Women who have experienced violence in their intimate partnerships have consistently reported poorer physical and mental health and higher medical care utilization than women who have not experienced intimate partner violence. Because of the many deleterious impacts of relationship abuse, investigations into coping processes among women who have experienced intimate partner violence take on heightened importance. The complexity of circumstances and the unique responses to intimate partner violence indicate that women employ as many coping strategies as are available to them at the time. Effective coping behaviours and the recovery environment are critical for battered women’s positive adjustment (Carlson, 1997; Sullivan & Bybee, 1999). This study examined the relationships between emotion-focused coping, symptoms of post-traumatic stress and exposure to intimate partner violence in a sample of 670 women across the Prairie Provinces. The Composite Abuse Scale, Emotion-Focused Coping Strategies questionnaire, and the Posttraumatic Stress Checklist were used to measure the variables. Findings confirmed a strong correlation between greater exposure to abuse and symptoms of posttraumatic stress. They also confirmed that greater use of emotion-focused coping strategies was associated with escalation of abuse and more symptoms of posttraumatic stress within this group of women. This study adds to the current body of literature on ways women cope with intimate partner violence.

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Made available in DSpace on 2017-07-21T14:42:42Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Goncalo.pdf: 1717024 bytes, checksum: 6398dc35b8c002a0b641fff78a1632e1 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-12-14 / This study, whose study problem is the relationship that is established between the violence and the emotion in the MMA, from the perspective of fighters and spectators,aims to analyze the violence and the emotion in the MMA from the perspective of both.Among the specific objectives are: historicizing the MMA; to present theoretical elements that allow the understanding of violence and emotion in the universe of MMA;to Identify what kind of emotion is present during the preparation period and the moment of the fight. The literature chosen to discuss the issue suggests that violence control has a strong association with emotional control (ELIAS; DUNNING, 1992).From the perspective of the fighters and spectators, is tried to discuss violence and emotion, using the concepts of symbolic violence, real violence, legitimate violence and systemic violence. From this, three hypothesis are presented: the first is that the MMA is a violent sport, conceived in this way in order to serve the demands of a society and a violent man by nature; The second one points out that the perception of fighters that the MMA is not violent is related to the fact that the competitions possess rules, unlike what happens on the streets. The third hypothesis upholds that there is a social need for the public to experience violence, which can be seen by the increasing demand for events involving MMA, indicated by the increase in TV ratings and the purchasing of pay-per-view packages. The proposed temporal frame refers to the period between 1995 and 2016. The initial time mark was established due to changes in the rules occurred after the UFC-5 event took place, a period in which the confrontations had no time limit, it means, there was no division by rounds, nor amaximum period length for the fight to end. After the changes, the fights began to occur with pre-established time length. Regarding the final temporal beacon, the year 2016, it is due to the edition of the UFC-198, held in the city of Curitiba-PR. In this event,spectators were interviewed, as well as, were concluded the semi-structured observations and interviews with the fighters. The methodology used was qualitative of the ethnographic type, whose instruments were the participating observation and semi-structured interviews. It was found that, from the perspective of fighters and spectators, the MMA is not a violent sport, although the literature and the interviews conducted with them show the presence of a symbolic violence during training and the moment of the combat. There is also a strong emotional appeal, in which happiness and fear are present. The text is structured in three chapters, by which it was sought to discuss violence and emotion based on the proposed theoretical framework and the performed interviews. / Esta pesquisa tem como objetivo geral analisar a violência e a emoção no MMA sob a perspectiva de lutadores e espectadores, a partir do estudo da relação que se estabelece entre ambos. Entre os objetivos específicos estão historicizar o MMA; apresentar elementos teóricos que possibilitem a compreensão da violência e da emoção no universo do MMA; e identificar que tipo de emoção está presente durante o período de preparação e o momento da luta. A pesquisa se pauta na literatura de Elias e Dunning (1992), a qual sugere que o controle da violência possui forte associação com o controle emocional. Procura-se discutir violência e emoção utilizando-se os conceitos de violência simbólica, violência real, violência legítima e violência sistêmica. Deste modo, apresentam-se três hipóteses: a primeira é que o MMA é um esporte violento, concebido desta forma com fins de atender as demandas de uma sociedade e de um homem violento por natureza; a segunda aponta que a percepção tida pelos lutadores de que o MMA não é violento está relacionada ao fato de as competições apresentarem regras, diferentemente do que acontece nas ruas; e a terceira é a de que existe uma necessidade social, por parte do público, de vivenciar a violência, o que pode ser constatado por meio da crescente procura por eventos que envolvem o MMA. O recorte temporal refere-se ao período compreendido entre 1995 e 2016. A baliza temporal inicial foi estabelecida em virtude de mudanças de regras ocorridas a partir da realização do UFC – 5, em que os confrontos não apresentavam limite de tempo, ou seja, não havia divisão por rounds, tampouco tempo máximo para que a luta se encerrasse. Após este evento, as lutas passaram a ocorrer com tempos determinados. Já a baliza temporal final, 2016, deve-se à edição do UFC -198, em que foram entrevistados espectadores e concluídas as observações e entrevistas semiestruturadas com os lutadores. A metodologia utilizada foi qualitativa do tipo etnográfica, cujos instrumentos foram a observação participante e a entrevista semiestruturada. Constatou-se que, na perspectiva dos lutadores e espectadores, o MMA não é um esporte violento, embora a literatura e as entrevistas evidenciem a presença de violência simbólica durante os treinamentos e o momento do combate.Existe, ainda, um forte apelo emocional, no qual a felicidade e o medo estão presentes. O texto foi organizado em três capítulos, pelos quais se buscou discutir a violência e a emoção a partir do referencial teórico proposto e das entrevistas semiestruturadas.

This thesis studies a specific population of children exposed to domestic violence. The theoretical part is focused on the impacts of domestic violence on emotionality and emotional development of children. It also deals with the problematic aspects of children's emotionality that are believed to be disturbed by this traumatizing experience. These particular areas were chosen based on present studies focused on the children exposed to domestic violence. The empirical part of the study was developed in cooperation with the Locika centre. It studies chosen aspects of children's emotionality in a quantitative and qualitative way. Particularly, it investigates the ability to distinguish emotions and the ability of emotion regulation within the overall cognitive development.