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Resiliência, coping e saúde ental durante a pandemia Covid-19 em Portugal
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Problema - Existe evidência do aumento da prevalência de ansiedade e depressão durante
o atual período pandémico. Torna-se importante estudar como esta sintomatologia varia
de acordo com a idade, coping, resiliência e género. Objetivos - estudar: (1) a idade como
preditora das restantes variáveis em estudo; (2) diferenças entre adultos mais jovens e
mais velhos; (3) relação entre utilização estratégias de coping e sintomatologia; (4)
associação entre a resiliência e a ansiedade e depressão; (5) as diferenças existentes entre
géneros, especialmente na sintomatologia psicopatológica. Método - Estudo transversal,
numa amostra de 642 indivíduos com idades entre os 18 e 93 anos. Instrumentos -
BRIEF-COPE; Inventário de Sintomas Psicopatológicos 18 (BSI-18); e CD-RISC.
Resultados – A variável idade foi preditora e apresentou correlações negativas
significativas com as restantes variáveis. Houve diferenças significativas em todas as
dimensões entre adultos mais jovens e mais velhos, bem como no género, nas variáveis
sintomatologia e resiliência. O coping focado nas emoções estava fortemente
correlacionado com a sintomatologia psicopatológica. Conclusão - Vivemos
circunstâncias excecionais, de isolamento e incontrolabilidade de contrair um vírus que
pode ter consequências graves em todos nós. Numa fase em que desconhecidos, amigos
ou familiares se contagiaram, estiveram nos cuidados intensivos ou morreram, torna-se
fulcral para além da saúde somática, uma melhor compreensão e intervenção a nível
psicológico. Os resultados destacam a importância da idade na compreensão da relação
entre as restantes variáveis, o coping focado nas emoções associado à sintomatologia e o
sexo feminino e os adultos mais jovens como grupos de risco.
Problem - There is evidence of an increasing prevalence of anxiety and depression during the current pandemic period. It becomes important to study how this symptomatology varies according to age, coping, resilience, and gender. Objectives – studying: (1) age as a predictor of the remaining variables; (2) differences between younger and older adults; (3) relationship between the use of coping strategies and symptomatology; (4) association between resilience and anxiety and depression; (5) existent differences according to gender, specially in psychopathology symptomatology. Method - Cross-sectional study in a sample of 642 individuals with ages between 18 and 93 years old. Instruments - BRIEF-COPE; Brief Symptom Inventory 18 (BSI-18); and CD-RISC. Results – Age was a predictor and showed significative weak negative correlations with the remaining variables, there were significative differences in all dimensions between young and older adults, as well as in gender on the symptomatology and resilience variables, emotion focused coping was strongly correlated to psychopathology symptomatology. Conclusion – We are living exceptional circumstances, of isolation and uncontrollability of infection by a virus that can have severe consequences in all of us. In a phase in which unknown, friends or family got infected, in intensive care or died, it becomes essential more than somatic health, to better understand and intervene at a psychological level. The results highlight: the importance of age in understanding the relationships between the remaining variables; emotion focused coping associated with symptomatology; and females and younger adults as risk groups.
Problem - There is evidence of an increasing prevalence of anxiety and depression during the current pandemic period. It becomes important to study how this symptomatology varies according to age, coping, resilience, and gender. Objectives – studying: (1) age as a predictor of the remaining variables; (2) differences between younger and older adults; (3) relationship between the use of coping strategies and symptomatology; (4) association between resilience and anxiety and depression; (5) existent differences according to gender, specially in psychopathology symptomatology. Method - Cross-sectional study in a sample of 642 individuals with ages between 18 and 93 years old. Instruments - BRIEF-COPE; Brief Symptom Inventory 18 (BSI-18); and CD-RISC. Results – Age was a predictor and showed significative weak negative correlations with the remaining variables, there were significative differences in all dimensions between young and older adults, as well as in gender on the symptomatology and resilience variables, emotion focused coping was strongly correlated to psychopathology symptomatology. Conclusion – We are living exceptional circumstances, of isolation and uncontrollability of infection by a virus that can have severe consequences in all of us. In a phase in which unknown, friends or family got infected, in intensive care or died, it becomes essential more than somatic health, to better understand and intervene at a psychological level. The results highlight: the importance of age in understanding the relationships between the remaining variables; emotion focused coping associated with symptomatology; and females and younger adults as risk groups.
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Dissertação de Mestrado apresentada no ISPA – Instituto
Universitário para obtenção de grau de Mestre
na especialidade de Psicologia Clínica.
Keywords
Idade Coping focado nas emoções Coping focado no problema Ansiedade Depressão Resiliência Género Age Emotion focused coping Problem focused coping Anxiety and depression Resilience Gender