Habilidades sociais e estratégias de enfrentamento de estresse: relação com indicadores de bem-estar psicológico em cuidadores de idosos de alta dependência

Abstract

Esse trabalho foi parte da dissertação de mestrado em Psicologia da primeira autora, intitulado: "Habilidades sociais e enfrentamento de estresse em cuidadoras que assistem idosas acamadas, com ou sem demência"

Social Skills Inventory for Caregivers of Elderly Family Members (SSI-CE): Relations with Indicators of Psycholgical Wellbeing

“…The results corroborated our preliminary hypotheses, given that scores on the SSI-CE were: (a) positively correlated with scores on measures of quality of life, the subscale for positive interaction of the Dyadic Relationship Scale, and (b) negatively correlated with scores on measures of perceived burden, depressive symptoms, and the confl icts subscale of the Dyadic Relationship Scale. In addition, these results are consistent with fi ndings reported in prior studies (Carneiro et al, 2007;Franzmann et al, 2014;Muela et al, 2001;Pinto & Barham, 2014;Robinson, 1990).…”

“…Those who can use these skills in a socially profi cient manner are able to gain and maintain the participation and support of individuals who belong to their informal and formal social circles, increasing the amount of help they receive (Del Prette & Del Prette, 2013;Segrin et al, 2016). Successfully using these abilities improves their resilience and effectiveness as caregivers (Pinto & Barham, 2014;Pinto et al, 2016, Segrin et al, 2016. As such, having the ability to interact with others in a socially profi cient manner while caring for a dependent elderly person can be an essential factor in minimizing caregivers' dayto-day problems.…”

“…Studies conducted with various target populations have shown that people who have a broader range of social skills tend to report better quality of life, higher perceptions of social support, and fewer depressive symptoms (Braz, Del Prette, & Del Prette, 2011;Carneiro, Falcone, Clark, Del Prette, & Del Prette, 2007). In the case of caregivers, Franzmann, Krause, Haberstroh, and Pantel (2014), Muela, Torres, and Peláez (2001), Pinto and Barham (2014) and Robinson (1990) conducted studies to investigate the relationships among caregivers' social skills and their perceptions of social support, self-esteem, stress, burden and relationship quality. The fi ndings reveal that social skills have a positive infl uence on caregivers' wellbeing, indicating that a broader array of social skills is positively associated with greater social support, higher self-esteem and better relationship quality.…”

“…However, additional evidence is still needed, to verify other aspects of the validity of this instrument. In the present study, evidence of convergent validity was used to further examine the construct validity of the HIS-CE, by examining associations between people's social skills and other variables, namely quality of life, dyadic relationship quality (which has two subscales: Positive Interaction and Confl icts), burden and depressive symptoms (Braz et al, 2011;Carneiro & Falcone, 2013;Carneiro et al, 2007;Franzmann et al, 2014;Muela et al, 2001;Pinto & Barham, 2014;Robinson, 1990).…”

“…As such, we established the following hypotheses, based on prior research (Barham et al, 2015;Muela et al, 2001;Pinto & Barham, 2014;Pinto et al, 2016;Robinson, 1990): (a) SSI-EC scores will have a negative relationship with measures of caregiver burden, of confl icts in the relationship between the caregiver and the elderly care recipient, and of depressive symptoms; and (b) SSI-EC scores will have a positive relationship with measures of positive interactions between the caregiver and the elderly care recipient and of quality of life.…”