Convivência à mesa : presença parental e o fortalecimento do vinculo familiar

Abstract

The research aims to analyze whether family life, represented by time at the table, impacts on strengthening the bond between its members. The hypothesis formulated is that the family, by establishing moments of interaction during regular meals, will be able to improve the perception of family support, enabling the construction of a feeling of security and self-esteem. The method used was qualitative and exploratory, with the intervention of psychoeducation, for this purpose, families were selected, made up of parents and children who are receiving care at APASEM (Associação de Promoção e Assistência Social Estrela do Mar), where the research was carried out, totaling ten meetings, the families experienced a meal at each meeting. In the first meeting, the Family Support Perception Inventory (IPSF) was applied. In the end, the Inventory was reapplied as a consolidated tool to evaluate individual perceptions about the support received in the family context, covering emotional, adaptive and autonomy aspects. Based on the results verified in this study, the relevance of improving the dimensions that allow understanding the functioning of families is evident, highlighting three main axes that obtained changes in results and scores according to the increase in meetings and the proposal inserted within the daily life of each family, such as: affective-conscious, family adaptation and autonomy, resulting in an increase and strengthening of perception and family support.