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Estados Emocionais de Idosas a Partir do Teste de Apercepção Temática

2014; Editora da Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (EDIPUCRS); Volume: 45; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.15448/1980-8623.2014.112788

1980-8623

Claudia Dallagnol, Eluisa Bordin Schmidt, Irani Iracema de Lima Argimon,

Psychology and Mental Health

The aimed of this study was to investigate emotional states of 10 elderly women aged between 70 and 80 years, members of an elderly group. It was conducted a qualitative study having as instruments the Thematic Apperception Test (TAT), the Mini Mental State Examination and a sociodemographic questionnaire. The analysis was performed with content analysis by Bellack method. As a result, the women expressed internal needs of keep themselves complying with the maternal role. They also showed emotions that point to the desire of keeping themselves activate, happy and altruistic, as well as needing valorization, support and help. Furthermore, they revealed anxieties associated to fear of loss, loneliness, dependency, feeling of being incapable and concerns about the future. They showed a healthy ego structure and a flexible superego. It's concluded that TAT allows the investigation and analysis of emotional states of personality in elderly women, also permitting a psychodynamic comprehension of the psychological functioning of aging.