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A relação entre o funcionamento familiar e a ego-resiliência infantil numa amostra de crianças entre os 10 e os 15 anos de idade e os seus respetivos cuidadores
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Introdução: A resiliência familiar consiste na capacidade das famílias para enfrentarem e
ultrapassarem crises, surgindo com mais recursos após as mesmas (Walsh, 2016). A egoresiliência
é uma característica de personalidade que permite a adaptação a stressores externos
e internos (Block & Block, 1980). Estes construtos são interdependentes (Masten & Monn,
2015). Contudo, ainda não existem estudos suficientes que promovam uma integração entre
ambos.
Método: O presente estudo tem como objetivo validar e adaptar a Escala de Resiliência Familiar
da Walsh e a Escala de Ego-resiliência Infantil para uma amostra de crianças e jovens entre os
10 e 15 anos de idade e os seus cuidadores, assim como explorar a relação entre o
funcionamento familiar e a ego-resiliência infantil. A amostra foi constituída por 367
participantes, 230 cuidadores e 137 crianças e jovens que responderam a questões
sociodemográficas e preencheram a versão portuguesa das escalas. Foram realizadas análises
fatoriais confirmatórias para avaliar a validade fatorial. Averiguaram-se também a fiabilidade
das escalas, a validade convergente e a validade discriminante. Foram realizadas regressões
lineares para explorar o impacto do funcionamento familiar na ego-resiliência infantil.
Resultados: As análises fatoriais confirmatórias não suportaram os modelos originais. O
modelo final da Escala de Ego-resiliência Infantil apresentou índices de ajustamento aceitáveis
e qualidades psicométricas sofríveis. O modelo final da Escala de Resiliência Familiar da Walsh
apresentou índices de ajustamento sofríveis e boas qualidades psicométricas. O funcionamento
familiar apresentou um impacto significativo na ego-resiliência infantil.
Conclusão: Estes instrumentos consistem em ferramentas úteis que podem ser utilizadas em
intervenções que promovam a resiliência.
Introduction: The concept of family resilience refers to the capacity of a family as a functional system, impacted by highly stressful events, to positive adaptation and strengthening the family unit (Walsh, 2016). Ego-resiliency enables individuals to adapt to environmental demands (Block & Block, 1980). Resilience in individuals interplay with family resilience, yet there remains considerable work to do on the processes that link child both concepts (Masten & Monn, 2015). Method: The present study aims to translate and evaluate the psychometric properties of a portuguese version of the Walsh Family Resilience Questionnaire and the Ego-resiliency Qsort, and evaluate the impact of the familiar functioning on children’s psychological adjustment in a portuguese sample with children and adolescences between 10 and 15 years old and their caregivers. A sample of 230 caregivers and 137 children and adolescences provided sociodemographic information and completed a portuguese version of the questionnaires. Confirmatory Factor Analyses were performed to evaluate the questionnaires structures, as well as the internal consistency, composite reliability, convergent-related and discriminant-related validity. Linear regressions were performed to explore the impact of the familiar functioning on children’s psychological adjustment. Results: Factorial Analysis didn´t supported originals solutions for the questionnaires. The new solution for the Ego-resiliency Q-sort revealed acceptable goodness of fit and poor psychometric properties. The new solution for Walsh Questionnaire revealed a poor goodness of fit and good psychometric properties. Family functioning revealed significant impact on children’s psychological adjustment. Conclusion: The questionnaires represent a good tool that can be used in interventions for enhancing psychological well-being.
Introduction: The concept of family resilience refers to the capacity of a family as a functional system, impacted by highly stressful events, to positive adaptation and strengthening the family unit (Walsh, 2016). Ego-resiliency enables individuals to adapt to environmental demands (Block & Block, 1980). Resilience in individuals interplay with family resilience, yet there remains considerable work to do on the processes that link child both concepts (Masten & Monn, 2015). Method: The present study aims to translate and evaluate the psychometric properties of a portuguese version of the Walsh Family Resilience Questionnaire and the Ego-resiliency Qsort, and evaluate the impact of the familiar functioning on children’s psychological adjustment in a portuguese sample with children and adolescences between 10 and 15 years old and their caregivers. A sample of 230 caregivers and 137 children and adolescences provided sociodemographic information and completed a portuguese version of the questionnaires. Confirmatory Factor Analyses were performed to evaluate the questionnaires structures, as well as the internal consistency, composite reliability, convergent-related and discriminant-related validity. Linear regressions were performed to explore the impact of the familiar functioning on children’s psychological adjustment. Results: Factorial Analysis didn´t supported originals solutions for the questionnaires. The new solution for the Ego-resiliency Q-sort revealed acceptable goodness of fit and poor psychometric properties. The new solution for Walsh Questionnaire revealed a poor goodness of fit and good psychometric properties. Family functioning revealed significant impact on children’s psychological adjustment. Conclusion: The questionnaires represent a good tool that can be used in interventions for enhancing psychological well-being.
Description
Dissertação de Mestrado apresentada no
ISPA – Instituto Universitário para obtenção de grau
de Mestre na especialidade de Psicologia Clínica
Keywords
Resiliência familiar Ego-resiliência infantil Análise fatorial confirmatória Funcionamento familiar Ajustamento psicológico infantil Family resilience ego-resiliency Confirmatory factor analysis Family functioning children´s psychological adjustment