Author(s): Pereira, Liliana Filipa Gaspar ; Marques, Mariana (Orientadora) ; Gaspar, Marta (Coorientadora)
Date: 2018
Origin: Repositório Aberto do Instituto Superior Miguel Torga
Subject(s): Coping - Coping; Resili?ncia - Resilience; Comprometimento organizacional - Organizational commitment; Doen?a mental - Mental disorder; Defici?ncia mental - Mental disability; Profissionais - Professionals
Introdu??o: A presta??o de cuidados de sa?de a pessoas com defici?ncia/doen?a mental ? um servi?o indispens?vel na vida dos indiv?duos e das suas fam?lias. Existem alguns estudos que focam a resili?ncia e coping de profissionais/cuidadores formais nesta ?rea, mas segundo sabemos, n?o existem estudos sobre o comprometimento organizacional. Foram nossos objetivos: analisar os n?veis de resili?ncia, coping e comprometimento organizacional (os seus tr?s tipos), em profissionais que trabalham com pessoas com doen?a/defici?ncia mental; explorar associa??es entre estas vari?veis (entre si e com vari?veis sociodemogr?ficas e profissionais); e explorar os preditores do comprometimento organizacional nesta amostra. Metodologia: 54 profissionais/cuidadores formais de pessoas com doen?a/defici?ncia mental (n = 46; 85,2%, sexo feminino; idade m?dia de 44,9, DP = 11,14) preencheram um question?rio sociodemogr?fico, o BriefCOPE, a Escala de avalia??o Global da Resili?ncia e a Escala do Comprometimento Organizacional. Resultados: Os profissionais/cuidadores formais apresentaram um n?vel de resili?ncia m?dio. As estrat?gias de coping com valores m?dios maiores foram o Coping Ativo, Planear e Reinterpreta??o Positiva e a estrat?gia com valor m?dio menor foi o Uso de subst?ncias. A idade, tempo de servi?o, Resili?ncia e Reinterpreta??o positiva associaram-se ao Comprometimento calculativo. O tempo de servi?o e a Resili?ncia foram preditores deste ?ltimo. A idade, tempo de servi?o, Utiliza??o de suporte instrumental, Religi?o, Nega??o e Desinvestimento comportamental associaram-se ao Comprometimento normativo. A idade e a Religi?o foram os seus preditores. Cuidadores com um familiar com defici?ncia mental apresentaram n?veis maiores de Resili?ncia e Reinterpreta??o positiva e menores de Autoculpabiliza??o. Os cuidadores com um familiar com doen?a mental apresentaram n?veis maiores de Reinterpreta??o positiva e cuidadores com forma??o em defici?ncia mental n?veis maiores de Autodistra??o. Discuss?o: Os n?veis m?dios nas vari?veis centrais do estudo parecem confirmar que esta amostra de cuidadores formais/profissionais apresenta um ?perfil? psicol?gico indicado para a presta??o de cuidados na ?rea da doen?a/defici?ncia mental. Ainda assim, ? fundamental que as institui??es nesta ?rea se preocupem em assegurar as condi??es/ambiente promotor de maiores n?veis de resili?ncia e de comprometimento organizacional. / Introduction: The provision of health care to people with mental disease/intellectual disability is an essential service in the lives of the individuals and their families. There are some studies focusing on resilience and coping of professionals/formal caregivers in this area, but according to our knowledge, there are no studies on organizational commitment. Our objectives were: to analyze the levels of resilience, coping and organizational commitment (its different types) in professionals who work with people with mental disease/intellectual disability; to explore associations between these variables (among them and with sociodemographic and professional variables); and to explore the predictors of organizational commitment in this sample. Methodology: 54 professionals/formal caregivers of people with mental disease/intellectual disability (n = 46, 85.2% female; mean age 44,9, SD = 11,14) completed a sociodemographic questionnaire, the BriefCOPE, Global Scale of evaluation of Resilience and Organizational Commitment Questionnaire. Results: The professionals/formal caregivers had a medium level of resilience. Coping strategies with higher average values were Active Coping, Planning and Positive Reinterpretation and the strategy with the lowest mean value was Substance Use. Age, time of service in the institution, Resilience and Positive Reinterpretation were associated with Continuance Commitment. Time of service in the institution and Resilience were predictors of this commitment. Age, time of service in the institution, Use of instrumental support, Religion, Denial and Behavioral disinvestment were associated with Normative commitment. Age and Religion were its predictors. Formal caregivers that had a family member with mental disability had higher levels of Resilience and Positive reinterpretation, and lower values of Self-blame. Caregivers with a family member with mental disease had higher levels of Positive reinterpretation. Caregivers with training in mental disability had greater levels of Self-distraction. Discussion: The mean levels in the main variables studied seem to confirm that this sample of professionals/formal caregivers present a psychological profile indicated for the provision of care in the area of mental disease/disability. Still, it is essential that the institutions in this area are concerned in ensuring conditions that promote higher levels of resilience and organizational commitment.
