Impacto emocional e inmunológico de la pérdida de la pareja en hombres y mujeres

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  • Violeta Cardenal Hernáez Universidad Complutense de Madrid, España España
  • Marta Ferragut Ortiz-Tallo Fundación Arte Pro, México España
  • Pilar Rueda Gallego Universidad de Málaga, España España
  • Margarita Ortiz-Tallo Alarcón Universidad de Málaga, España España

Palabras clave:

Divorcio, Viudez, Salud, Emociones, Inmunoglobulina-A

Resumen

Antededentes: El objetivo de este trabajo fue estudiar la relación entre variables psicológicas (depresión e ira) y variables fisiológicas (Inmunoglobulina-A) en el contexto de la pérdida de pareja, tomando en consideración el sexo.
Método: Se incluyeron tres grupos de 100 participantes: viudos, separados y un grupo control (50% hombres, edad entre 30 y 60 años). Se usaron dos cuestionarios para evaluar las variables psicológicas y la técnica de inmunodifusión radial para medir la cantidad de IgA.
Resultados: Los viudos y divorciados mostraron menor cantidad de IgA y más depresión y enfado que el grupo control. Se encontró una relación inversa entre IgA y las variables psicológicas. Las mujeres mostraron más depresión tras el divorcio mientras que los hombres estaban más deprimidos tras enviudar. En ambas situaciones, los hombres mostraron más enfado.
Conclusiones: Este estudio muestra la interrelación entre indicadores psicológicos y fisiológicos y la influencia del sexo tras la pérdida de pareja.

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2018-09-02

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Cardenal Hernáez, V. ., Ferragut Ortiz-Tallo, M. ., Rueda Gallego, P. ., & Ortiz-Tallo Alarcón, M. . (2018). Impacto emocional e inmunológico de la pérdida de la pareja en hombres y mujeres. Escritos De Psicología - Psychological Writings, 11(2), 55–64. Recuperado a partir de https://revistas.uma.es/index.php/espsi/article/view/9365

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