Personality in the Historical-Cultural Theory: A Brazilian Review.

• Grant number: 25/12091-8
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: September 01, 2025
• End date: August 31, 2026
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - Psychology - Human Development Psychology
• Principal Investigator: Flavia da Silva Ferreira Asbahr
• Grantee: Alexandre Sossai Possebon
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Ciências (FC). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Bauru. Bauru , SP, Brazil

Abstract

This research project aims to conduct a systematic literature review on the concept of personality in the works of Brazilian researchers that adopt the Historical-Cultural Theory as a theoretical framework. Despite the concept's relevance to psychology and, especially, to the Historical-Cultural Theory, there is an absence of studies that aim to organize and comprehend how the notion of personality has been understood and applied in this field in Brazil, a fact that may be problematic, as a partial apprehension and application of the concept can lead to serious distortions. Moreover, a plurality of visions in regard to the theme can be noted on the Soviet researchers that act as a basis for the theory, so we must be able to describe which ideas of personality are more present in national literature. And as a means to fill those gaps in the knowledge, propose to survey and analyze Brazilian theses and dissertations that address the theme from the historical-cultural perspective. (AU)