Aspectos psicossociais de adolescentes de escolas públicas de Florianópolis/SC

Adolescence constitutes a critical step on the development of each individual characterized as a period of risks, problems and conflicts. Due the fact that in this period the subject starts to take a larger number of decisions and chooses among different alternatives, it is also considered the fact that many behavior standards acquired during adolescence among some health problems may last for the hole life; it turns to be essential to know the health behavior of the adolescents and the lack of satisfaction on the prevention way to avoid an undesirable future. The study investigated, through the appliance of two questionnaires sent to students and their parents, psychosocial aspects of 720 adolescents (252 boys and 468 girls) from 16 to 17 years old from public schools of Florianopolis/SC. Differences among the studied groups through the Parson's qui-squared test revealed that girls presented more sleep, headache and anguish problems than boys. Great part of the subjects considered their health as good and they are satisfied with life, with feeding and physical activities compared to girls. However, related to sexuality, girls appeared to be more satisfied than boys. It points out the importance of more studies evaluating the psychosocial aspects of adolescents as a way to identify deviances lines and problems that may bring future consequences at the adult age.