Made available in DSpace on 2016-08-03T16:34:35Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 CamilaViana.pdf: 1627583 bytes, checksum: d811b160025463e1b8d6c2faa8209dcb (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-12-08 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / Domestic violence is a phenomenon that concerns society and should be highlighted, is serious because it can leave physical and psychological scars. It terrorizes families and its scary, especially to occur, most of the time, the place where people should feel safe and secure within their own homes. There are efforts to measure the incidence of domestic violence. However, the family, the marital relationship and the home environment, today, are still considered private, hindering the accuracy of the real magnitude of this kind of violence. Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate the object relations and personality structure of women involved in cases of domestic violence. Used the qualitative method, were analyzed four women involved in domestic violence, older than 18 years. The instruments were employees a Sociodemographic Questionnaire and the Test of Object Relations Phillipsons. The results showed that the personality structure of these women presented with a predominance of schizoid traits. At the Tension Unconscious Dominant System, the dynamics of personality has fears, desires and defenses of Viscocárica and paranoid-schizoid position. This dynamic suggests structural weakness, paranoid and dependent objects. Reflecting on the issue of violence and how these women undergo it, by the results obtained in this study, it was observed that this is an object type of relationship with extreme dependence, permeated by hatred and persecutory guilt. This persecutory guilt mobilizes the permittivity of the superego that must meet all dependency objects wishes. While they are attacked, they also hurt, they can not tolerate the absence of the object and the desire to merge it seems to be the trigger that sets off the attacks. Expected that the results of this research may lead to reflection on more effective public policies and interventions to reduce the incidence of such violence and the suffering of these women. / A violência doméstica é um fenômeno que preocupa a sociedade e deve ser objeto de destaque, é grave pois pode deixar marcas físicas e psicológicas. Ela aterroriza famílias e é assustador, principalmente por ocorrer, na maioria das vezes, no local onde as pessoas deveriam sentir-se seguras e protegidas, dentro de suas próprias casas. Há um esforço para medir a incidência da violência doméstica. Contudo, a família, a relação conjugal e o ambiente doméstico, na atualidade, ainda são considerados privados e particulares, o que dificulta a precisão da magnitude real deste tipo de violência. Assim, esta pesquisa teve como objetivo avaliar as relações objetais e estrutura de personalidade de mulheres envolvidas em casos de violência doméstica. Para tanto, utilizou-se do método qualitativo, foram avaliadas quatro mulheres envolvidas em violência doméstica, com idade superior a 18 anos. Como instrumentos foram empregados um Questionário Sociodemográfico e o Teste das Relações Objetais de Phillipson (TRO). Os resultados mostraram que a estrutura de personalidade destas mulheres apresenta-se com o predomínio de traços esquizoides. No Sistema Tensional Inconsciente Dominante, a dinâmica da personalidade apresenta medos, desejos e defesas das posições Viscocárica e Esquizoparanoide. Tal dinâmica sugere fragilidade estrutural, persecutoriedade e dependência dos objetos. Refletindo sobre a questão da violência e de como essas mulheres se submetem a ela, por meio dos resultados obtidos nesta pesquisa, observou-se que se trata de um tipo de relação de objeto com extrema dependência, permeada pelo ódio e culpa persecutória. Esta última mobiliza a permissividade do superego que precisa satisfazer todos os desejos do objeto de dependência. Ao mesmo tempo que são agredidas, elas também agridem, por não suportarem a ausência do objeto e o desejo de fundir-se a ele parece ser o gatilho que dispara os ataques. Espera-se que os resultados desta pesquisa possam levar à reflexão sobre políticas públicas e intervenções mais eficazes para diminuir a incidência deste tipo de violência e o sofrimento dessas mulheres

The mystery surrounding serial homicide is the apparent lack of motive for the murder. No extrinsic motive such as robbery, financial gain, passion or revenge exists, as there usually is in the case of other murders. Serial homicide is a serious, worldwide problem that has received a large amount of media attention, but only a relatively small amount of scientifically based research exists on this phenomenon. Since the 1970s various models such as the psychosocial theory model, learning theory, the motivational, fantasy, neurological theory, psychiatric, post-modern, feminist and the paranormal/demonological models were used to explain the phenomenon of serial homicide. The researcher, however, states that these models do not satisfactorily address the intrapsychic/object relation development of the serial killers personality. The structure of the research project consists of analysis of the background information of two serial killers which was gathered from one semi-structured personal interview, psychometric testing (Thematic Apperception Test, Test of Object Relations and the Picture Test of Separation and Individuation) as well as from relevant literary sources. The information was interpreted using the selected psychoanalytic theory of Sigmund Freund and the object relation theory of Melanie Klein and the data was then analysed, interpreted and tested against the following research questions: “What is the intrapsychic origin of serial homicide?”; “What is the parent-child relationship like?”; “How does the parent-child relationship influence the object relations of the serial killer?”; “How does the parental relationship influence the serial killer’s interpersonal relationships?”. These questions determine the specific internalised factors that may have contributed to the eventual development of a serial killer’s personality. The research method that is employed is a qualitative, exploratory case study method. A qualitative study was selected due to the fact that there are currently not enough incarcerated serial killers in South Africa and from those incarcerated serial killers only two were willing to participate in the research. The case study method was selected because it deals with contemporary events, multiple data sources may be used and the findings can be generalised to other case studies. Data gathering was done by psychometric testing (TAT, PTSI and TOR), a semi-structured interview and other biographical information on the subjects. The data was analysed by the descriptive-dialogic case study method. The data integration method that was selected is the data integration method of the descriptive-dialogic case study method. The data was discussed in relation to the already developed theories. This implies that parallels were drawn between the processed information and the theories. Similarities and differences between the two case studies were discussed and a general overview of the intrapsychic structure of the serial killer was stated. / Dissertation (MA (Psychology))--University of Pretoria, 2006. / Psychology / unrestricted