Coping e Dimensões Afetivas do Bem-estar Subjetivo: Um Estudo com Trabalhadores da Educação

Abstract

The goal of this study was the analysis of the existing relationship between two affective dimensions of the subjective well-being, strategies of coping, and sociodemographic factors in workers in the Municipal Department of Education, Science and Technology (SEMECT) in Anápolis (GO). For such, the most stressful events experienced were described in the work context, as well as the coping strategies most often used and the prevailing affects experienced. The sample was composed of 212 government workers engaged in administrative tasks and in teaching, the average age was that of 36,61 with (DP=8,59). The measuring instruments were: Coping Response Inventory and the Scale of Positive and Negative Affects at Work. The descriptive analysis of the estressores told in the scale of coping presents the relationary problems (56.1%) with the highest predominance. The strategies most used were: resolution of problems, logic analysis, and cognitive reevaluation. In what concerns the positive and negative factors, there was the prevalence of positive affects. The results of multiple regression applied to the predictive factors analysis of the positive affects indicated that the ability of positive reevaluation showed itself meaningful in the prediction of the positive affects and reflect the approximation of coping to its cognitive dimension. In reference to the socio-demographic variables (time of service, office function, and supervision) in relation to the coping strategies, only the ability to seek social guidance/support in the time of service dimension showed significance.