This article presents a study on the psychological violence suffered by the character Luana, in the dramaturgical book Um Judeu na minha cama (1976), by contemporary writer Lília Silva. Gad, a ...successful businessman with a traditionalfamily, has been in a relationship for almost twenty years with Luana, his lover, who spends most of the work isolated in an apartment, living submissively to her partner'sorders and humiliation. At each meeting between them, the couple discusses the existential dramas that occur in both their lives. From these dialogues, the objective is to analyze whether Gad's quest to be happy does not become psychological violence, experienced by Luana. Literary study is based on psychoanalytic and philosophicaltheories aligned with Literature, based on the theories of Pierre Bourdieu (2019), Ginzburg (2012), Freud (1986) and Schopenhauer (2005).
Psychological violence in romantic relationships is a method of subjection of one person to another that is naturalized by relating violence to the physicality of the body, ignoring its effects on ...mental health. Therefore, the main objective of this study was to describe psychological violence in the relationships of young university students in the city of Quibdó. The methodology of the study is quantitative, a Scale of Violence in Adolescent Relationships (CADRI) was applied to measure the components associated with psychological violence: relational, verbal-emotional violence and threat. The sample was made up of 240 university students, of which 130 were students from Uniclaretiana (private university) and 110 from Universidad Tecnológica del Chocó Diego Luis Córdoba (public university). The results evidenced that the most predominant type of violence among university students is the verbal-emotional violence, and women are the most likely to exercise it and suffer it within relationships. Another relevant finding is that private university students suffer and experience violence in a higher percentage, excluding the relational violence suffered.
En los últimos tiempos las Tecnologías de la Información y de la Comunicación están siendo utilizadas para ejercer violencia de diversa índole, siendo los y las adolescentes los principales ...protagonistas. Este estudio tiene como objetivo analizar comportamientos de ciberagresión en las relaciones de noviazgo adolescente, en concreto, los llevados a cabo en una muestra de 206 chicos adolescentes estudiantes de educación secundaria de la ciudad de Huelva. Además, se estudia la relación entre la presencia de creencias sexistas, celos románticos y otras manifestaciones de violencia psicológica con este tipo de violencia dirigida a las chicas. Los resultados apoyan las hipótesis de este trabajo y muestran un porcentaje significativo de chicos que han ejercido ciberagresión hacia chicas parejas o ex parejas. Además, el análisis de regresión mostró que esta práctica se explicaba por las creencias sexistas de los chicos, especialmente las de tipo hostil, y por la presencia de celos románticos, así como por otras formas tradicionales de violencia psicológica. Estos resultados ponen de manifiesto que actitudes y creencias basadas en el sexismo y los celos se sitúan a la base de la violencia acontecida en relaciones de pareja a edades tempranas también a través del mundo virtual.
Among the many forms of psychological violence, gaslighting is a particularly insidious manipulative behaviour that includes acts aimed at controlling and altering one’s own partner’s sensations, ...thoughts, actions, affective state, self-perception, and reality-testing. Thepurpose of this study was to evaluate the association between the experience of gaslighting and dysfunctional aspects of the partner’s personality. Gaslighter personality facets were assessed using the Personality Inventory for DSM-5–Informant Form–Adult (PID-5-IRF), while gaslighting behaviours were assessed using a 25-item questionnaire, based on the three categories of glamour, good-guy, and intimidator (Stern, 2007). The sample was made up of a group of 177 Italian emerging adults aged between 19 and 26 (49.2% male, 50.8% female; M = 21.88, SD = 1.75), enrolled at University, who participated voluntarilyin the research. In fact, none of them received any form of direct or indirect incentive.In our study, we applied a beta regression model mapping the Likert scale into the open interval (0,1). The main results show (a) good-guy gaslighting is positively associated with manipulativeness and negatively associated with deceitfulness; (b) glamour gaslighting has a negative association with separation insecurity and manipulativeness, but it is positively associated with irresponsibility; (c) intimidator gaslighting has a positive association with separation insecurity and distractibility and a negative association with eccentricity and perceptual dysregulation; (d) all three gaslighting categories are negatively associated with anhedonia and impulsivity. Based on what emerged from the data, aspects such as separation insecurity, irresponsibility, and distractibility can be seen as serious risk factors for gaslighting.For this reason, with regard to clinical implications, an early recognition of dysfunctional traits in potential abusers should be fostered in order to protect both potential abusers and their partner from aggressive conduct within an intimate relationship.
Pediatric irritability is a pervasive psychiatric symptom, yet its etiology remains elusive. While trauma exposure may contribute to the development of irritability, empirical research is limited. ...This study examined the prevalence of irritability among trauma-exposed children, identified factors that differentiate trauma-exposed children with and without irritability, and employed a network analysis to uncover associations between irritability and trauma exposure in the family unit.
Sample included 676 children (56.3% male, mean age = 9.67 ± 3.7 years) and their parents referred by the Connecticut Department of Children and Families to Fathers for Change - a psychotherapy intervention designed to reduce intimate partner violence (IPV) and child maltreatment. Child's trauma exposure, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms, and irritability were assessed pre-intervention using self- and caregiver-report. Parents self-reported their childhood and adulthood trauma exposures, PTSD symptoms, irritability, psychopathology, and IPV.
Across caregiver- and child-reports, 16%-17% of children exhibited irritability. Irritable children experienced greater trauma exposure, interpersonal violence, emotional abuse, and PTSD severity. They had caregivers, particularly mothers, with greater trauma histories, IPV, and psychopathology. Network analysis revealed 10 nodes directly correlated to child's irritability including child's PTSD severity, parental IPV (specifically psychological violence), and parental psychopathology.
Results provide initial empirical evidence that pediatric irritability is linked to trauma exposure, suggesting trauma histories be considered in the diagnosis and treatment of irritability. Interventions addressing caregiver trauma, IPV, and psychopathology may ameliorate pediatric irritability. Future studies could benefit from adopting network approaches with longitudinal or time series data to elucidate causality and points of intervention.
Intimate partner violence (IPV) against women is a serious public health issue and refers to physically, sexually and psychologically harmful behaviors as well as emotionally controlling behaviors ...and financial abuse that occur in the form of marriage or cohabitation. Knowing the current situation of the IPV prevalence against women and high-risk areas in the Zanjan city, Iran, can help policymakers to establish better health programs for risk reduction.
This population-based cross-sectional study consisted of married women aged 18-55 years living in Zanjan city in 2021. 760 married women covered by 19 urban comprehensive health service centers (UCHSCs) were selected by the stratified systematic random sampling method. The prevalence of IPV against women was measured in four types: psychological, physical, sexual, and economic.
Mean (SD) age of the women was 35.49 (8.76) years. 606 women (79.7%) experienced one type of IPV. The highest and lowest IPV prevalence against women were psychological (76.6%) and economic (12%), respectively. The highest and lowest prevalence of psychological violence were observed in CUHSCs 2 and 17, physical violence in CUHSCs 1 and 14, sexual violence in CUHSCs 2 and 17, and economic violence in CUHSCs 2 and 8, respectively. The severity of violence was higher among self-employment or workers husbands, with low monthly household income, and among younger women.
The IPV rate in the target population is high, and the highest rate is related to psychological violence. These results highlight the need to intervention in the society and high-risk women for policymakers of the health system.
This study proposes investigating the risk and protective factors of intimate partner (IP) psychological violence and psychological distress to better promote psychological wellbeing for nurses and ...health outcomes for patients.
A cross-sectional study.
This cross-sectional study was carried out chiefly in Guangdong, Hunan, and Shaanxi provinces, in the east, central, and west of the Chinese economic areas, respectively. It was conducted in October 2021 using convenience sampling. A total of 843 nurses were eligible for the final analysis. Single-factor linear regression models were used to identify potential factors associated with IP psychological violence and psychological distress. In addition, the structural equation model was used to explore the role of personality traits and social support in the association between IP psychological violence and psychological distress.
The predictors for the score of IP psychological violence among nurses were participants' married status, contact frequency with a partner, perceived past-year psychological and physical violence experience, the alcohol consumption of partners, and personality traits and social support of partners. Moreover, the alcohol consumption of participants, the past-year experience of IP psychological violence, the score of psychological violence, personality traits, social support, and the personality traits of partners were associated factors affecting the psychological distress of nurses. In the structural model, the personality trait of partners had a direct pathway to psychological violence and social support. The results demonstrated that psychological violence significantly increased psychological distress.
Personality traits and social support are essential factors influencing the relationship between IP psychological violence and psychological distress.
The findings of this study emphasize the possibility and importance of identification and intervention for reducing IP psychological violence based on personality traits and social support.
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