Repercussões psicológicas representadas em desenhos e relatos de crianças e adolescentes portadores de enurese

Abstract

Introduction: Enuresis can have social and psychological consequences. The aim is to identify the psychological repercussions represented in drawings and interviews of children and adolescents with enuresis. Method: Quantitative and qualitative study involving 48 children and adolescents with primary monosymptomatic enuresis, between 5 and 12 years of age. Butler’s semistructured interview was used. The illustrations were analyzed by three assessors using the Koppitz method (1976). Interviews were submitted to Bardin’s thematic content analysis (1977). Results: In the analysis of the drawings, 81.2% of the children had two or more indicators of emotional impairment. Qualitatively, these indicators suggest that these children are marked by negative feelings, such as sadness, anxiety and guilt, tending to insecurity, withdrawal and shyness, presenting poor interpersonal relationships, with an image of themselves portrayed by feelings of inadequacy and inability. The analysis of the interviews indicated negative self-concept, sadness, fear and anguish regarding the reaction of others to episodes of enuresis, excessive concern and insecurity regarding the consequences of the disease, as well as the impacts of enuresis on the well-being and quality of life, which could compromise their social relationships.Conclusion: Children and adolescents with enuresis suffer a great impact on the psychological and social spheres and drawing, accompanied by reporting, offers important data on such impacts, serving as important assessment tools.