Factores afectivos y sociofamiliares asociados al desarrollo de la desesperanza en los adultos mayores.

Abstract

This article is a product prepared based on a documentary review, it was established as a general objective to analyze the affective and socio-family factors that are related to the development of hopelessness in older adults, with the purpose of informing about psychoeducational strategies that allow prevention and management of this problem; In this way, a qualitative approach was used with a non-experimental descriptive design and 30 investigations carried out with older adults at the international, national and local level between the years 2015 to 2021 were taken as a sample, of which the analysis of results was made by Through a content matrix, in the first category were the risk factors to review the subcategories affective, social and family factors; in the same way the second category, about the affected areas with the two subcategories corresponding to the psychological and emotional area. The results indicate social factors such as lack of opportunities, material resources, low educational level, difficulties in adaptation, among others; At the same time, in the family factor, abandonment, homelessness, family rejection, intra-family abuse, dysfunctional families; In the affective factor, feelings of loneliness, existential crises, dissatisfaction, sadness, among others, are highlighted. The authors conclude the fulfillment of the proposed objectives by stating that the probability of suffering hopelessness depends to a large extent on the emotional, social and family state in which the elderly adult is, and as a consequence of the problem there are psychological and psychological effects. emotional.