Ampliação da rede de apoio de crianças enlutadas na pandemia de COVID-19

Alex Sandro Gomes Pessoa; Amanda Moro Sanches; Milene Maria Xavier Veloso; André Vilela Komatsu

doi:10.5020/23590777.rs.v24i3.e14632

Authors

Alex Sandro Gomes Pessoa Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos, São Paulo, Brasil https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9271-8575
Amanda Moro Sanches Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos, São Paulo, Brasil https://orcid.org/0009-0009-2997-8081
Milene Maria Xavier Veloso Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, Pará, Brasil https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1035-8968
André Vilela Komatsu Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos, São Paulo, Brasil https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8508-6787

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5020/23590777.rs.v24i3.e14632

Keywords:

childhood, pandemic, mourning, support network, intervention

Abstract

This study aimed to evaluate the effects of a psychosocial intervention in expanding the perception of the affective and social support network of children who lost one or more loved ones due to contamination by COVID-19. It is a quasi-experimental study based on the mixed-methods approach and with a cross-sectional design. Eighteen children aged between eight and 11 (M = 10; SD = 0.82) were randomly divided into an experimental group (GEx) and a control group (CG). The intervention went over eight sessions and was conducted in the school context. The five-field map (MCC) was the technique used for data collection, and the data obtained in the pre-test (T1) and post-test (T2) measurements were evaluated through descriptive analyses and using the robust t-test for truncated means and dependent samples. The results showed that the intervention increased the strength of proximity in the friends' field and increased the frequency of people cited in Level 1 of the MCC. Furthermore, the means showed that the effect size in favor of GEx compared to GC was of moderate magnitude in the dimensions family (δt = 0.4; p = 0.26), institution (δt = 0.53; p = 0.07), friends (δt = 0.41; p = 0.07), community (δt = 0.33; p = 0.45) and total (δt = 0.64; p = 0.11). The limitations of the research are presented, as well as future studies, especially concerning psychosocial intervention programs aimed at children who experience losses in disaster situations.

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Author Biographies

Alex Sandro Gomes Pessoa, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos, São Paulo, Brasil

Docente do Departamento de Psicologia e do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Psicologia da Universidade Federal de São Carlos. Presidente da Associação Brasileira de Psicologia do Desenvolvimento (2023-2025). Visiting Scholar na Universidade de Sydney, Austrália (2024-2025) com bolsa da FAPESP. Bolsista de Produtividade do CNPq.

Amanda Moro Sanches, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos, São Paulo, Brasil

Bolsista do CNPq - Brasil, Acadêmica de Psicologia na Universidade Federal de São Carlos

Milene Maria Xavier Veloso, Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, Pará, Brasil

Psicóloga pela Universidade Federal do Pará (UFPA). Mestre em Saúde Pública pela Fundação Oswaldo Cruz e Doutora em Psicologia pelo Programa de Pós-Graduação em Teoria e Pesquisa do Comportamento da UFPA. Professora Associada IV da Faculdade de Psicologia da UFPA.

André Vilela Komatsu, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos, São Paulo, Brasil

Pesquisador do Laboratório de Análise e Prevenção da Violência (LAPREV-UFSCar). Psicólogo, Mestre e Doutor em Psicologia, todos pela Universidade de São Paulo, com estágio doutoral na Universidade de Barcelona. Pós-doutor pelo Núcleo de Estudos da Violência (NEV-USP) e pelo Max Planck Institute for Human Development (MPI).

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