Relações interpessoais ao longo da vida de pessoas em situação de rua usuárias de álcool e outras drogas

• Ano de defesa: 2019
• Autor(a) principal: Espíndola, Marília Ignácio de [UNIFESP]
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP)
• Palavras-chave em Português: Interpersonal Relationships; Human development; Homeless people; Social marginalization; Substance-related disorders; Psychological Resilience; Relações interpessoais; Pessoas em situação de rua; Desenvolvimento humano; Marginalização social; Trasntorno por uso de substâncias; Resiliência psicológica
• Link de acesso: https://sucupira.capes.gov.br/sucupira/public/consultas/coleta/trabalhoConclusao/viewTrabalhoConclusao.jsf?popup=true&id_trabalho=7793822; https://repositorio.unifesp.br/handle/11600/58742

Background: People that living in homelessness are one of the most marginalized groups. However, few studies seek to elucidate factors that trigger and maintain them in this process. This study aims to understand the process of transformation of interpersonal relationships along the life cycle of adults homeless people alcohol and other drugs users found in urban areas of the city of São Paulo. Method: The study design is exploratory qualitative. Professionals Key informants and adults homeless people alcohol and other drugs users were interviewed. Data collection was realized semi-structured interviews, with emphasis on the timeline, and participatory observation. All interviews were fully recorded, transcribed and submitted to thematic analysis. Results: The totality of 40 people participated in the study, 20 were homeless people alcohol and other drugs users and 20 people were key informants. The factors that emerge from the data were organized into six themes with their respective subthemes. In childhood, (Theme 1) the participant's homeless people using alcohol and other drugs alleged instability in the creation, abuse and violence and reported that the father figure is not present or absent. In adolescence (Theme 2) the results that emerged were a dropout and school failure, gender acceptance and sexual orientation, the birth of the first child and unions or marriages. Already in adult life (Theme 3) loss of contact or conflicting relationship with family, health problems, trafficking and prostitution were the emerged subthemes. Cross-sectional factors were also found (Theme 4) with deaths and substance use as subthemes. Theme 5 refers to the factors that maintain social exclusion and have as their theme the interdependence between drugs and the street and depreciative beliefs. The theme 6 potentialities and life resources and the subthemes that emerged were work, housing and art. Final Considerations: From these results, it is necessary to highlight the need to foster interventions that consider the entire history of weaknesses found throughout the life cycles of the homeless people alcohol and other drugs users considering the peculiarities of each age group and articulating. Strategies aimed at reducing stigma, increasing self-esteem, awareness of social exclusion will also be very useful. The work done by people like the key informants of this study could be strengthened and acknowledged mainly at the state level.