Publication
Crescer na proximidade da doença mental: os efeitos emocionais e relacionais nos descendentes
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Abstract(s)
A doença mental é caracterizada como uma condicionante clinicamente
significativa do bem-estar geral. Esta envolve mudanças cognitivas, emocionais e/ou
comportamentais que afetam o funcionamento social, laboral e familiar do individuo.
Prevê-se que, 23% das crianças cresça num núcleo familiar onde pelo menos um dos
progenitores apresenta uma doença mental. A presente investigação pretende avaliar,
numa amostra da população portuguesa, se a presença de doença mental nos progenitores,
está associada a diferenças nos padrões de vinculação, parentalização e regulação
emocional dos descendentes na idade adulta. A amostra em estudo foi constituída por 377
participantes, sendo dividida em duas condições. A condição 1 constituída por
descendentes de pais sem experiência de doença mental (SDM) e a condição 2 constituída
por descendentes de pais com experiência de doença mental (CDM). Foram obtidos 232
participantes na condição SDM, apresentado uma idade média de 26.94 anos e 145
participantes na condição CDM com uma idade média de 27.44 anos. Para avaliar as
variáveis em estudo, foi utilizada a Escala de Vinculação do Adulto (EVA), o
Questionário sobre a Parentalização (QP) e a Escala de Dificuldades na Regulação
Emocional (EDRE). Os resultados sugerem que os filhos de pais CDM apresentam uma
maior frequência de padrões de vinculação inseguros, maiores níveis de parentalização
percebidos e maiores dificuldades de regulação emocional, quando comparados com os
descendentes de pais SDM. Em conclusão, a doença mental dos pais pode ser vista como
uma condicionante do funcionamento do descendente.
ABSTRACT: Mental illness is characterized as a clinically significant condition of general well being. It involves cognitive, emotional and/or behavioral changes that affect the individual's social, work and family functioning. It is estimated that 23% of children grow up in a family where at least one of the parents has a mental illness. This research aims to assess, in a sample of the portuguese population, whether the presence of mental illness in the parents is associated with differences in the patterns of attachment, parentification and emotional regulation of the offspring in adulthood. The study sample consisted of 377 participants and was divided into two conditions. Condition 1 consisted of offspring of parents with no experience of mental illness (SDM) and condition 2 consisted of offspring of parents with experience of mental illness (CDM). We obtained 232 participants in the SDM condition, with an average age of 26.94 years, and 145 participants in the CDM condition, with an average age of 27.44 years. To assess the variables under study we used the Adult Attachment Scale R (AAS-R), the Parentification Questionnaire (PQ) and the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS). The results suggest that children of parents CDM show a higher frequency of insecure attachment patterns, higher levels of perceived parentification and greater difficulties with emotional regulation when compared to the offspring of parents SDM. In conclusion, parental mental illness can be seen as a conditioning factor in the functioning of the offspring.
ABSTRACT: Mental illness is characterized as a clinically significant condition of general well being. It involves cognitive, emotional and/or behavioral changes that affect the individual's social, work and family functioning. It is estimated that 23% of children grow up in a family where at least one of the parents has a mental illness. This research aims to assess, in a sample of the portuguese population, whether the presence of mental illness in the parents is associated with differences in the patterns of attachment, parentification and emotional regulation of the offspring in adulthood. The study sample consisted of 377 participants and was divided into two conditions. Condition 1 consisted of offspring of parents with no experience of mental illness (SDM) and condition 2 consisted of offspring of parents with experience of mental illness (CDM). We obtained 232 participants in the SDM condition, with an average age of 26.94 years, and 145 participants in the CDM condition, with an average age of 27.44 years. To assess the variables under study we used the Adult Attachment Scale R (AAS-R), the Parentification Questionnaire (PQ) and the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS). The results suggest that children of parents CDM show a higher frequency of insecure attachment patterns, higher levels of perceived parentification and greater difficulties with emotional regulation when compared to the offspring of parents SDM. In conclusion, parental mental illness can be seen as a conditioning factor in the functioning of the offspring.
Description
Dissertação de Mestrado realizada sob a orientação
do Professor Doutor Miguel Trigo apresentada no Ispa – Instituto Universitário, para obtenção de grau de
Mestre na especialidade de Mestre em Psicologia
Clínica.
Keywords
Doença mental Descendentes Vinculação Parentalização Regulação emocional Mental illness Offspring Attachment Parentification Emotional regulation