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Significados de empowerment psicológico na experiência de doença oncológica: Reiki como técnica promotora
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As componentes do Empowerment Psicológico demonstram ser relevantes para as
pessoas com experiência de doença oncológica, devido às inúmeras formas em que estas
tendem a perder o controlo.
Esta dissertação procurou investigar o papel do Reiki no Empowerment de pessoas
com experiência nesta doença, numa perspectiva comunitária. Teve como seu principal
objectivo, conhecer experiências subjectivas vividas através do Reiki, a percepção que têm
as pessoas no que respeita aos benefícios na saúde e a forma como o Reiki se pode tornar
num recurso de promoção da saúde, como processo de Empowerment, contribuindo assim
para o estudo das suas dimensões nesta comunidade.
A execução empírica do presente trabalho, de carácter exploratório, foi
desenvolvida em duas abordagens distintas - quantitativa e qualitativa. A amostra do estudo
é constituída por 25 participantes oncológicos, 15 que utilizaram apenas tratamento
convencional e outro grupo de 10 que complementaram estes tratamentos com o Reiki.
Numa primeira fase, foi dado a conhecer ao participante a conceptualização do processo de
E.P, tendo em vista a aplicação do Questionário de Empowerment Psicológico (adaptado de
Mok, 1998), com o objectivo de entender as diferenças, quanto aos seus níveis, entre
aqueles que utilizaram a abordagem complementar Reiki e os que recorreram apenas ao
tratamento convencional. Numa segunda fase, através da entrevista explorámos o
significado que 5 dos participantes utilizadores de Reiki atribuíam ao E.P, com o objectivo
de analisar o papel empoderador do Reiki. Pela análise temática, procurou-se verificar os
temas inerentes às dimensões de E.P atribuídos ao Reiki, pelas participantes.
Os principais resultados apontam para 7 temas principais no processo empoderador
do Reiki e indicam uma diferença significativa nos níveis do Empowerment Psicológico,
entre os dois grupos. Concluímos que estes resultados reforçam a necessidade de
conceptualizar o E.P para este contexto, enquanto processo individual, social e colectivo.
ABSTRACT: Psychological Empowerment components are relevant in people experiencing oncologic illness because of the numerous ways in which they come to lose control. This research aims to investigate, in the community perspective, the role of Reiki in the empowerment of people with experience of oncologic illness. In this sense, the main aim was to understand the subjective experiences in Reiki, perception of their health benefits, and how it can become a promising resource for the promotion of empowerment and contribute to the study of the dimensions of empowerment in this community. The empirical implementation was developed in two distinct approaches - quantitative and qualitative as an exploratory study. From a sample of 25 participants with cancer, 15 who only used the conventional treatment and another group of 10 who complemented these treatments with Reiki. In the 1st phase it was explained the conceptualization of the process of empowerment, and a psychological empowerment questionnaire of 34 items (adapted from Mok, 1998) was applied, in order to understand the differences in the levels of empowerment, among those who use complementary approach Reiki and those who use only conventional treatment. In the 2nd phase through semi - structured interview, we explored the concept of empowerment from the perspective of 5 participant users of Reiki, and the empowering role of Reiki was examined. In the light of thematic analysis, it was verified the themes inherent to the dimensions of empowerment attributed to Reiki, by the participants. The main conclusions were the confirmation for the existence of 7 main themes for the empowering process of Reiki, and there are diferences in sense of Psychologycal Empowerment for the both groups. We conclude that these results reinforce the need to conceptualize the EP in this context, as an individual, social and collective process.
ABSTRACT: Psychological Empowerment components are relevant in people experiencing oncologic illness because of the numerous ways in which they come to lose control. This research aims to investigate, in the community perspective, the role of Reiki in the empowerment of people with experience of oncologic illness. In this sense, the main aim was to understand the subjective experiences in Reiki, perception of their health benefits, and how it can become a promising resource for the promotion of empowerment and contribute to the study of the dimensions of empowerment in this community. The empirical implementation was developed in two distinct approaches - quantitative and qualitative as an exploratory study. From a sample of 25 participants with cancer, 15 who only used the conventional treatment and another group of 10 who complemented these treatments with Reiki. In the 1st phase it was explained the conceptualization of the process of empowerment, and a psychological empowerment questionnaire of 34 items (adapted from Mok, 1998) was applied, in order to understand the differences in the levels of empowerment, among those who use complementary approach Reiki and those who use only conventional treatment. In the 2nd phase through semi - structured interview, we explored the concept of empowerment from the perspective of 5 participant users of Reiki, and the empowering role of Reiki was examined. In the light of thematic analysis, it was verified the themes inherent to the dimensions of empowerment attributed to Reiki, by the participants. The main conclusions were the confirmation for the existence of 7 main themes for the empowering process of Reiki, and there are diferences in sense of Psychologycal Empowerment for the both groups. We conclude that these results reinforce the need to conceptualize the EP in this context, as an individual, social and collective process.
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Dissertação de Mestrado apresentada ao ISPA - Instituto Universitário
Keywords
Reiki Empowerment psicológico Doença oncológica Tratamento complementar Tratamento convencional Reiki Psychological empowerment Oncologic illness Complementary treatment Conventional treatment