The impacts of childhood stressors are harmful to the emotional and physical well-being of children of all ages. Past research has suggested that children experience increased stress due to change. One subgroup of the United States population that experiences change, is immigrants. Research provides empirical evidence of adolescent immigrant stress but has failed to examine stress experienced by immigrant children at a young age. The present study investigates how immigration status and child immigration generation might impact child stress at a young age using OLS regression. I predict that immigrant children will experience more stress than non-immigrant children and that there will be significant differences in stress between non-immigrant, 1.5 generation immigrant, and 2nd generation immigrant children. Using the 1998 and 2010 cohorts of the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study (ECLS-K 1998 and ECLS-K 2010), I compare non-immigrant and immigrant children in the Kindergarten Wave. Results provide little support for my immigration hypotheses. However, findings suggest that increases in child stress are associated with parent and child health, family structure transitions, and residential movement. Implications of these findings are discussed.

La presente investigación permite conocer la problemática sobre el estrés infantil en pacientes pediátricos por la carente humanización del espacio hospitalario. El objetivo general consiste en demostrar que el Diseño Gráfico aplicado mediante la Gráfica Ambiental y la Iconoplástica influye en la humanización de un espacio de salud para reducir el estrés infantil en situación de hospitalización en el Hospital Nacional Cayetano Heredia, por ende, se genera la hipótesis: “El Diseño Gráfico aplicado mediante la Gráfica Ambiental y la Iconoplástica influye en la humanización de un espacio de salud para reducir el estrés infantil en situación de hospitalización en el Hospital Nacional Cayetano Heredia”. El enfoque empleado para esta investigación es mixto. El estudio es de tipo experimental – experimentos puros. La población estuvo conformada por 14 pacientes pediátricos de 5 a 12 años del área de Hospitalización Pediátrica. Se utilizó la encuesta y focus group como técnicas de recopilación de datos de las variables, hospitalización y estrés infantil; se empleó como instrumento el cuestionario para ambas variables. Por lo que se plantea como solución, la intervención gráfica del ambiente hospitalario para pediatrizar y humanizar el área de hospitalización. Esta se plantea en base a los resultados obtenidos y a la necesidad de adaptar un espacio hospitalario a las necesidades infantiles. En conclusión, la respuesta por parte de los pacientes pediátricos fue positiva y los resultados de los testeos indicaron un 90% de acierto. Motivo por el cual, se pudo corroborar la hipótesis planteada. / The present research allows to know the problem of child stress in paediatric patients due to the lack of humanization of the hospital space. The general objective is to demonstrate that the Graphic Design applied through the Environmental Chart and the Iconoplastic influences the humanization of a health space to reduce the stress of children in hospitalization in the Hospital National Cayetano Heredia, the hypothesis is therefore generated: "The Graphic Design applied through the Environmental Chart and the Iconoplastic influences the humanization of a health space to reduce the stress of children in hospitalization at the Cayetano Heredia National Hospital." The approach used for this research is mixed. The study is experimental – pure experiments. The population consisted of 14 paediatric patients from 5 to 12 years of age in the area of Pediatric Hospitalization. The survey and focus group were used as data collection techniques for variables, hospitalization and child stress; the questionnaire for both variables was used as a tool. As a solution, the graphic intervention of the hospital environment to pediatricize and humanize the area of hospitalization. This is based on the results obtained and the need to adapt a hospital space to children’s needs. In conclusion, the response of paediatric patients was positive and the results of the tests were 90% success, so the hypothesis could be validated. / Trabajo de investigación

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-25T19:20:15Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Monalisa Dibo.pdf: 8578899 bytes, checksum: e6b04c9d6921e238c351a219b3250593 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011-05-27 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / The mandala, as a religious symbol, has the objective of enhancing the encounter of the conscience with the Self, through a religious posture. This paper uses a religious instrument to benefit the mental health of some children. The goal of this thesis is to study the effects of mandala drawings in children between the ages of 8 and 12, victimized by abandonment, living in shelters. The effects studied here refer to stress, anxiety and worrying, depressive moods, interest in social and school activities and cognitive and physical fatigue. It is a qualitative as well as quantitative research that highlights the meanings and the processes measured both in terms of quantity and frequency. The tools utilized were: the CAD Clinical Assessment of Depression; Child Stress Symptoms Inventory (Escala Stress Infantil), questionnaires for the technical staff; printed religious mandalas; printed coloring drawings; and printed drawings of a circle. The sample included 34 children, 12 males and 22 females. All children were sheltered at Associação dos Amigos do Menor pelo Esporte Maior (AMEM) in São Paulo at the time of the research. These children were enrolled in the elementary school from 2nd to 6ª grade, corresponding to the third and seventh grade in 2009. The children were divided into two groups: a control group (doing coloring of printed drawings) and experimental group (doing mandala painting). Each group comprised 17 children. The data obtained confirmed the hypothesis, i.e. the mandala drawings induced changes in the children s behavior, promoting meaningful improvements regarding children stress, depression, anxiety and worrying, in their school and social interests as well as in their cognitive and physical behavior. Hence, we could say that the mandala drawing technique was an enriching and efficient activity for the psychic life of these children. It allowed access to the creative ludic world of the children, encouraged a way of self-discovery and enlivenment of their creative ability, enabled a more balanced relationship between self and ego, generated serenity and well-being, lessened stress and depression, which resulted in moments of emotional transformation, inner contact, order, stabilization and harmony, therefore allowing better integration. This thesis demonstrates that a religious tool, developed by millennial cultures, aiming the connection of the individual with their center and with God, can be applied to a group of children, generating that connection. This confirmation could be observed from the tests and as narrated by the children / A mandala, como símbolo religioso, tem o objetivo de promover, através de uma atitude religiosa, o encontro da consciência com o Self. Este trabalho faz uso de um instrumento religioso para beneficiar a saúde mental de algumas crianças. O objetivo desta tese é estudar os efeitos da técnica do desenho da mandala em crianças de 8 a 12 anos, vítimas de abandono, moradoras em casas abrigo. Os efeitos aqui estudados referem-se ao stress, à ansiedade e à preocupação, ao humor depressivo, ao interesse pelas atividades sociais e escolares e à fadiga cognitiva e física. Trata-se de uma pesquisa qualitativa e quantitativa, que privilegia os significados e os processos mensurados em termos de quantidade e de freqüência. Os instrumentos utilizados foram: teste CAD Clinical Assessment of Depression; teste ESI Escala Stress Infantil; questionário para equipe técnica; desenho impresso de mandalas religiosas; desenho impresso de figuras para colorir; e desenho impresso de um círculo. A amostra foi de 34 crianças, sendo 12 do sexo masculino e 22 do sexo feminino. Todas as crianças estavam abrigadas na Associação dos Amigos do Menor pelo Esporte Maior (AMEM) na cidade de São Paulo no momento da pesquisa. Essas crianças encontram-se matriculadas no ensino fundamental da 2ª à 6ª série que corresponde ao 3º ano e ao 7º ano de 2009. As crianças foram divididas em dois grupos: grupo controle (realização de pintura de desenhos impressos) e grupo experimental (realização de pintura de mandalas). Ambos eram formados por 17 crianças. Os dados obtidos confirmam a hipótese, isto é, o desenho da mandala proporciona uma mudança no comportamento nas crianças, promovendo melhoras significativas no quadro de stress infantil, de depressão, de ansiedade e de preocupação, nos interesses sociais e escolares e na atitude cognitiva e física. Portanto, podemos dizer que a técnica do desenho da mandala foi uma atividade enriquecedora e eficiente para a vida psíquica destas crianças. Ela proporcionou acesso ao mundo lúdico criativo da criança, promoveu um meio de autodescoberta e um avivamento da capacidade criativa, possibilitou um relacionamento mais equilibrado entre ego-Self, gerou tranqüilidade e bem-estar, diminuiu o stress e a depressão, o que acarretou momentos de transformação emocional, de contato interior, de ordem, de centramento e de harmonia, o que implica em uma maior integração. Esta tese demonstrou que um instrumento religioso, desenvolvido por culturas milenares com objetivo de proporcionar uma ligação do indivíduo com seu centro e com Deus, pode ser aplicado em um grupo de crianças, gerando essa ligação. Tal constatação pode ser percebida através da sensação de bem-estar e de tranqüilidade observados nos testes e relatados pelas crianças