domingo, 12 de outubro de 2008

Aventura Social no HBSC Sevilha

HBSC Focus Group Meeting (25 years of HBSC), Seville, 15 – 17 May, 2008

A equipa foi amplamente representada até Sevilha para participar na reunião de primavera do HBSC, conseguimos estar presentes 10 elementos e para além dos compromissos habituais destes mettings, como a apresentação de posters, foram ainda vividos momentos de grande diversão e cumplicidade entre colegas :)

Aqui fica o abstract de um poster apresentado, e algumas fotos para ilustrar os momentos de descontracção...

Abstract Poster:

Title: Impact of Negative Life Events and protective factors on Positive Health in a population of adolescents with special needs.

Author(s): Simões, Celeste; Ferreira, Mafalda; Tomé, Gina & Matos, Margarida Gaspar de Matos
The aim of the present work is the analysis of factors associated to positive health and well being, in a population of adolescents with special needs (ASN) facing adverse environmental situations.
The sample included 494 adolescents with special needs (ASN), mean age 14 years old. Pupils attended 77 public schools from all Portugal. Data collection was held within the HBSC (Health Behaviour in School aged Children) survey (Currie et al, 2004; Matos et al, 2006). For the purpose of this specific study, the questionnaire included questions about quality of life, internal and external resources and life events.
Results showed that adolescents with special needs (ASN) had a set of internal resources (personal and social competences and self-concept) and a set of external resources (family, peers, school and local community). Those are protective factors regarding their well being, when they face stressful environmental situations. However when adolescents face several different negative life events, only Family and Self-concept have a significant protective effect.
Family and self-concept seem thus the most determinant factors for the positive development of adolescents with special needs (ASN), when they face multiple negative environmental events.
When designing and implementing school-based intervention programs, this feature stressed the importance of including both individual mental health support and family support, as a way to help adolescents with special needs (ASN) to face daily challenges and negative life events.

Key-words: Positive health; Special Needs; Negative life events; Resilience; Family, Self-concept; Adolescents


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