Homoparentality

reflections on the psychic constitution of the child adopted

Authors

  • Camila Makálister Ribeiro
  • Lívia Rodrigues Mendes
  • Daniela Paula do Couto Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5315-4087
  • Jane Moreira de Azevedo Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1981-1624.v22i3p522-539

Keywords:

Homoparentality, adoption, psychic constitution

Abstract

This is a theoretical research that aims to understand the impacts on the psychic constitution of the child adopted by a homoafective couple. It is presented the advances related to the legal viability of this type of adoption and, based on psychoanalytic theory, it is emphasized the importance of parental functions in the psychic constitution, once they are exercised in the order of the symbolic, interconnecting the desire and the significance of the child and not necessarily subjected to the real of the parental pair’s anatomy. The final considerations point to the need for a broad discussion about the homoparental family and highlight the role of the psychologist in understanding this family organization.

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Author Biographies

  • Camila Makálister Ribeiro

    Psicóloga graduada pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais (PUC-MG), Arcos, MG, Brasil.

  • Lívia Rodrigues Mendes

    Psicóloga graduada pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais (PUC-MG), Arcos, MG, Brasil.

  • Daniela Paula do Couto, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

    Psicóloga. Doutoranda na Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG). Professora da Universidade do Estado de Minas Gerais (UEMG), Divinópolis, MG, Brasil.

  • Jane Moreira de Azevedo, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais

    Psicóloga. Mestre em Psicologia pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais. Professora da Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais (PUC-MG), Betim, MG, Brasil.

Published

2017-12-31

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How to Cite

Ribeiro, C. M., Mendes, L. R., Couto, D. P. do, & Azevedo, J. M. de. (2017). Homoparentality: reflections on the psychic constitution of the child adopted. Clinical Styles. The Journal on the Vicissitudes of Childhood, 22(3), 522-539. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1981-1624.v22i3p522-539