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Coping através do desporto: o papel da prática desportiva na gestão do stress em adultos
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O presente estudo teve como objetivo compreender se a prática desportiva contribui para o desenvolvimento de estratégias de coping que favorecem a gestão do stress. Para tal, propusemo-nos a construir e validar um instrumento (D-COPE) que avalia a perceção do desporto como promotor do desenvolvimento de competências de coping. Paralelamente, analisou-se se existiam diferenças entre atuais praticantes, ex-praticantes e indivíduos que nunca praticaram desporto, bem como o papel da modalidade (individual ou coletiva) e do tipo de prática (federada ou não federada) em relação à perceção de stress, às estratégias de coping adotadas e à perceção de que o desporto é promotor do desenvolvimento de competências de coping. Foi estudada uma amostra não probabilística, de conveniência constituída por 172 participantes, com idades entre os 18 e os 73 anos (M = 33,53; DP = 14,72), sendo 65,7% do sexo feminino e 34,3% do sexo masculino. Os participantes responderam a um questionário sociodemográfico, à Life Events Scale (LES), à Brief COPE e ao D-COPE. Os resultados revelaram não existir diferenças estatisticamente significativas nos níveis de eustress e distress entre os praticantes, ex-praticantes e os que nunca praticaram desporto. No entanto, observaram-se diferenças estatisticamente significativas ao nível das estratégias de coping adotas e na perceção do contributo do desporto para o seu desenvolvimento. Os praticantes de modalidades coletivas recorreram mais frequentemente à estratégia “Religião” do que os de modalidades individuais, enquanto os praticantes federados apresentaram valores significativamente superiores nas subescalas de Reinterpretação Positiva, Auto-culpabilização, Auto-distração, Desinvestimento Comportamental e Humor, bem como uma perceção mais elevada do contributo do desporto no desenvolvimento de competências de coping. Conclui-se que uma prática desportiva regular, estruturada e emocionalmente significativa está associada a uma perceção mais positiva do papel do desporto no desenvolvimento de estratégias de coping, reforçando o seu valor como espaço formativo de competências para lidar com as exigências da vida.
The present study aimed to understand whether sports practice contributes to the development of coping strategies that favor stress management. To this end, we proposed to build and validate an instrument (D-COPE) that assesses the perception of sports as a promoter of the development of coping skills. At the same time, we analyzed whether there were differences between current practitioners, former practitioners and individuals who had never practiced sports, as well as the role of the modality (individual or collective) and the type of practice (federated or non-federated) in relation to the perception of stress, the coping strategies adopted and the perception that sports promote the development of coping skills. A non-probabilistic convenience sample composed of 172 participants, aged between 18 and 73 years (M = 33.53; SD = 14.72) was studied, of which 65.7% were female and 34.3% were male. Participants answered a sociodemographic questionnaire, the Life Events Scale (LES), the Brief COPE and the D-COPE. The results revealed no statistically significant differences in eustress and distress levels among current, former and never-practitioners of sports. However, statistically significant differences were observed in terms of coping strategies adopted and in the perception of the contribution of sport to their development. Team sports practitioners resorted more frequently to the “Religion” strategy than individual sports practitioners, while federated practitioners presented significantly higher values in the Positive Reinterpretation, Self-Blame, Self-Distraction, Behavioral Disinvestment and Humor subscales, as well as a higher perception of the contribution of sport to the development of coping skills. It is concluded that regular, structured and emotionally meaningful sports practice is associated with a more positive perception of the role of sport in the development of coping strategies, reinforcing its value as a space for the formation of skills to deal with the demands of life.
The present study aimed to understand whether sports practice contributes to the development of coping strategies that favor stress management. To this end, we proposed to build and validate an instrument (D-COPE) that assesses the perception of sports as a promoter of the development of coping skills. At the same time, we analyzed whether there were differences between current practitioners, former practitioners and individuals who had never practiced sports, as well as the role of the modality (individual or collective) and the type of practice (federated or non-federated) in relation to the perception of stress, the coping strategies adopted and the perception that sports promote the development of coping skills. A non-probabilistic convenience sample composed of 172 participants, aged between 18 and 73 years (M = 33.53; SD = 14.72) was studied, of which 65.7% were female and 34.3% were male. Participants answered a sociodemographic questionnaire, the Life Events Scale (LES), the Brief COPE and the D-COPE. The results revealed no statistically significant differences in eustress and distress levels among current, former and never-practitioners of sports. However, statistically significant differences were observed in terms of coping strategies adopted and in the perception of the contribution of sport to their development. Team sports practitioners resorted more frequently to the “Religion” strategy than individual sports practitioners, while federated practitioners presented significantly higher values in the Positive Reinterpretation, Self-Blame, Self-Distraction, Behavioral Disinvestment and Humor subscales, as well as a higher perception of the contribution of sport to the development of coping skills. It is concluded that regular, structured and emotionally meaningful sports practice is associated with a more positive perception of the role of sport in the development of coping strategies, reinforcing its value as a space for the formation of skills to deal with the demands of life.
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Stress Coping Prática desportiva Adultos Sports participation Adults