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Resumo
O presente artigo examina algumas questes tericas e achados de estudos recentes acerca das implicaes da doena orgnica
crnica na infncia. Analisam-se, em particular, as conseqncias emocionais da enfermidade precoce tanto para a criana como
para sua famlia, especialmente no que se refere relao me-criana. Alm disso, discute-se as dificuldades enfrentadas pela
famlia ao lidar com uma criana doente e os possveis riscos de ajustamento aos quais ela pode estar exposta. Apesar dos avanos
no tratamento de doenas crnicas orgnicas infantis e a melhora nas taxas de sobrevivncia dessas crianas, poucas investigaes
so encontradas na literatura em relao s implicaes emocionais e familiares da doena orgnica crnica na infncia. Os
estudos revisados sugerem que mudanas importantes nos relacionamentos familiares podem ocorrer quando h uma criana
com doena crnica orgnica na famlia, em particular no que se refere ao estresse parental, isolamento social, comportamentos
de superproteo com a criana e riscos aumentados para desajustes psicolgicos tanto para a criana quanto para seus genitores
e irmos.
Palavras-chave: Doena crnica; infncia; relaes familiares.
Implications of Physical Chronic Disease in Childhood
to Family Relationships: Some Theoretical Questions
Abstract
The present article examines some theoretical questions and reviews recent findings concerning the implications of physical
chronic disease in childhood. The emotional consequences of the disease to the child and the childs family, in particular to the
child-mother relationship are analyzed. Furthermore, family difficulties when dealing with an ill child and the possible risks to
his/her adjustment are discussed. Despite the medical advances in the treatment of childhood physical chronic diseases and the
increase on survival rates of these children, there are few studies on the emotional and family implications of a physical chronic
disease in childhood. The reviewed studies suggest that important changes in family relationships may happen when a child has
a physical chronic disease, such as parental stress, social isolation, overprotective behavior, and increased risk of psychological
maladjustment to the child, his/her parents, as well as to his/her brothers and sisters.
Keywords: Physical chronic disease; childhood; family relationship.
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Sobre os autores
Elisa Kern de Castro Psicloga, Mestre em Psicologia do Desenvolvimento pela Universidade
Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) e atualmente doutoranda em Psicologia da Sade na
Universidad Autnoma de Madrid, Espanha (bolsista CAPES).
Cesar Augusto Piccinini Psiclogo, Doutor em Psicologia pela University College, University of
London, Inglaterra, Professor do Instituto de Psicologia da UFRGS e pesquisador do CNPq.
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