Estrategias resilientes de familiares no cuidadores de pacientes con Esclerosis Múltiple

Abstract

The present degree work belongs to the research line Psychology, subjectivity and identities of the Faculty of Psychology of the University of St. Thomas and how it had in itself fulfill the strategies of resilience in non-caring relatives of patients with Multiple sclerosis in Bogota. This was done from the research framework that the indicative research of second order, the use of the strategy of conversational scenarios, which have different levels of observation, which if to collect information about the way that one of the members of the family system is experiencing the sickness situation. It also worked from the framework of a paradigm of complex thinking in articulation with social constructionism, constructivism and the ontology of language, taking into account the disciplinary and interdisciplinary aspects, from the categories of illness, family and resilience. To do this, three non-caring family members who were of legal age and living with the patient were summoned. The exercise was divided into two conversational scenarios as follows: a conversational scenario with each participant individually, then a group conversational scenario with the three participants and a final results-back session. Once the information was collected, the categorical analysis technique was used for the respective coding and interpretation of the results. From this analysis we continue to identify resilient strategies in participants on a personal level, such as making the decision not to change the life of their daily life despite the sacrifices or difficulties they present, at the core at the core family life, the family dimension, regarding the reorganization of dynamics and roles within the home and the synchronization within the members of the system to meet the needs of the patient, as well as the social are the support networks that are counted on, so, it was given the possibility to build and recognize new strategies.