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Associação entre stressores e respostas ao stress de adolescentes durante o segundo confinamento devido à covid-19 e qualidade de vida e perturbação psicológica após o confinamento
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A COVID-19 e os confinamentos tiveram um impacto negativo na qualidade de vida e saúde
mental da população geral. Particularmente, parece relevante considerar o impacto nos
adolescentes, por ser um estádio do desenvolvimento no qual existem grandes mudanças a nível
psicológico e social que podem ter tornado mais difícil a adaptação à pandemia. O presente
trabalho teve como objetivo adaptar e traduzir o Responses to Stress Questionnaire (RSQ), e
estudar a associação entre stressores e respostas ao stress de adolescentes durante o segundo
confinamento devido à COVID-19 (entre 15 de janeiro a 15 de março de 2021) e qualidade de
vida e perturbação psicológica após o confinamento. O estudo contou com uma amostra de 52
pais de adolescentes que tinham idades entre os 12 e os 17 anos no período do segundo
confinamento. Foram utilizados um questionário sociodemográfico, e os instrumentos RSQ,
KIDSCREEN-10, Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale, e Pediatric Scale for Children
– 17. Numa análise preliminar, foram encontrados indicadores adequados de consistência
interna no RSQ. Os resultados sugerem uma boa adaptação dos adolescentes um ano após o
segundo confinamento, associada a níveis adequados de bem-estar dos pais. Além disso, um
maior uso de estratégias de coping de envolvimento para lidar com o stress da COVID-19
estava associado a níveis mais elevados de saúde mental e qualidade de vida um ano após o
segundo confinamento, enquanto estratégias de coping de afastamento e respostas
involuntárias ao stress revelaram associações com níveis mais baixos de saúde mental. Estes
resultados podem ser explicados em parte por se tratar de uma amostra com boas condições
socioeconómicas, e reforçam a necessidade de desenvolver programas de prevenção nos vários
contextos para facilitar o uso de estratégias de coping eficazes pelos adolescentes que têm que
lidar com eventos adversos.
COVID-19 and the lockdowns seem to have had a negative impact on the general populace’s quality of life and mental health. In particular, it can be relevant to consider the impact on adolescents since this is a developmental stage with significant psychological and social changes that may have led to a harder adaptation to the pandemic context. The goal of the present study was to adapt and translate the Responses to Stress Questionnaire (RSQ), and examine the association between adolescents’ stressors and responses to stress during the second lockdown due to COVID-19 (from January 15th to March 15th ,2021) and the quality of life and psychological problems after the lockdown. The sample of this study consisted of 52 parents of adolescents between the ages of 12 and 17 during the second lockdown. We used a sociodemographic questionary and the scales RSQ, KIDSCREEN-10, Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale, and Pediatric Scale for Children – 17. In a preliminary analysis, we found adequate values of internal consistency of the RSQ. The findings suggest that adolescents show a good adaptation a year after the lockdown, associated with adequate levels of parent well-being. In addition, higher use of engagement coping strategies to deal with the COVID-19 stress was linked to higher levels of mental health and quality of life a year after the second lockdown, while disengagement and involuntary responses to stress were associated with lower levels of mental health. These results can be explained partially because of the sample’s good socioeconomic conditions, and reinforce the need of developing prevention programs in different contexts in facilitating effective coping strategies for young people to deal with adverse events.
COVID-19 and the lockdowns seem to have had a negative impact on the general populace’s quality of life and mental health. In particular, it can be relevant to consider the impact on adolescents since this is a developmental stage with significant psychological and social changes that may have led to a harder adaptation to the pandemic context. The goal of the present study was to adapt and translate the Responses to Stress Questionnaire (RSQ), and examine the association between adolescents’ stressors and responses to stress during the second lockdown due to COVID-19 (from January 15th to March 15th ,2021) and the quality of life and psychological problems after the lockdown. The sample of this study consisted of 52 parents of adolescents between the ages of 12 and 17 during the second lockdown. We used a sociodemographic questionary and the scales RSQ, KIDSCREEN-10, Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale, and Pediatric Scale for Children – 17. In a preliminary analysis, we found adequate values of internal consistency of the RSQ. The findings suggest that adolescents show a good adaptation a year after the lockdown, associated with adequate levels of parent well-being. In addition, higher use of engagement coping strategies to deal with the COVID-19 stress was linked to higher levels of mental health and quality of life a year after the second lockdown, while disengagement and involuntary responses to stress were associated with lower levels of mental health. These results can be explained partially because of the sample’s good socioeconomic conditions, and reinforce the need of developing prevention programs in different contexts in facilitating effective coping strategies for young people to deal with adverse events.
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Dissertação de mestrado, Psicologia Clínica e da Saúde (Área de Especialização em Psicologia Clínica Cognitivo-Comportamental Integrativa), 2022, Universidade de Lisboa, Faculdade de Psicologia
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Qualidade de vida Estratégias de coping Pandemia Covid-19 Adolescentes Saúde mental Dissertações de mestrado - 2022