Influência da Religiosidade no Cotidiano de Adolescentes Quilombolas

Abstract

Religiosity has been revealed as a possible protective factor that influences the daily lives of those who seek and practice it. This research has the general objective: To apprehend the influence of religiosity in the daily life of quilombola adolescents in terms of health, leisure and schooling. Specific Objectives: Identify the sociodemographic profile and expressions of religiosity of adolescents in a quilombola community; Identify and analyze the existing relationships between religious practices and the way in which quilombola adolescents think about health care, leisure and schooling and; Identify and describe the effects of these relationships on the way they think about health care, leisure and schooling. This is an observational, exploratory/descriptive ethnographic study, with a qualitative approach, in two quilombola communities located in a neighborhood of Salvador, Bahia. The population consisted of 22 adolescents, aged 10 to 19 years. Data were collected during the months of November 2021 to January 2022, using a semi-structured interview instrument with objective questions to collect sociodemographic data and subjective questions to apprehend the influence of religiosity. Data analysis was based on Bardin's content analysis technique, organized into thematic categories, taking as reference the basic stages of analysis defined by Bardin as: Pre-analysis, description and inferential interpretation. The research was approved by the Research Ethics Committee of the UFBA School of Nursing, under opinion No. 5,050,616. Religiosity presented itself as a possible influencing factor in health care guidelines in an ambiguous way, while at the same time that it presents itself as a protective factor, it as a religious institutional phenomenon tends to influence in a negative way, silencing some necessary guidelines for adolescents, such as the guidance on sexuality for this phase of life. As well as a possible influencing factor in the daily life of quilombola adolescents in terms of health, leisure and schooling. There is a need for studies that relate the influence of religiosity on the daily lives of adolescents in other locations, spaces and ethnic groups, in order to relate it as an influencer or not in everyday life, as well as in all aspects that involve adolescence and being teenager facing this phenomenon that is religiosity.