Browsing by Subject "Coping styles"

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    Living conditions and coping strategies of women with breast cancer in Córdoba, Colombia
    (Universidad de Murcia, 2019-12-01) Ruiz Doria, Sixta Carolina; Valencia Jiménez, Nydia Nina; Ortega Montes, Jorge Eliécer
    El cáncer de mama es una realidad que ha significado la muerte para miles de mujeres, constituyendo un evento estresor que afecta la salud emocional y psicológica de la paciente. Este estudio pretende determinar los tipos de estrategias de afrontamiento desarrolladas por las mujeres diagnosticadas con cáncer de mama de la ciudad de Montería, Colombia en el periodo 2013-2017. Se determinó una muestra de 131 pacientes y se estimó una probabilidad de éxito y fracaso de 50%, un error no mayor al 5% y una confianza de Zα = al 95%. La encuesta sociodemográfica arrojó que las participantes son de escasos recursos económicos, bajo nivel educativo, sin empleo, con pareja sentimental y profesan la religión católica; los datos arrojados por el Inventario Brief-COPE-28 refieren la preferencia por el tipo y estrategia de afrontamiento activo en 67.3% y 83.78% respectivamente, en la frecuencia de uso de las estrategias de afrontamiento se obtuvo el planeamiento (55%), afrontamiento activo (56%) y la religión (64%); y el nivel de afrontamiento regular prevaleció en todas las categorías. Pese a las condiciones de vida precarias, las participantes emplean estrategias activas para sobrevivir, lo que implica que se debe implementar procesos de acompañamiento integral que potencien la capacidad de afrontamiento de los sujetos.
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    The influence of coping strategies and behavior on the physiological response to social stress in women: the role of age and menstrual cycle phase
    (Elsevier, 2017-03-01) Espín López, Laura; Villada, Carolina; Hidalgo, Vanesa; Rubagotti, Sara; Sgoifo, Andrea; Salvador, Alicia; Anatomía Humana y Psicobiología; Facultades de la UMU::Facultad de Psicología y Logopedia
    There is information indicating that the variations induced by the menstrual cycle may influence the capacity of young women to respond to stress. The physiological response to stress changes across the stages of the lifespan; however, in spite of the great increase in life expectancy, the way women react after menopause, a period char- acterized by a dramatic decline in sex hormones, has not been sufficiently studied. The main objective of the study was to examine the capacity to respond to and recover from an acute social stressor in post-menopausal women compared to young women. The second objective was to investigate the consequences of behavior on the self-regulatory systems. We measured behavior, cortisol, and heart rate during a speaking task in front of a committee in sixty-seven women: 36 post-menopausal and 31 pre-menopausal (follicular group n = 14; luteal group n = 17). No differences in heart rate reactivity between three groups were found. Post-menopausal women showed less cortisol reactivity to stress; they also displayed a higher percentage of Gestures during the speaking task, reflecting a clearer pattern of active coping compared to the young women. In post-menopausal women, behaviors that reflect active coping strategies were related to better autonomic regulation. By contrast, in pre-menopausal women, cortisol changes seemed to be modulated by passive and reactive behaviors such as Submission and Assertion. These results emphasize the importance of considering age and Hormonal Status in coping processes, including reactivity and recovery from stressful situations