Las respuestas al confinamiento por la pandemia de la COVID-19 desde una perspectiva emocional: la función familiar como patrón diferencial en las personas mayores

• Autores: Javier López Martínez, Gema Pérez Rojo, Cristina Noriega García, Cristina Velasco Vega, María Isabel Carretero Abellán, Patricia López Frutos, Leyre Galarraga Cristóbal
• Localización: Psicología conductual = behavioral psychology: Revista internacional de psicología clínica y de la salud, ISSN 1132-9483, Vol. 29, Nº. 2, 2021, págs. 331-344
• Idioma: español
• DOI: 10.51668/bp.8321207s
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  • español

    La familia puede ser un recurso fundamental en momentos de pérdidas y crisis vitales. La soledad y el aislamiento en personas mayores provocan consecuencias negativas para su salud mental. La presente investigación analiza el rol de la función familiar en la ansiedad y depresión experimentadas por personas mayores durante la pandemia ocasionada por el COVID-19. Participaron 882 adultos mayores de 60 años evaluándose características sociodemográficas y del coronavirus, salud, función familiar, evitación, depresión y ansiedad. Los datos sugieren un factor amortiguador de la función familiar sobre la ansiedad y depresión durante la pandemia. Además, no estar casado, ser mujer, mayor miedo al COVID-19, una peor salud autopercibida, mayor evitación y una peor función familiar se asociaba con mayores niveles de ansiedad. Mientras que mayor miedo al COVID-19, una peor salud autopercibida, mayor evitación y una peor función familiar se relacionaban con mayor depresión. Los resultados permiten señalar que la disfunción familiar es un factor predisponente para el desarrollo de problemas emocionales de ansiedad y depresión en personas mayores en situaciones potencialmente estresantes y de pérdida.

  • English

    Family can be an essential resource at times of loss or vital crisis. Loneliness and isolation in older adults might have serious negative consequences for their mental health. For this reason, this research aims to analyze the role of family function in the anxiety and depression experienced by older adults during the pandemic caused by COVID-19. Participants were 882 Spanish communitydwelling adults over 60 years of age. Sociodemographic characteristics, characteristics related to the coronavirus, self-perceived health, family function, avoidance, depression and anxiety were analyzed. Data suggest a buffering effect of family function on anxiety and depression during the pandemic. Furthermore, being unmarried or a female, greater fear of COVID-19, worse self-perceived health, greater avoidance, and worse family function were associated with higher levels of anxiety. Likewise, greater fear of COVID-19, poorer self-perceived health, greater avoidance, and poorer family function, were associated with greater depression. These results point out that family dysfunction is a predisposing factor for the development of the emotional problems of anxiety and depression in older people in potentially stressful and loss situations

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