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A relação entre dificuldades no funcionamento familiar, auto-regulação e ansiedade e depressão infantil
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O funcionamento familiar tem sido associado ao bem-estar psicológico e os pais constituem
se como importantes agentes de regulação emocional, contribuindo para a promoção do
desenvolvimento em crianças e adolescentes (Yap, Allen, & Sheeber, 2007). Estes dois fatores têm
sido apontados pela literatura como relevantes para o desenvolvimento de ansiedade e depressão em
crianças e jovens (Silk, Steinberg, & Morris, 2003), contudo, até à data, ainda não existem estudos
publicados que investiguem a relação entre o funcionamento familiar, autorregulação emocional e
depressão e ansiedade infantil. Assim o presente estudo pretende avaliar a relação entre essas variáveis.
A amostra foi constituída por 151 crianças e adolescentes do 3º ao 9º ano de escolaridade e os
respetivos encarregados de educação. O estudo envolveu o preenchimento de questionários. Os
questionários dos pais avaliavam características sociodemográficas, funcionamento familiar e
regulação emocional. O dos filhos a auto-regulação, comportamento e sintomas de ansiedade e
depressão. Os resultados mostraram que as dificuldades no funcionamento familiar se relacionam
negativamente com a autorregulação das crianças e com a autorregulação parental. A autorregulação
da criança está associada à sintomatologia de ansiedade e depressão, não se tendo verificado o mesmo
para a autorregulação parental. As crianças do sexo feminino apresentam médias mais elevadas na
sintomatologia ansiosa e depressiva. No que diz respeito às capacidades de autorregulação parental
tanto as mães como os pais aparentaram ter níveis semelhantes de se autorregularem.
O presente estudo contribui assim para a literatura acerca das dificuldades no funcionamento
familiar e regulação emocional em sintomatologia ansiosa e depressiva infantil.
Family functioning has been associated to the mental welfare and parents constitute themselves as a main part in emotional regulation, contributing to promote the development in children and teenagers (Yap, Allen, & Sheeber, 2007). These two factors have been appointed by literature as relevant to the growth of anxiety and depression in kids and adolescents (Silk, Steinberg, & Morris, 2003), however, until now, there are no published studies who look into the relationship between family functioning, emotional self-regulation and child depression and anxiety. Therefore the present study intends to evaluate the relationship between all those variables. The sample was made of 151 children and teenagers from 3rd to 9th grads and their progenitors. The research involved filled out questionnaires. The inquiries of parents evaluate estimate socio-demographic features, family functioning, and emotional regulation. The questionnaires of children evaluate auto-regulation, behavior, and symptoms of anxiety and depression. The results showed that difficulties within family functioning have a negative relationship with self-regulation in children and in parents. Children’s self-regulation is associated to the symptomatology of anxiety and depression, and the same is not seen in parental self-regulation. The female youths showed higher averages in anxious and depressive symptomatology. Regards the parental self-regulation, both mothers and fathers appear to have similar levels of self-regulation. Thereby the present study provides to the literature the difficulties of family functioning and emotional regulation in anxious and depressive symptomatology in children.
Family functioning has been associated to the mental welfare and parents constitute themselves as a main part in emotional regulation, contributing to promote the development in children and teenagers (Yap, Allen, & Sheeber, 2007). These two factors have been appointed by literature as relevant to the growth of anxiety and depression in kids and adolescents (Silk, Steinberg, & Morris, 2003), however, until now, there are no published studies who look into the relationship between family functioning, emotional self-regulation and child depression and anxiety. Therefore the present study intends to evaluate the relationship between all those variables. The sample was made of 151 children and teenagers from 3rd to 9th grads and their progenitors. The research involved filled out questionnaires. The inquiries of parents evaluate estimate socio-demographic features, family functioning, and emotional regulation. The questionnaires of children evaluate auto-regulation, behavior, and symptoms of anxiety and depression. The results showed that difficulties within family functioning have a negative relationship with self-regulation in children and in parents. Children’s self-regulation is associated to the symptomatology of anxiety and depression, and the same is not seen in parental self-regulation. The female youths showed higher averages in anxious and depressive symptomatology. Regards the parental self-regulation, both mothers and fathers appear to have similar levels of self-regulation. Thereby the present study provides to the literature the difficulties of family functioning and emotional regulation in anxious and depressive symptomatology in children.
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Tese de mestrado, Psicologia (Área de Especialização em Psicologia Clínica e da Saúde - Psicologia Clínica Sistémica), Universidade de Lisboa, Faculdade de Psicologia, 2019
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Regulação emocional Família Depressão infantil Teses de mestrado - 2019