INTRAFAMILY VIOLENCE WITNESSED AND EXPERIENCED BY SCHOOL ADOLESCENTS

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https://doi.org/10.5380/ce.v27i0.87295

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Violence, Family, Adolescent, Adolescent Health, Students.

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Objective: to identify the forms, expressions, and the practitioners of intrafamily violence witnessed and/or experienced by adolescent students.

Method: cross-sectional, descriptive study conducted in a public school in Salvador, Bahia - Brazil, with 230 adolescent students in November 2018. The database was archived using the Microsoft Excel program, and frequencies were measured using the chi-square test.

Results: the study shows that 121 (52.6%) adolescents experience intra-family violence in psychological, physical, and sexual forms. Among the types of violence experienced by the adolescents, psychological (49.5%) and physical (55.7%) violence were most perpetrated by father/mother and sexual (75.9%) violence was commonly reported by other relatives.

Conclusion: the findings of this study contribute to give visibility to the forms of expression of intrafamily violence experienced and witnessed by the child and youth population.

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2022-09-19

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Lima, C. C. O. de J., Martins, R. D., Gomes, N. P., Cruz, M. A. da, Gomes, N. R., Silva, K. K. A. da, & Corrêa, R. M. (2022). INTRAFAMILY VIOLENCE WITNESSED AND EXPERIENCED BY SCHOOL ADOLESCENTS. Cogitare Enfermagem, 27. https://doi.org/10.5380/ce.v27i0.87295

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