Assédio no ritual da praxe académica numa universidade pública portuguesa

Abstract

<span>Hazing consists in a set of practices hold by the senior university students which aim to welcome and integrate the new students. A major objective of this study is to serve as an empirical basis for the discussion of this practice within the academic community of a Portuguese university. It used an analytical approach based on the concept of harassment. It was applied an adaptation of the survey Leymann Inventory of Psychological Terror (LIPT). We found that the large majority of participants (92.8%) were exposed to at least one situation of harassment during hazing. The more frequent harassment behaviors found are limiting communication and dismissing people.</span>

Social Representations of College Hazing: A Necessary Ethical Reflection

“…16 Hazing are intended to create a feeling of belonging through collective experience. 4 From childhood, individuals are part of a family or groups, live in society and fear being excluded. Participation is anchored in the meaning of being part, of having a social role and having a space within the college; and "being part" is anchored in the idea of accepting a group and being accepted by a group, because individuals want to participate in society.…”

“…Representations of hazing related to some type of violence imply the objectivation of these images of undesired practices to which students are subject, as if dealing with violent aspects were a small price to pay in exchange of college life. 4 Among the varied forms by which new students signify the initiation rituals to which they submit themselves, which is another SR of hazing, they are frequently reported as difficult experiences. 9 How can a future health worker learn to respect the freedom and autonomy of those under his/ her care if the first lesson at college is one of disrespect and submission?…”

“…23 Therefore, we need to consider violence and aggression that may be reproduced due to the repetition of a learned behavior or due to the competitive nature of the academic and professional environment of the health field or even due to the ambivalence of feelings such an environment may elicit. 4 "The role of rites of passage is to operate a transformation in status and identity that, sociologically, works as a group integration mechanism". 4:51 Thus, there is the tacit promise that once challenges are overcome, individuals will become members of the group by right.…”

“…3 One of these academic experiences is taken as the object of this study: a phenomenon that is part of the academic life in many countries, known as trote universitário in Brazil, praxe in Portugal, bizutage in France, novatada in Spain, and hazing * in the United States. 4 This refers to an initiation ceremony used by a given social group, characterized by a "power-submission" dynamics between seniors members and potential members of the new group. 5 The term "hazing" is widely disseminated in the scientific literature.…”

“…9 Irreverence and excess may result in tragic consequences, as physical harm and even death is usually reported at the beginning of terms. 4,10 For these reasons, hazing has been prohibited in some universities of many Brazilian states. It still exists, however, in many programs in the health field, revealing the ineffectiveness of prohibitive measures.…”