Mindfulness, stresse, psicopatologia e estrat?gias para a gest?o de conflitos em cuidadores de pessoas com incapacidade inteletual

• Autor(a) principal: Antunes, Gabriela Maria Coelho
• Data de Publicação: 2015
• Outros Autores: Marques, Mariana (Orientadora)
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: http://repositorio.ismt.pt/handle/123456789/592
• topic: Stresse - Stress; Psicopatologia - Psychopathology; Estrat?gia para a gest?o de conflitos - Conflict management strategies; Cuidadores - Carers; Pessoas com incapacidade intelectual - People with intelectual disability; Mindfulness - Mindfulness

Trabalhar com pessoas com incapacidade intelectual ? exigente, envolvendo um contacto pessoal e emocional cont?nuo e intenso, podendo levar o cuidador formal a desenvolver stresse e psicopatologia e dificultar a sua capacidade de gest?o de conflitos. Pretendemos explorar os n?veis da capacidade de estar mindful (mindfulness), stresse, psicopatologia e de estrat?gias de gest?o de conflitos, em cuidadores de pessoas com incapacidade intelectual; analisar as associa??es entre estas vari?veis (e com algumas vari?veis sociodemogr?ficas), em particular, entre o mindfulness e as outras vari?veis. M?todos: 50 cuidadores formais de pessoas com incapacidade intelectual (sexo feminino, n = 40; 80%; M = 42,06 anos; DP = 10,43) preencheram um question?rio sociodemogr?fico, o Question?rio das Cinco Facetas de Mindfulness (FFMQ), o Invent?rio de Sintomas Psicopatol?gicos (BSI), a Escala de Stresse (PSS-10) e a Escala de estrat?gias para a gest?o de conflitos (EGC). Resultados: O total de stresse (PSS-10) n?o se associou ?s estrat?gias de gest?o de conflitos. A faceta n?o julgar (FFMQ) associou-se negativamente ? acomoda??o e evitamento (EGC); a faceta observar (FFMQ) associou-se positivamente ? competi??o e evitamento (EGC); as facetas descrever e n?o reagir (FFMQ) associaram-se positivamente ? colabora??o e compromisso (a faceta n?o reagir tamb?m se associou ? acomoda??o/EGC). O total de stresse e a faceta observar (FFMQ) associaram-se positivamente aos tr?s totais de psicopatologia (BSI). As facetas n?o julgar e agir com consci?ncia (FFMQ) associaram-se (negativamente) e a acomoda??o e evitamento (EGC) (positivamente) aos tr?s totais do BSI. O total de stresse correlacionou-se negativamente com as facetas n?o julgar, agir com consci?ncia e descrever (FFMQ). As mulheres apresentaram uma pontua??o maior no ?ndice de sintomas positivos (BSI). Os cuidadores com n?veis maiores de escolaridade apresentaram n?veis maiores de colabora??o e os com menor escolaridade n?veis menores de compromisso e acomoda??o. Discuss?o: Algumas das facetas de mindfulness associaram-se a menores n?veis de stresse e psicopatologia. No geral, revelaram facilitar a colabora??o e o compromisso e diminuir o evitamento. A capacidade de estar mindful pareceu associar-se ao uso de estrat?gias de gest?o de conflitos mais ?adequadas? nesta equipa, apontando para a import?ncia do desenvolvimento desta capacidade, no mesmo tipo de contexto laboral. / Introduction: Introduction: working with intellectual disabled people is very demanding. It involves a continuous and intensive personal and emotional contact which may cause the formal caregivers to develop stress, psychopathologies and may also hamper his ability to manage conflicts. We propose to explore the levels of ability to be mindful (mindfulness), stress, psychopathology and strategies for conflict management in caretakers of people with intellectual disability; investigate the commonality between these variables (and with some socio-demographic variables), particularly between mindfulness and other variables. Methods: 50 formal caregivers of intellectual disability people (female, n = 40 ; 80%; M = 42.06 years, SD = 10.43) completed a sociodemographic questionnaire, the questionnaire of the Five Facets of Mindfulness (FFMQ), the Psychopathological Symptoms Inventory (BSI), the Stress Scale (PSS-10) and the Scale of strategies for conflict management (EGC). Results: Total stress (PSS-10) was not associated with conflict management strategies. The non judging facet (FFMQ) associated negatively with accommodation and avoidance (EGC); the observing facet (FFMQ) was positively associated with competition and avoidance (EGC); the describing and non reactivity facets (FFMQ) were positively associated with collaboration and commitment (non reactivity was also associated with accommodation/EGC). Total stress and observing (FFMQ) were positively associated to the three total psychopathology indexes (BSI). The non-judging and acting with awareness (FFMQ) were associated (negatively) and accommodation and avoidance (EGC) (positively) witg the three BSI indexes. Total stress correlated negatively with non judging, acting with awareness and describing (FFMQ). Women had higher levels on the positive symptoms index (BSI). Caregivers with higher levels of education had higher levels of collaboration and those with lower levels of education, lower levels of compromise and accommodation. Discussion: Some of the facets of mindfulness were associated with lower levels of stress and psychopathology. Overall, they revealed facilitating collaboration and commitment and reducing avoidance. The ability to be mindful seemed to be associated with the use of ?more appropriate? conflict management strategies, in this sample, showing the importance of developing this capacity, in the same type of work context.