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A violência entre parceiros íntimos (VPI) e a depressão pós-parto (DPP) são as temáticas principais dessa Tese. Seu objetivo principal foi investigar se a violência física entre parceiros íntimos (VFPI) é um fator de risco para DPP. Adicionalmente, a estrutura dimensional da Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) foi reavaliada, e outro estudo estimou a prevalência de DPP entre mulheres usuárias de unidades básicas de saúde na cidade do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. As informações que subjazem esses três artigos originaram-se de um inquérito realizado em cinco UABS no Rio de Janeiro, entre janeiro e junho de 2007. Foram selecionadas aleatoriamente mulheres com até cinco meses pós-parto que estivessem aguardando por consultas pediátricas, sendo consideradas inelegíveis aquelas que não haviam vivenciado ao menos um mês de relação íntima no ciclo grávido-puerperal, cujas gestações-índice foram gemelares, ou se houvesse contra-indicação absoluta para a amamentação. Dentre 852 mulheres selecionadas, 18 (2,1%) eram inelegíveis e 23 (2,8%) recusaram-se a participar, totalizando então 811 entrevistas completas. No artigo inicial a validade dimensional da EPDS foi reavaliada através de análise fatorial exploratória (AFE) e, em seguida, análise fatorial confirmatória (AFC). Os resultados da AFC apontaram que a EPDS é mais bem definida por uma solução fatorial que inclui três fatores de primeira ordem (―stress comum‖, ―ansiedade‖ e ―depressão‖) e um fator de segunda ordem, o qual parece representar o construto depressão pós-parto. O segundo artigo mostrou uma prevalência geral estimada de DPP na população estudada de 24,3%. Contudo, houve um pico de sintomas depressivos próximo ao terceiro mês pós-parto, quando a magnitude projetada de DPP atingiu 37,5%. Ainda neste período crítico, a prevalência estimada de DPP ultrapassou 50% entre mulheres com bebês prematuros ou cujos parceiros faziam uso excessivo de álcool. Quadro ainda mais grave foi observado entre mães sem parceiros fixos ou cujos companheiros usavam drogas ilícitas ou psicotrópicas, com mais de 70% delas apresentando-se provavelmente deprimidas. Em relação ao artigo principal dessa Tese, este revelou que a VFPI é um fator de risco para DPP mesmo após essa relação ser controlada para diversas covariadas. Foi também identificada uma interação significativa entre VFPI e o uso demasiado de álcool pelos companheiros (p-valor=0,026). Entre as mulheres cujos parceiros faziam mal uso de álcool, apenas um ato de VFPI não aumentou a probabilidade de DPP (OR=0,87, IC 95% 0,25-3,03), enquanto dois ou mais eventos foram significativamente associados à DPP (OR=3,62, IC 95% 1,64-7,99). Já entre aquelas cujos companheiros não faziam mal uso de álcool, o aumento na probabilidade de DPP deu-se especialmente com a ocorrência de um episódio de VFPI (OR=2,47, IC 95% 1,31-4,66), enquanto dois ou mais episódios mostraram uma menor associação com DPP (OR=1,66, IC 95% 1,00-2,75). Em síntese, vislumbra-se que os resultados dessa Tese possam colaborar para uma melhor saúde materno-infantil em nosso meio. Conforme já discutido por outros autores, a utilização da EPDS para uma abordagem inicial dos quadros depressivos pós-natais deve ser encorajada, especialmente em situações de elevado risco psicossocial. Adicionalmente, ações que visem à prevenção da DPP devem contemplar o enfrentamento da VPI. / The intimate partner violence (IPV) and the postpartum depression (PPD) are the main themes of this Thesis, whose main purpose was to investigate whether physical intimate partner violence (PIPV) is a risk factor for postpartum depression (PPD). Additionally, a methodological study reappraised the dimensional structure of the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS), and another descriptive study provided estimates of the prevalence of PPD among women seeking care in primary health care (PHC) settings. The information underlying these manuscripts were derived from a survey performed in five PHC units in Rio de Janeiro, between January and June 2007. The participants were randomly selected among women whose children were under five months of age and were waiting for pediatric care. Women were considered ineligible if they have not experienced at least one month of intimate relationship during pregnancy or postpartum period, whether their index pregnancies were twins, or there was an absolute contraindication for breastfeeding. Among 853 women invited to participate, 18 (2.1%) were ineligible and 23 (2.7%) refused to participate, then totalizing 811 completed interviews. In the first study the dimensional validity of the EPDS was reevaluated through exploratory factorial analysis (EFA) and, subsequently, confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). The CFA results disclosed that the EPDS is better defined by a factorial solution that includes three first-order factors (―general distress‖, ―anxiety‖ and ―depression‖) and a second-order factor, which can be interpreted as a synthesis of the construct ―postpartum depression‖. The second article shows that the estimated overall prevalence of PPD in the study population was 24.3%. However, there was a peak of depressive symptoms around the third postnatal month, when the magnitude of women probably depressed reached 37.5%. Moreover, in this critical period, the estimated prevalence of PPD was more than 50% among women with premature babies or whose partners misused alcohol. Situation even more serious was observed among mothers without steady partners or whose partners used illicit or psychotropic substances, with more than 70% of them presenting probable PPD. Finally, the principal article of this thesis showed that the PIPV is a risk factor for PPD, even after this relationship is controlled for several covariates. It was also identified a significant interaction between PIPV and misuse of alcohol by partners (p-valor=0.026). Among women whose partners misused alcohol, only one act of PIPV did not increase the likelihood of PPD (OR=0.87, IC 95% 0.25-3.03), whereas two or more events were significantly associated with PPD (OR=3.62, IC 95% 1.64-7.99). In contrast, among those women whose partners did not misuse alcohol, the likelihood of PPD increased principally after a single episode of VFPI, whereas two or more episodes showed a lower association with PPD (OR=1.66, IC 95% 1.00-2.75). As a synthesis, the results of this Thesis can contribute to improve the maternal and child health. As already discussed by other authors, the EPDS should be used in a first approach of depressive disorders after birth, especially among people presenting a high-risk psicossocial profile. In addition, actions directed to the prevention of PPD should address IPV.

This thesis investigates the construction of the therapist-client alliance in the therapeutic setting with perpetrators of intimate partner violence (IPV). Moreover, it explores the ways a Feminist Ethics of Care perspective could enhance the partnership between the actors. To fulfil such aims, the author conducted six in-depth semi-structured interviews with psychologists working at one of the most renowned institutions for perpetrators of IPV in Norway and Sweden. The analysis of the psychologists' discourses demonstrates that several factors are influential in the alliance construction. The most important aspects are: the clients' perspective towards the psychologists; the therapists' views towards the clients; the psychologists' engagement with moral sentiments; the power struggle between the actors; and the use of techniques for the professionals to enhance their connection with the clients. Besides that, the discourses also show that moral superiority seems to guide the psychologists when relating with the perpetrators. Their views are embedded in an individualistic ethics based on the principles of Kohlberg's Ethics of Justice. The thesis suggests that a collective ethics such as Gilligan's Feminist Ethics of Care would enhance the partnership between the actors. This theoretical framework allows the psychologists to change their superior moral views of the clients to a moral responsibility towards them. When such movement in perspective happens, the therapists begin to see the perpetrators as human beings with many different facets. Consequently, they truly deny a judgmental impression towards their identity.

Syftet för denna studie har varit att undersöka vilka bakomliggande faktorer som påverkar kvinnor som levt med våld i nära relation att inte anmäla våldet de utsatts för. Samt möjliga samband mellan kvinnors första myndighetskontakt och om den kontakten är avgörande för kvinnors beslut att gå vidare med en polisanmälan eller ej undersöks. Studien är en kvalitativ studie där empirin består av åtta intervjuer, varav fyra med kvinnor som levt med relationsvåld men lyckats ta sig ur relationen. Den andra delen som intervjuades var socialsekreterare som jobbar i kvinnofridsteam i olika stadsdelar i Stockholms stad.Resultaten i studien visar på att både det bemötandet som kvinnorna fick av socialsekreterarna samt att det stödet de fick inte var anpassat utefter de behoven som kvinnorna hade. Studiens resultat visar på en brist på samordning, att myndigheterna inte har ett tillräckligt bra samarbete myndigheterna emellan vilket gör att kvinnorna inte får den bästa möjliga hjälp som de skulle kunna få. / The aim of this study has been to research the underlying factors or causes that affect women who are living with violence in their relationships not to report the violence they have been exposed to. Even the possible links between women's first contact with Social authority and whether that contact is crucial for women's decision to proceed with a report to the police or not is being investigated. The study is a qualitative study where the empirical data consists of eight interviews. The interviews were held with four women who used to live with violence in their relationships and with four social workers who works in teams for domestic abuse specialised for women in various districts in the city of Stockholm. The results in the stud yshow that both the way the women were treated and the support they received was not adapted to the needs of the women. The result of the study also shows that different authorities do not have enough cooperation, which means that women who have experienced domestic abuse do not get the best help possible.

While it may be argued that aggression against women is part of a culture of violence deeply rooted in Spanish society, the gender-related violence that exists in today’s Spain is more specifically a legacy of Franco’s dictatorship (1939-1975). Franco’s Spain endorsed unequal gender relations, championed patriarchal dominance and power over women, and imposed models of hegemonic and authoritarian masculinities that internalized violence by rendering it a feature inseparable from manhood and virility. This dissertation provides a comprehensive analysis of masculinity and gender violence in Franco’s Spain, by analyzing the novel as the primary cultural vehicle of social criticism and political dissent against the new regime during a period (1939-1962) dominated by silence and censorship. The first part of this work defines and elucidates the concepts of masculinity and gender violence and the relationship between them. It also compares the significant social and cultural achievements of Spanish women during the Second Republic (1931-1939) with the reactionary curbing of those achievements during Francoism. The second part of this research presents a multidisciplinary analysis of masculinity and gender violence in three novels: Nada (1944) by Carmen Laforet, Juegos de manos (1954) by Juan Goytisolo and Tiempo de silencio (1962) by Luis Martin Santos. Through the literary representation of different models of masculinity and the psychological and social parameters that encourage and incite gender violence, these authors conceptualize and express their political ideology, as well as their symbolic interpretation of Francoist Spain.

Intimate partner violence (IPV) is recognized as a serious, growing problem on college campuses. IPV rates among college students exceed estimates reported for the general population. Few studies have examined the impact of IPV among the Hispanic college student (HCS) population or explored how HCSs perceive and experience IPV. Focusing on young adults (ages 18 to 25 years), this mixed methods study was designed to explore the perceptions and experiences of IPV focusing on levels of victimization and perpetration in relation to gender role attitudes and beliefs, exposure to parental IPV, acculturation, and religiosity. A sample of 120 HCSs was recruited from two south Florida universities. A subsample of 20 participants was randomly selected to provide qualitative responses. All participants completed a series of questionnaires including a demographic survey, the FPB, CTS2-CA, SASH, ERS and CTS2. Bivariate correlational techniques and multiple regressions were used to analyze data. Marked discrepancy between participants’ perceived experience of IPV (N = 120) and their CTS2 responses (n = 116, 96.7%). Only 5% of the participants saw themselves as victims or perpetrators of IPV, yet 66% were victims or 67% were perpetrators of verbal aggression; and 31% were victims or 32.5% were perpetrators of sexual coercion based on their CTS2 scores. Qualitative responses elicited from the subsample of 20 students provided some insight regarding this disparity. There was rejection of traditional stratified gender roles. Few participants indicated that they were religious (20.8%, n = 25). Evidence for the theory of intergenerational transmission of violence was noted. Recall of parental IPV was a significant predictor of level of IPV victimization (β = 0.177, SE = 0.85, p = 0.041). Nursing and social service providers must be cognizant that contributing factors to either victimization and/or perpetration of IPV among college students must be addressed first (i.e., perceptions of IPV), both in acute (i.e., emergency department) and community (i.e., college and university) settings for optimum intervention outcome.

Submitted by Renata Lopes (renatasil82@gmail.com) on 2016-01-22T17:33:09Z No. of bitstreams: 1 andreiamonteirofelippe.pdf: 1203907 bytes, checksum: a400095495631e4ababc94dcb3696c65 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Adriana Oliveira (adriana.oliveira@ufjf.edu.br) on 2016-01-25T18:55:49Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 andreiamonteirofelippe.pdf: 1203907 bytes, checksum: a400095495631e4ababc94dcb3696c65 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-01-25T18:55:49Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 andreiamonteirofelippe.pdf: 1203907 bytes, checksum: a400095495631e4ababc94dcb3696c65 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-02-04 / A violência contra a mulher é considerada um problema de saúde pública, devido às graves consequências físicas e mentais que produz, dentre elas, o Transtorno de Estresse Pós-Traumático (TEPT). Objetivos: Investigar a relação entre TEPT e violência contra a mulher praticada por parceiros íntimos, com ênfase nas vítimas atendidas pelo setor de psicologia na DPOF (Delegacia de Orientação e Proteção à Família) de Juiz de Fora. Os objetivos específicos são: constatar a prevalência de TEPT nos casos de VPI acima citados; descrever a frequência de fatores como: histórico de violência na família de origem, vitimização prévia, tipo de violência sofrida, uso de álcool e drogas pelo parceiro, bem como o tempo de exposição ao evento traumático no grupo estudado; verificar a associação entre percepção de suporte social, TEPT e depressão. Métodos: Estudo transversal, quantitativo, descritivo e associativo. A amostra compõe-se de 41 mulheres vítimas de violência por parceiro íntimo, que recorreram à DPOF no primeiro semestre de 2013. Foram aplicados os seguintes instrumentos: entrevista estruturada, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Checklist- Civilian Version (PCL-C), Escala de Percepção de Suporte Social (EPSS) e Inventário de Depressão de Beck (BDI-I). Resultados: A partir do rastreamento dos sintomas do TEPT, obteve-se a prevalência de possíveis casos do transtorno em 82,9% das mulheres entrevistadas. Houve uma associação positiva entre depressão e TEPT, e negativa entre TEPT e percepção de suporte social. Conclusões: O trabalho aponta para a necessidade de se criar estratégias específicas de intervenção para mulheres vítimas de VPI, diante da alta prevalência do transtorno. É preciso, especialmente, realizar projetos nos órgãos jurídicos de proteção à mulher, a fim de fortalecer o suporte social da mesma ao enfrentar situações adversas relacionadas à agressão. / Violence against women is considered a public health problem due to serious physical and mental consequences it produces, such as Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Objectives: To investigate the relationship between PTSD and violence against women by intimate partners, with emphasis on victims served by psychology sector in Juiz de Fora DPOF (Precinct Guidance and Family Protection). The specific objectives are: to find out the prevalence of PTSD in IPV cases cited above, to describe the frequency of factors such as: history of violence in the primitive family, previous victimization, type of violence, use of alcohol and drugs by the partner, as well as the time of exposure to the traumatic event in the studied group; to verify the association between perceived social support, depression and PTSD. Methods: The study is cross-sectional, quantitative, descriptive and associative. The sample consists of 41 female victims of intimate partner violence, who resorted to DPOF the first half of 2013. The following instruments applied were: Structured interview, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Checklist- Civilian Version (PCL-C), Perceived Social Support Scale (EPSS) and Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-I). Results: From the trace of the symptoms of PTSD, we obtained the prevalence of disorder possible cases in 82,9% of the women interviewed. There was a positive association between depression and PTSD, and negative association between PTSD and perceived social support. Conclusions: The study points to the need to create specific intervention strategies for women victims of IPV, given the high prevalence of this disorder. We must especially perform projects in the legal bodies to protect women in order to strengthen their social support to face adverse situations related to the aggression.

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This study was to evaluate current agency programs that were available to aid victims of domestic violence and their effectiveness in reducing the long-term emotional state of victims. This study included participants from various Domestic Violence Programs located throughout San Bernardino, Riverside, and Los Angeles counties.

The current study investigated characteristics and case variables of sexually abused male children, and how those variables affect the outcome of cases investigated by Child Protective Services. Data was obtained from the RIverside County Department of Social Services, Child Welfare System/Case Management System. It was found that the largest percentages of perpetrators were the siblings of the victims.