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Experiências dos participantes do programa wave by wave : estudo qualitativo com crianças e jovens em situação de acolhimento
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As crianças e jovens em situação de acolhimento passam por experiências de vida
traumáticas e o impacto destas vivências constituem riscos graves para o seu
desenvolvimento emocional e intelectual. Assim, esta população apresenta maiores
índices de perturbações ou problemas emocionais, sociais, cognitivos e educacionais.
Neste sentido, surge o programa Wave by Wave, um programa de surf therapy que tem
como principal objetivo a promoção da saúde física e mental e resiliência de jovens em
situação de acolhimento. Este programa alia a prática de surfcom uma intervenção em
grupo, com sessões a realizar semanalmente, durante o período letivo. Foram feitas
entrevistas semiestruturadas a 11 crianças e jovens, maioritariamente do sexo masculino,
com idades entre os 8 e 19 anos, cujo principal objetivo consistia na compreensão das
perspetivas destes em relação ao programa e ao seu impacto. Assim, pretendia-se
identificar as estratégias de coping dos participantes e qual o contributo do programa na
aquisição destas, assim como compreender a perceção dos participantes relativamente aos
aspetos positivos e negativos do programa e aos facilitadores e obstáculos do
envolvimento neste. As atividades no mar, assim como os aspetos relacionais, são os
fatores que mais funcionam como facilitadores. Os resultados obtidos sugerem ainda que
há uma contribuição do programa ao nível do bem-estar e uma promoção do
desenvolvimento de relações afetivas destas crianças e jovens. Por sua vez, não há
evidência de impacto ao nível da aquisição de estratégias de coping. Para futuras
investigações, sugere-se uma conjugação de dados relativos à perspetiva dos educadores
dos participantes, para uma melhor compreensão do impacto do programa, assim como
uma avaliação ao longo do programa, de forma a compreender melhor a perceção relativa
à evolução dos facilitadores e obstáculos.
Children and young people living in foster care may have traumatic life experiences and the impact of these bring serious risks to their emotional and intellectual development. Therefore, this population shows higher rates of emotional, social, cognitive and educational problems or disorders. The Wave by Wave program is a surf therapy intervention directed to youth living in residential care that aims the promotion of physical and mental health and resilience. This program combines the practice of surf with a psychological group intervention, administered weekly , during the school term. Semistructured interviews were conducted with 11 children and young people, mostly male, aged between 8 and 19 years old. The aim was to identify the participants’ coping strategies and the program’s contribution to their acquisition, as to understand the participants’ perceptions about positive and negative aspects of the program and the facilitators and obstacles in its involvement. Aquatic activities, as well as relational aspects, were the factors that better worked as facilitators. Results also suggest that there was a contribution of the program to the well-being and the promotion of the affective relationships’ of these children and young people. Furthermore, there was no evidence of an impact on the acquisition of coping strategies. For further investigations, it is suggested to integrate the perspective of the participants’ educators, for a better comprehension of the program’s impact, as well as an evaluation throughout the program, in order to better understand the perception regarding the evolution of the facilitators and obstacles.
Children and young people living in foster care may have traumatic life experiences and the impact of these bring serious risks to their emotional and intellectual development. Therefore, this population shows higher rates of emotional, social, cognitive and educational problems or disorders. The Wave by Wave program is a surf therapy intervention directed to youth living in residential care that aims the promotion of physical and mental health and resilience. This program combines the practice of surf with a psychological group intervention, administered weekly , during the school term. Semistructured interviews were conducted with 11 children and young people, mostly male, aged between 8 and 19 years old. The aim was to identify the participants’ coping strategies and the program’s contribution to their acquisition, as to understand the participants’ perceptions about positive and negative aspects of the program and the facilitators and obstacles in its involvement. Aquatic activities, as well as relational aspects, were the factors that better worked as facilitators. Results also suggest that there was a contribution of the program to the well-being and the promotion of the affective relationships’ of these children and young people. Furthermore, there was no evidence of an impact on the acquisition of coping strategies. For further investigations, it is suggested to integrate the perspective of the participants’ educators, for a better comprehension of the program’s impact, as well as an evaluation throughout the program, in order to better understand the perception regarding the evolution of the facilitators and obstacles.
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Dissertação de mestrado, Psicologia (Área de Especialização em Psicologia Clínica e da Saúde - Psicologia da Saúde e da Doença), Universidade de Lisboa, Faculdade de Psicologia, 2020
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Acolhimento institucional Protecção de menores Resiliência Teses de mestrado - 2020