Abstract
O conceito de codependência é controverso, reportando-se a dificuldades psicológicas de familiares de dependentes de substâncias psicoativas, bem como abrangendo contextos de desestruturação familiar não associados à dependência dessas substâncias. A pesquisa teve por objetivo avaliar codependência e problemas internalizantes e externalizantes em adolescentes, filhos de pais com histórico de dependência a substância psicoativa, segundo sexo, e possível correlação entre codependência e tempo de exposição a esse membro da família, também segundo sexo. O estudo avaliou 30 adolescentes, de 13 a 18 anos, em um município do Estado de São Paulo, Brasil. Com o uso da Escala Spann-Fischer de Codependência e do Youth Self Report, foi verificada forte correlação entre a codependência e problemas psicológicos nas meninas. Ademais, foi encontrada forte correlação positive entre codependência e exposição intermitente ao familiar dependente de substâncias psicoativas, para meninos da amostra. Para meninos e meninas, não houve correlação entre codependência e exposição contínua ao familiar dependente, o que sugere que a codependência transcende a mera presença da pessoa com histórico de dependência de substâncias psicoativas.
Highlights
The term codependency was first used in the late 1970s, when alcoholism and dependence on other drugs were called “chemical” dependencies
According to Diehl, Silva and Bosso (2017), the concept of codependency involves several definitions, and may refer to: 1) a system of life that comes from the interaction with dysfunctional families; 2) an exacerbated reaction to the external environment concomitant with a low sensitivity to problem solution; 3) the behavior of a “normal” person who strives to deal with a problematic family member; 4) a stressful life event; or, 4) compulsive behaviors in an attempt to obtain safety and recognition
Maybe the strong and very strong correlations found between the degree of codependency and, respectively, internalizing and externalizing problems in the girls of the sample may help us explain the higher scores of those problems in the girls especially when compared to boys, who did not show a correlation between problems and codependency
Summary
The term codependency was first used in the late 1970s, when alcoholism and dependence on other drugs were called “chemical” dependencies. According to Diehl, Silva and Bosso (2017), the concept of codependency involves several definitions, and may refer to: 1) a system of life that comes from the interaction with dysfunctional families; 2) an exacerbated reaction to the external environment concomitant with a low sensitivity to problem solution; 3) the behavior of a “normal” person who strives to deal with a problematic family member; 4) a stressful life event; or, 4) compulsive behaviors in an attempt to obtain safety and recognition For these authors, sometimes codependency is defined as a personality disorder. A conceptual disagreement among researchers about codependency refers to its necessary association
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