出版社：Universidade Federal do Parana̧, Departamento de Psicologia
摘要：The aim of this study was to verify the correlation of perception of family support and depressive and anxious symptoms in patients under treatment for obesity. The sample was composed by female patients (N=39), users of the Unified Health System (SUS), with a mean age of 41.00 years (SD = 10.74). The participants answered the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), the Beck anxiety Inventory (BAI) and the Inventory of Perception of Family Support (IPSF). The results show significant negative correlations among the IPSF andthe BDI and the BAI, indicating that the higher the perception of family support received, the lower the scores of anxious and depressive symptoms. Correlations between the BDI and BAI were also found, pointing that the higher the degree of depression, the higher was the patient’s anxiety level. In general, studies show the importance of effective family support, that if perceived as appropriate by the individual, may be a protective factor in the health-disease process.
