AS INFLUÊNCIAS EXTERNAS NA DEFINIÇÃO DO TIME DO CORAÇÃO: ANALISANDO AS ESCOLHAS DOS ALUNOS DE UM COLÉGIO PÚBLICO ESTADUAL DA CIDADE DE PONTA GROSSA-PR

This investigation aims to understand the main aspects which interfere in the choice of a soccer team to support. The study involved the students of a public school in the county of Ponta Grossa in the state of Paraná. In order to develop this study it was used a questionnaire of 16 questions and it was applied to a group of 272 students at the age of 15 to 17 years old and a sample of 239 who gave back the free allowance term of participation, called in Portuguese (TCLE). To analyze the data it was used a quantity qualitative approach. It could be identified that “the family” is the predominant factor in the choice/definition of the team that he/she will support. It was identified the existence of some individuals who support a Brazilian team as well as a foreign one. It could be realized that in the second choice there is no relation with the family but with the globalization process itself which allowed to those individuals to use the media and channels of communication and others entertainment activities which make possible a visibility and approximation to the teams of the European Championships.