Efectos conductuales de la Terapia de Aceptación y Compromiso con pacientes de un hospital pediátrico

At the present time, research literature has reported a high demand for pediatric patients, for hospital attention, but who are also diagnosed with mental disorders. Due to this, several psychological treatments have been developed, such as the Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). This therapy,...

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Veröffentlicht in:Apuntes de psicología 2020-06, Vol.38 (2), p.81-89
Hauptverfasser: Arroyo Jiménez, Cointa, Reyes Ortega, Michel André, Lara Puente, Argelia, Zúñiga Chacón, Geraldine Leticia, Torres Marquez, Karina, Villalpando Martínez, Tania, Montoya Montero, Laura Itzel
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Zusammenfassung:At the present time, research literature has reported a high demand for pediatric patients, for hospital attention, but who are also diagnosed with mental disorders. Due to this, several psychological treatments have been developed, such as the Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). This therapy, whose evidence has shown results in child population, has been used in groups with different medical and psychological diagnoses. The present phenomenological qualitative study used the observation method, observers as participants, a semi-structured interview, and behavioral recordings before and after the intervention. The aim of this ACT based group intervention was to find out about the behavioral effects in pediatric patients with medical and psychological diagnoses. Five scholar patients with medical conditions and problems in the affective, behavioral and/or social areas, participated. Results report that the participants showedbehavioral improvement mainly in emotional regulation, prosocial behavior, peer social and communication skills, all of which were maintained six months after, also psychological flexibility increased as well. This study suggests a new ACT based intervention protocol, in group format, pictorial-like, and adapted to school age patients. Actualmente existe una alta demanda de atención hospitalaria de pacientes pediátricos con comorbilidad de trastornosmentales. Por ello, se han desarrollado alternativas de tratamientos psicológicos, como la Terapia de Aceptación yCompromiso (ACT, por sus siglas en inglés). Esta se ha utilizado en poblaciones con diferentes diagnósticos médicos ypsicológicos, y la evidencia ha mostrado resultados en población infantil. El presente estudio es cualitativo con enfoquefenomenológico, se usaron técnicas de observación con observadores como participantes, entrevista semiestructuraday registros conductuales previos y posteriores a la intervención. El objetivo de esta terapia grupal basada en ACT fueconocer los efectos conductuales en pacientes pediátricos que contaran con diagnósticos médicos y/o psicológicos.Participaron cinco pacientes escolares con condiciones médicas y problemas en el área afectiva, conductual y/o social.Los resultados muestran que los participantes presentaron mejorías conductuales, principalmente en la regulación emocional,conductas prosociales, habilidades sociales con pares y en la comunicación, las cuales se mantuvieron seis mesesdespués. Asimismo, se observó mayor flexibilidad psic
ISSN:0213-3334
1989-6441
DOI:10.55414/gch0mh89