Anxiety and anguish in students transferring to the psychology course

phenomenological and Rogerian analysis

Abstract

This study intended to comprehend the meanings of anxiety and anguish experiences in students transferred to the Psychology course at the Federal University of Ceará. In a qualitative and descriptive research design, a semi-structured interview script was used followed by an empirical phenomenological analysis with four people. The following thematical axes were discussed based on Carl Roger’s Humanistic Psychology: tension and evaluation resulting from transference; interpersonal relationships originated from transference; self-demands and productivity culture. It was concluded that anxiety and anguish feelings in transferred students are related to perceptions and experiences with the wished institution, comparisons with previous institutional experiences, anticipated self-realization and transference attitudes to the formation context.