Estresse e envolvimento paterno de servidores públicos com filho(s) pequeno(s)
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2015-10-23
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Universidade Catolica de Salvador
Abstract
This master thesis investigated possible correlations between stress and
paternal involvement of public employees with their child(ren) in the context of a
public organization located in Salvador (Bahia). To this end, one multi
methodological approach with quantitative and qualitative strategies was chosen.
The study included 30 men who were effective employees from the public
organization in Salvador and fathers of at least one son or daughter aged between
zero and six years incomplete. They also had higher levels of education and
occupied position of specialty compatible with their education. After approval of this
study by the Institutional Review Board of UCSal, employees were asked to
participate in this investigation through the Institutional e-mail of the Body in which
they work. Those who accepted signed the consent form and completed the
"sociodemographic data" and "sources of stress present in daily life "questionnaires
(both designed by the researcher). Moreover, they also responded to the "Lipp´s
Inventory of Stress Symptoms for Adults" (ISSL). Among the participants, five were
chosen with stress and five without stress (according to the diagnosis through ISSL),
and they participated in interview in which we used the script "Conciliation
with paternal involvement, family and work", which was also prepared by the
researcher. There was statistical analysis for quantitative data and content analysis
of the answers for the open questions. The main results were: a little bit more than
half of the participants (54.0%) reported that their daily life was permeated with many
stressful sources, distributed in several areas of daily life – family, work,
health and contemporary society. According to their perception, the ones which
most interfered negatively in their involvement with their children were: (a) family,
"the ones that have gone through separation / divorce recently" and " have
dedicated little time to the family"; (b) contemporary society: " the ones that moved
to another city" and “considered that their presence can be replaced by consumer
products (presents)"; (c) health, "the ones that face problems of sleep" and "adopt
unhealthy lifestyle habits (e.g. smoking and sedentary lifestyle)"; (d) work, " the ones
that consider their weekly working workload excessive". It was identified the
presence of clinical manifestations of stress in 53.3% of participants, among which
50.0% were in resistance phase and 3.3%, in almost-exhaustion phase. Regarding to
the prevalence of symptoms, a little bit more than half of respondents (56.0%)
had physical and psychological symptoms with emphasis on muscle tension,
insomnia, sudden urge to start new projects, excessive irritability and excessive
emotional sensitivity. Comparing paternal involvement of fathers with stress
and without stress, it was noticed that both groups reported a high involvement in
terms of interaction, accessibility and responsibility. However, it was found among
them differences of perception on the impact of stressful sources,
because while the group of fathers with stress highlighted the negative impact of
stress on health and involvement with children, parents without stress reported a
perception more positive of life and had a greater facility to conciliate work and family
demands. Finally, it is showed the need of more studies to investigate aspects
related to stress, work and paternal involvement and to compare the involvement of
both fathers and mothers with their children, given the contemporary challenges
posed to both.
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Estresse, Envolvimento paterno, Trabalho, Família, Stress, Paternal involvement, Work, Family