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| Author(s): |
Nelma Caires Queroz
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Press: | Campinas, SP. |
| Institution: | Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Faculdade de Educação |
| Defense date: | 0000-00-00 |
| Examining board members: |
Sueli Aparecida Freire;
Meire Cachioni;
Evely Boruchovitch;
Soely Aparecida Jorge Polydoro
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| Advisor: | Anita Liberalesso Neri |
| Abstract | |
Study I: Psychological well-being was investigated in convenience samples in 300 men and 300 women from 25 to 35 years old and 45 to 55 years old through Personal Development Scale (EDEP) with 5 factors. EDEP items and Factor 1 (self actualization, personal growth and psychological adjustment) showed satisfactory internal consistence. Regardless the age women made more points than men in Factor 1. Adult women had their averages higher than adult men in Factors 1 and 2 (productivity), 4 (worry about next generations); middle-aged men had higher punctuation in Factor 5 (commitment with the other) than middle-aged women; adults made more points than the middle-aged group in Factor 4; the middle-aged group made more points than the adults in Factor 3 (care) and in Factor 5. Conclusion: EDEP total and Factor 1 showed high internal consistence. Women regardless the age bracket and the middle-aged group presented more positive self-reports about the psychological well being. Study II: investigated relations among psychological well-being, personality and coping in both adults and middle-aged men and women. The 40 participants who made more points and the 40 who made fewer points in EDEP in Study 1 were selected. The Neuroticism Factorial Scales, Extroversion and Socialization were applied as well as Ways of Coping Problems Scale and EDEP. The psychological well-being correlated negatively with neuroticism and positively with extroversion, socialization and coping strategies based on the stressor. Women presented more anxiety and used more coping strategies based on the emotion and on religious practices than men. Adults made more points in neuroticism features and used more strategies focused on emotion than the middle-aged ones; the latter made more points in socialization than adults. The participants who made more points on the first EDEP evaluation, presented less neuroticism, socialization traces (tenderness, trust), extrovert (communication, assertiveness and social interactions) and used strategies focused on the problem. Conclusion: Women and adults presented more neuroticism traces and showed they are users of coping strategies focused on emotion. The biggest the adjustment of the psychological sense of well being, the smallest the neuroticism, more traces of assertiveness, socialization and use of strategies focused on the problem. (AU) | |