Significado de honestidad en joven estudiante de pregrado de la Universidad Santo Tomás con respecto a su autoconcepto

Abstract

Throughout this qualitative research, following the research line Psychology, Subjectivity and Identities, we sought to understand the meaning of honesty of a young undergraduate student of the Universidad Santo Tomás in Colombia in relation to his self-concept, allowing through the phenomenological paradigm and the humanistic approach to expose his experiences during his development from different contexts. In this way, the qualitative approach, the narrative biographical method and the interview, achieved access to data collection and experiences lived by our participant. Two base categories are established which are Honesty and Self-concept and within these there are nine subcategories: life cycle, family, body, gender, education, plagiarism, society, power and culture; which were raised taking into account the different environments and links that a human being forges throughout his development, giving priority to the subcategory of culture, since it was the most relevant in comparison with gender, considering that this was the least involved in his speeches. The results show the importance of honesty in people when making decisions for themselves, since, through the analysis of the interview, the relationship of each subcategory with honesty was observed and how it acts within their contexts starting from the interpersonal relationships in which the subject is immersed, since it is within these that he/she develops and creates tools to shape his/her values and self-concept.