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Pretendeu-se estudar a influĂȘncia do Suporte Social e das EstratĂ©gias de Coping no
Stress dos cuidadores Informais de Idosos. Este trabalho Ă© de carĂĄcter exploratĂłrio
quantitativo e correlacional. A amostra foi constituĂda por 100 sujeitos, cuidadores informais
de idosos (amostragem de conveniĂȘncia), e com idades compreendidas entre os 22 e 84 anos
(M= 49). Foram utilizados os questionĂĄrios Sobrecarga do Cuidador Informal de Zarit
(Taub, A. et al, 2004), a Escala de Estratégias de Coping de Lazarus e Folkman (Savoia,
M.G. 1999) e a Escala de Satisfação com o Suporte Social (Ribeiro, J.P.,1999 ).Verificou-se
uma relação positiva entre as variåveis, estratégias de coping e a sobrecarga (stress), e uma
relação negativa entre a sobrecarga e a variåvel satisfação com o suporte social.
The aim was to study the influence of Social Support and Coping Strategies in Stress, of informal caregivers to elderly people. This work is of exploratory nature, quantitative and correlational. The sample included 100 informal caregivers of elderly people (convenience sampling), with ages ranging from 22 to 84 years (M = 49). The questionnaires applied were: Zarit Burden Interview (Taub, A. et al, 2004), Ways of coping questionnaire of Lazarus and Folkman (Savoia, MG 1999) and Satisfaction with Social Support Scale (Ribeiro, J.P.,1999). There was a positive relation between variables, burden (stress) and coping strategies, and a negative relation between burden and the satisfaction with social support.
The aim was to study the influence of Social Support and Coping Strategies in Stress, of informal caregivers to elderly people. This work is of exploratory nature, quantitative and correlational. The sample included 100 informal caregivers of elderly people (convenience sampling), with ages ranging from 22 to 84 years (M = 49). The questionnaires applied were: Zarit Burden Interview (Taub, A. et al, 2004), Ways of coping questionnaire of Lazarus and Folkman (Savoia, MG 1999) and Satisfaction with Social Support Scale (Ribeiro, J.P.,1999). There was a positive relation between variables, burden (stress) and coping strategies, and a negative relation between burden and the satisfaction with social support.
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Dissertação de Mestrado apresentada ao Instituto Superior de Psicologia Aplicada para obtenção de grau de Mestre na especialidade de Psicologia ClĂnica.
Keywords
Cuidadores informais de idosos Satisfação com o suporte social Estratégias de coping Stress informal Caregivers of elderly people Satisfaction with social support Coping strategies Stress