2014, Number 1
Emotional abilities for schizophrenic patients´ care givers
Language: Spanish
References: 11
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ABSTRACT
Objective: to determine the development of the emotional abilities that has the care givers of schizophrenic patients.Methods: a descriptive, non experimental study was done. The non probabilistic sample was formed by 31 care givers from San Cristobal, Artemisa. Through the empiric method, the questionnaire about emotional abilities for schizophrenic patients ‘care givers (HECE), the information was gathered. Data was analyzed through the statistical method, mainly through the porcentual analysis.
Results: there is a predominance of insufficient developing levels of emotional abilities in more than the half of care givers. The indicator that showed better results was the recognition of the own emotions and problematic behaviors as well as the proper demands of the task of taking care. The more deficient indicator was the one related to issue adjust answers before the emotions and feelings of the schizophrenic patient with a major percentage of insufficiency in almost the half part of the sample. Negative emotions were the most representative symptoms considering the patient´s problematic behaviors and symptoms, meanwhile the positive symptoms were related to the achievement of the demands in the task of taking care. The main strategies of self control were distraction and positive appliance of logic. The care givers can frequently recognize the emotional states of the patients and the strategy more used to obtain the patient´s control was the same emotional support.
Conclusions: these results confirmed the importance of promoting the development of emotional abilities on these care givers.
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