Interamerican Journal of Psychology
Volume 42, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 520-527

Immigrants selection and the Liga Brasileira de hygiene mental (1914-1945) [A seleção dos imigrantes e a Liga Brasileira de hygiene mental (1914-1945)] (Article)

Wanderbroock Jr. D.* , Boarini M.L.
  • a Universidade Paulista, São José dos Campos, SP, Brazil
  • b Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Av. Colombo, 5790, Zona 7, Maringá, PR, CEP 87020-900, Brazil

Abstract

The central objective of the present study is it of extricating the process of the immigrants' selection proposed by the Brazilian League of Mental Hygiene in the period among-wars. Necessary selection, considering that while some immigrants were seen by the hygienists as beings "useless", "undesirable" and "messed up", others could accomplish an important paper in the productive process. For besides the immigrants' selection as hand of qualified and cheap work, also the Brazilian League of Mental Hygiene was concerned in preserving the dominant order, before which the "messed up" immigrants resulted at fort he/she threatens. In this sense, the proposals of application of the psychological tests had a significant usefulness in the ideario hygienist's mark.

Author Keywords

Tests and psychological exams Brazilian league of mental hygiene Selection of immigrants

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ISSN: 00349690
Cited by: 2
Original Language: Portuguese