Estresse parental e práticas socioeducativas parentais em pais/mães de filhos com e sem diabetes mellitus tipo 1

Abstract

This dissertation consists of three studies related to the theme of parental stress. In Study 1, described the characteristics of national publications on stress due to parenting and/or parentchild relationship, indexed in two Brazilian electronic bases data (SciELO and PePSIC). The full text of eleven empirical articles were analyzed in terms of their methods (participants and instruments), objectives and main results. In Study 2, we conducted the cross-cultural adaptation and investigation of psychometric properties of the Parental Stress Scale (PSS) for Brazilian-Portuguese. Participants were 304 parents, distributed in the same proportion by gender (mothers and fathers). In Study 3, examined the associations between the level of parental stress and parental socio-educational practices in 135 fathers/mothers of children without chronic disease (control group) and with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM; clinical group). Results from Study 1 provided an overview of the state of the art regarding parental stress in the national literature and highlight the need for further research in the area. Results from Study 2 presented an adapted version of PSS for Brazilian-Portuguese with adequate psychometric properties, as a measure of parental stress in parents of children in general. Results from Study 3 indicated associations between the level of parental stress and parenting practices, and lead to a discussion on the impact of the stressor "child’s chronic disease", specifically T1DM, the stress and parental practices. In the end, the results discussed assist in the creation of intervention strategies for fathers/mothers aimed at minimizing parental stress and child behavior problems and promote health via satisfactory family relationships.