Coping and rationalization: Lawyers’ practice in custody dispute cases

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/psi.v21i3.51414

Keywords:

burnout syndrome, secondary traumatization, coping, custody of children, lawyers, forensic psychology

Abstract

Divorce and its legalization can expose lawyers to various stressors among custody dispute case context. This study discussed rationalization as coping strategy of lawyers to deal with stressors associated to their work within divorce and custody dispute in Family Courts. This study had a qualitative, exploratory and descriptive design. Individual semi-structured qualitative interviews were conducted with three lawyers with more than eight years of experience within family courts in the Distrito Federal, Brazil. The results showed the stressor context in which lawyers operate lead them to rationalize the family’s dispute as proof of love and affect, which can be characterized as a coping strategy. However, they still have Burnout signals. This is due to the education process of lawyers, which do not recognize or legitimate the lawyers’ feelings among their professional practice.

Author Biographies

Josimar Antônio de Alcântara Mendes Mendes, Instituto de Educação Superior de Brasília

Atualmente é professor no Instituto de Educação Superior de Brasília - IESB. É mestre em Psicologia Clínica e Cultura – PPGPsiCC/UnB, com recorteem Psicologia Jurídica. É graduado em Psicologia pela Universidade Católica de Brasília - UCB. Já participou de pesquisas na área de drogadição e abuso sexual. Temexperiência no Tribunal de Justiça do Distrito Federal e Territórios, no Serviço de Atendimento às Famílias com Ação Cível - SERAF; no Ministério Público do Distrito Federal e Territórios e no Ministério da Justiça - Classificação Indicativa.

Julia Sursis Nobre Ferro Bucher-Malusche, Universidade de Brasília, Universidade Católica de Brasília

Professora emértia da Universidade de Brasília. Professora da Pós-graduação em Psicologia da Universidade Católica de Brasília.

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Published

2017-12-02

How to Cite

Mendes, J. A. de A. M., & Bucher-Malusche, J. S. N. F. (2017). Coping and rationalization: Lawyers’ practice in custody dispute cases. Interação Em Psicologia, 21(3). https://doi.org/10.5380/psi.v21i3.51414

Issue

Vol. 21 No. 3 (2017)

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Research Reports

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