Coping Profiles and their Relationship with Self-compassion in Childhood

  1. María del Mar Ferradás Canedo 1
  2. Carlos Freire Rodríguez 1
  3. Lucía Prada Palmeiro 1
  4. José C. Núñez 2
  5. Susana Rodríguez Martínez 1
  1. 1 Universidade da Coruña
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    Universidade da Coruña

    La Coruña, España

    ROR https://ror.org/01qckj285

  2. 2 Universidad de Oviedo
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    Universidad de Oviedo

    Oviedo, España

    ROR https://ror.org/006gksa02

Revista:
Psicothema

ISSN: 0214-9915,  1886-144X

Año de publicación: 2022

Volumen: 34

Número: 1

Páginas: 41-48

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.7334/PSICOTHEMA2021.269 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openAcceso abierto editor

Otras publicaciones en: Psicothema

Resumen

Antecedentes: en línea con la creciente atención hacia la salud mental y el estrés en la población infantil, en el presente estudio se analizó la existencia de perfiles diferenciados de afrontamiento del estrés en respuesta a las demandas cotidianas. Asimismo, se determinó si los perfiles identificados diferían en su nivel de autocompasión. Método: en el estudio participaron 487 niños (9 - 12 años), seleccionados mediante un muestreo por conveniencia. Se llevó a cabo un diseño ex post facto transversal. Resultados: se identificaron cuatro perfiles de afrontamiento: perfil con baja utilización de estrategias de afrontamiento (PBA), perfil con predominio de estrategias aproximativas (PAA), perfil con alta utilización de todas las estrategias (PAAM) y perfil con una utilización moderada de todas las estrategias (PMAM). El PAA y el PAAM evidenciaron los niveles significativamente más altos de autocompasión positiva. Asimismo, los perfiles PAAM, BA y PMAM mostraron niveles significativamente más altos de autocompasión negativa que el perfil PAA. Conclusiones: estos hallazgos permiten determinar los perfiles de niños más y menos funcionales en cuanto a sus recursos psicológicos para hacer frente al estrés cotidiano infantil. Ello favorecería el desarrollo de intervenciones más individualizadas en la prevención del estrés infantil.

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