Open AccessLiteratura e assertividade: comportamentos da personagem Emília do Sítio do Picapau Amarelo.
Author(s) -
Camila Negreiros Comodo,
Fabiane Ferraz Silveira,
Almir Del Prette,
Zilda Aparecida Pereira Del Prette
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
interação em psicologia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.105
H-Index - 1
eISSN - 1981-8076
pISSN - 1981-8068
DOI - 10.5380/psi.v17i1.25739
Subject(s) - humanities , philosophy
Childre's novel have been recognized as learning source of behaviors and values which contribute to positive social interactions. This study aimed to functionally analyze the fictional character Emília of Sítio do Picapau Amarelo and to identify social behaviors that can be classified as assertive, aggressive, and passive. Three children's novels of Monteiro Lobato were analyzed according to the character presents no difficultty to express herself in situations with risk of unwanted reaction from others. Additionally, we discuss the multiple control sources over the assertive behavior, namely the short and long term consequences, for the individual and the social group