Abstract

JIMENEZ ARRIETA, Myriam; AMARIS MACIAS, María  and  VALLE AMARIS, Marcela. Coping in family crisis: Divorce with teenager's children. Salud, Barranquilla [online]. 2012, vol.28, n.1, pp.99-112. ISSN 0120-5552.

Objective: To describe the family coping strategies with the divorce as a non-normative crisis. Materials and method: Descriptive study, with an intentional selection of a sample of 43 families with teenagers' children. The instrument was the F-COPES scale (Family-Crisis Oriented Personal Evaluation Scale) from McCubbin, Larsen y Olson. Results: It was a familial tendency to use the social support as the main coping strategy in a moment of crisis, followed by Reframing. The least used strategy was Mobilizing the family to accept help, followed by the passive appraisal and spiritual support. Conclusions: Families going through a divorce or separation process give a special place to the social support. Their members used to appeal to external family, friends and people in the same condition, looking for feelings of safety and support in the middle of the crisis. Nevertheless, they use internal and external strategies to cope with the crisis.

Keywords : Coping strategies; non-normative crisis; divorce; adolescence.

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