Niveles de depresión y estrategias de afrontamiento en familiares de víctimas de desaparición forzada en la ciudad de Medellín

This study intended to determine the relationship between the level of depression and coping strategies in relatives of victims of forced disappearance in the city of Medellín, Colombia. The research involved 34 grown-up participants, of both genders (4 men and 30 women) ages between 18 and 71, who were relatives of victims of forced disappearance at 6-21 months from the event occurrence. They completed Beck depression inventory, validated and standardized for Mexican population (Jurado, 1998) as well as the Coping Styles Questionnaire (Sandin & Chorot, 2003). General population means were compared in terms of age groups, relative's disappearance time and the participants' previous attendance to psychotherapy. 79.4% of participants had relatives who had disappeared 6-12 months before, and 58.8% of participants had not received psychological support. Depression levels were in a minimum/free-of-symptom level in 29.4% of population, in 23.5% they were slight, in 41.2% they were moderate and they showed to be severe in 5.9% of participants. The relationship between depression and coping styles levels was not statistically significant, yet focusing on problem solving and religion appeared as protection factors against depression

• Autores: Giraldo Marín, Luís Alexander; Gómez Gómez, Jesús David; Maestre Caro, Katherine
• Fecha de publicación: 2008
• Institución: Universidad de San Buenaventura
• Repositorio: Repositorio USB
• Idioma: spa
• OAI Identifier: oai:bibliotecadigital.usb.edu.co:10819/6322
• Acceso en línea: http://hdl.handle.net/10819/6322
• Palabra clave: Depresión; Estilos de Afrontamiento; Desaparición Forzada; Perfil Cognoscitivo; Depresión; Secuestro; Víctimas
• License: Atribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 2.5 Colombia