PSYCHOEDUCATION AND ITS SCOPE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF ADULTS IN THE WORKING CONTEXT

Abstract

The adult is a social agent who interacts in group settings where he unfolds mediation processes and the effects of this interaction have implications for its development. The work relationship represents the guiding activity that brings together the largest number of relationships, ties and action scenarios of the adult and is where own and foreign emotions appear, where the key factor is the proper use of them for better performance, which results in the possession of socio-emotional competences. Not expressing them in accordance with the requirement of the position constitutes a warning sign to carry out interventions in favor of the balance between worker and performance. Psychoeducation is an educational process aimed at stimulating psychological resources in people and can promote emotional well-being (Bodai & Tuso, 2015), which supposes its relevance for the expression of socio-emotional competences of adults in work contexts. The present investigation shows the value of theoretical methodological referents of psychoeducation to stimulate the development of the adult in age and employment relationship. The techniques used are the content analysis of articles published in current national and international magazines and the use of the Atlas ti computer program to assist in the qualitative analysis, and facilitate the organization, management and interpretation of textual data in the visualization, integration, discovery and exploration. One of the most relevant conclusions points out that the adult who works in contexts where socio-emotional demands emerge can find ways of psychological development in the postulates of psychoeducation.