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Psicologia, Saúde & Doenças
versão impressa ISSN 1645-0086
Psic., Saúde & Doenças v.1 n.1 Lisboa nov. 2000
Ajustamento emocional, estratégias de coping e percepção da doença em pais de crianças com doença do foro oncológico
Maria Adelina Rodrigues1, Joana Rosa1, Maria de Jesus Moura2, & A. Baptista1
1Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Lisboa
2Instituto Português de Oncologia de Lisboa
Resumo: Esta investigação analisou as relações entre o ajustamento emocional, as estratégias de coping e a percepção da doença em 60 pais de crianças com doença do foro oncológico. O estudo comparativo entre os pais de crianças com a doença e os pais de crianças recuperadas revelou a existência de diferenças estatisticamente significativas relativamente ao ajustamento emocional, às estratégias de coping utilizadas para lidar com a doença do filho e à percepção que tinham da doença. Os pais das crianças recuperadas apresentaram melhor ajustamento emocional, utilizaram estratégias de coping mais adequadas e uma melhor percepção da doença. Para ambos os grupos foram encontradas correlações estatisticamente significativas entre as variáveis em estudo, no sentido de um melhor ajustamento emocional se ter associado a estratégias de coping mais adequadas e a uma melhor percepção da doença.
Palavras chave: Ajustamento emocional, Coping, Percepção da doença, Doença do foro oncológico.
Emotional adjustment, coping strategies and illness perception in parents of children with cancer disease
Abstract: This investigation concerned the analysis between emotional adjustment, coping strategies and illness perception in 60 parents of children with cancer disease. The comparison between parents of children with the disease and parents of recovered children revealed the existence of significant statistical differences concerning emotional adjustment, the coping strategies used to deal with the child disease and the illness perception. Parents of recovered children presented better emotional adjustment, more adequate coping strategies and better illness perception. For both groups were found significant statistical associations between the studied variables, suggesting that a better emotional adjustment was associated with more adequate coping strategies and illness perception.
Key words: Cancer disease, Emotional adjustment, Coping strategies and illness perception.
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