Masculinidades paternas no cuidado da criança com medo frente a procedimentos invasivos de urgência

Abstract

The objective of the research is to understand, in the perspective of the theory of masculinities, the performance of the paternal emotional work dedicated to coping with the experiences of fears in children submitted to invasive pediatric emergency procedures. The study is descriptive and exploratory, with a qualitative approach. Sixty parents participated, who shared the experience of caring for their children in fear experiences when submitted to pediatric emergency invasive procedures and who declared themselves to be in good physical and mental condition to provide their testimonies. Data collection took place from the sixth two months of 2020 to the first two months of 2021, through a script with semi-structured questions. The place was the waiting room and facade of the Hospital Augusta Müller Bohner, located in the municipality of Chapecó-SC. The data were analyzed using the qualitative data analysis software MaxQDA® version 2020. It was evidenced parents who dominate their feelings in the face of their child's fear and parents who expressed their emotions with anger, pity, anguish, suffering, impotence, worry, fear and sadness. In the face of invasive procedures, the strategies of fatherly emotional work were mitigation, creation of a cooperation agreement with the child, provision of support to the child, patriarchy, education and guidance on procedures, using distraction and transferring care responsibility to another family member. It is concluded that masculinities are in the process of transformation and that the new man-father is currently concerned with caring for his son, who is more active and removed from the pre-established patterns of hegemonic masculinities.