Ansiedad y estrés en mujeres de 65 a 70 años en condiciones de distanciamiento social por COVID-19 En opción al título de psicóloga/o
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2021
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Universidad de Guayaquil -Facultad de Ciencias Psicológicas
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El presente estudio abordó a las adultas mayores que vivían con estrés y ansiedad debido a los cambios bruscos en su estilo de vida generados en la pandemia por COVID-19. Como eje se planteó ¿de qué manera la ansiedad y el estrés se manifestó durante el distanciamiento social? El objetivo fue evaluar síntomas de ansiedad y estrés en mujeres de 65 a 70 años en condiciones de distanciamiento social. El enfoque fue cualitativo descriptivo, el método análisis y síntesis. En cuanto a la reflexión crítica, los eventos pandémicos fueron disparadores emocionales que exacerbaron sintomatología de estrés y ansiedad en este grupo poblacional de alta vulnerabilidad debido a su edad. Para concluir las medidas adoptadas en tiempos de pandemia alteraron la vida emocional y relacional de las adultas mayores provocando comportamientos patológicos de ansiedad y el estrés que repercutió en la salud psicológica debilitando los recursos afrontativos ante los eventos vividos
The present paper approached elderly women who lived with stress and anxiety due to the abrupt changes in their lifestyle generated in the COVID-19 pandemic. As an axis we proposed, how did anxiety and stress manifest itself during social distancing? The objective was to evaluate symptoms of anxiety and stress in women aged 65 to 70 in conditions of social distancing. The approach was qualitative descriptive, the method was analysis and synthesis. Regarding critical reflection, pandemic events were emotional triggers that exacerbated stress and anxiety symptoms in this highly vulnerable population group due to their age. To conclude, the measures adopted in times of pandemic altered the emotional and relational life of the elderly women, causing pathological behaviors of anxiety and stress that had repercussions on psychological health, weakening her coping resources to face the experienced events
The present paper approached elderly women who lived with stress and anxiety due to the abrupt changes in their lifestyle generated in the COVID-19 pandemic. As an axis we proposed, how did anxiety and stress manifest itself during social distancing? The objective was to evaluate symptoms of anxiety and stress in women aged 65 to 70 in conditions of social distancing. The approach was qualitative descriptive, the method was analysis and synthesis. Regarding critical reflection, pandemic events were emotional triggers that exacerbated stress and anxiety symptoms in this highly vulnerable population group due to their age. To conclude, the measures adopted in times of pandemic altered the emotional and relational life of the elderly women, causing pathological behaviors of anxiety and stress that had repercussions on psychological health, weakening her coping resources to face the experienced events
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ansiedad, estrés, adultos mayores, distanciamiento social