| Journal: | Pensamiento psicológico |
| Database: | CLASE |
| System number: | 000306753 |
| ISSN: | 1657-8961 |
| Authors: | Hernández Zamora, Zoila Edith1 Ehrenzweig Sánchez, Yamilet Navarro Hernández, Axel Manuel |
| Institutions: | 1Universidad Veracruzana, Instituto de Investigaciones Psicológicas, Xalapa, Veracruz. México |
| Year: | 2009 |
| Season: | Ene-Jun |
| Volumen: | 5 |
| Number: | 12 |
| Pages: | 13-28 |
| Country: | Colombia |
| Language: | Español |
| Document type: | Artículo |
| Approach: | Analítico |
| Spanish abstract | Se muestran los resultados encontrados con relación al constructo Personalidad Resistente (PR) y los niveles de estrés en una muestra de 102 adultos mayores. La mayoría de los y las participantes tienen un nivel alto de PR y ninguno resultó con un nivel bajo en este constructo. Las variables asociadas significativamente con una PR alta son: sexo, independencia, escolaridad, autopercepción de salud y repercusión en el estado de ánimo de sus enfermedades. Las variables asociadas con un nivel de estrés bajo son: satisfacción con el apoyo familiar y de amistades, escolaridad, número de enfermedades, autopercepción de salud, influencia en el estado de ánimo de sus enfermedades y estado de ánimo. Estos resultados, además, comprueban la hipótesis de que tener una PR alta está relacionado significativamente con un nivel de estrés bajo |
| English abstract | This paper shows the results found in the Resistant Personality (RP) construct and the levels of stress in a sample of 102 ageing adults who regularly go to a day-care home for old people. These results show that most of the participants have a high level of RP and nobody showed a low level in this construct. The variables significantly associated with a high level of RP are: sex, independence, education, self-perception of health and repercussion of mood. With respect to the level of stress, only 2.0% resulted with a high level. The variables associated with a low level of stress are: satisfaction regarding family and friendship support, education, number of illnesses, self-perception of health and mood. Additionally, these results prove the hypothesis that having a high RP is highly associated with a low level of stress. On the other hand, they distort the myth that says that in old age there are more losses than gains, which probably are associated with, in this case, the characteristics that most people present, such as having income, partner, their own house, doing pleasant activities which contribute to maintaining good health, for example going to a day-care home for old people |
| Disciplines: | Medicina, Psicología |
| Keyword: | Geriatría, Psicología clínica, Adultos mayores, Personalidad resistente, Estrés, Salud |
| Full text: | Texto completo (Ver PDF) |
