Each year, thousands of Brazilian adolescents sit the vestibular (university entrance exam). This process often results in clinically significant levels of anxiety and insecurity. This study consists of a psychoanalytic investigation of the imaginary of middle class adolescents in relation to the vestibular. A group interview was conducted with nine students in the last year of high school using the Thematic Story-Drawing Procedure. An examination of the participants’ manifestations resulted in the interpretive production of two affective-emotional sense fields or relative unconscious: “individual responsibility” and “the key to success”. The findings show that there is a general belief that the ability to pass the vestibular, and thus guarantee a successful professional life, is directly related to the candidate’s academic skills and capacity. This oversimplified view ignores the importance of the social context.
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Gallo-Belluzzo, S. R., Ferreira-Teixeira, M. C., & Aiello-Vaisberg, T. M. J. (2017). The imaginary of Brazilian adolescents in relation to university entrance exams: A psychoanalytic study. Paideia, 27, 404–412. https://doi.org/10.1590/1982-432727s1201705
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