Estresse parental em famílias pobres residentes no município de Belém-Pará

Abstract

The Parenting Stress have been exposed in the literature as a stress developed by the caregivers necessities of parenting. Many reasons may influence the ocurring of this kind of stress, like poverty and its multiples dimensions. This research had like main objective to identify the perceptions of parenting stress in poors parentes and caregivers of childrens and adolescents of Belem (PA). It was investigated a sample of 300 caregivers of CADÚNICO, interviwed on ten CRAS of the city. The research had a mixed character. In the quantitative aspect, a sociodemographic characterization tool (ISD), the Multidimensional Poverty Index (IPF) and the Parenting Stress Index (PSI) were applied. In the qualitative context, two focal groups with participants drawn from the total sample were divided into poorer participants (higher IPF) and less poor participants (lower IPF). The realization of the focal points was guided by a script constituted with themes related to the exercise of parenting. In the quantitative results it was observed that in the sample 96% were women, 50% had completed high school education and 64% had high parenting stress. The median IPF score reached (14) by the sample was median in relation to the national result of the instrument used. All respondents have participated or are still beneficiaries of any government income transfer program. In the focus groups, reports of parental stress were identified, but no qualitative differences were observed in the reports between the two specified groups. We suggest other studies with more precise statistical analyzes or involving samples of people without CADÚNICO profile.