity and fantasy. Regarding gender, females showed a mindset more adequate to social expectations a better ability to control feelings, however girls demonstrated less ability to control and handle situational control than male participants. In regards to the school origin, children and adolescents from private schools manifested a better capacity to experience affection, to produce ideas, and to use intellectualization to deal with conflict. Public school students demonstrated a greater situational anxiety, also a better capacity to modulate emotion and having a more adequate self-perception. Thereby, these two articles have contributed by gathering scientific data regarding the instrument in a sample of children and adolescents, through literature review or elaborating standards for this age group.