THE INTRAFAMILIAR VIOLENCE INVOLVING PREGNANT TEENS: REFLECTIONS ON THE HISTORY OF LIFE AND PSYCHODYNAMIC ASPECTS

• Grant number: 13/09458-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral
• Start date: September 01, 2013
• End date: February 28, 2015
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - Psychology - Psychological Treatment and Prevention
• Principal Investigator: Leila Salomão de La Plata Cury Tardivo
• Grantee: Paula Orchiucci Miura
• Host Institution: Instituto de Psicologia (IP). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Teenage pregnancy is a complex issue that must be studied, considering the social, economic, familial and psychological profile of each teen (LEVANDOWSKI et al, 2008). The complexity this adds to the vulnerability of these teenagers against intrafamily violence, according to Durand (2006), 60% of pregnant women who have been victims of some form of intrafamily violence by their partners throughout their married life. This project as part of a larger project titled Study on Domestic Violence against Pregnant Women Teens at the University Hospital of São Paulo: Basis for Intervention/CNPq (SALCEDO BARRIENTOS, 2010) and aims to understand and analyze the dynamic personality of pregnant adolescents victims and not victims of intrafamily violence and non-pregnant adolescents. This is a survey of clinical character-qualitative, exploratory and descriptive. The following instruments will be used: semi-structured interview, Inventory phrases Domestic Violence (IFVD) and the Thematic Apperception Test (TAT). Will participate in research 90 teenagers between twelve and eighteen years old: 30 pregnant adolescents attending the University Hospital of the University of São Paulo; 30 pregnant adolescents victims of intrafamily violence and 30 non-pregnant adolescents attending a school. A content analysis of the collected data will be made based on Winnicott's theoretical references and Thematic Apperception Test (TAT), as well as of literature suggested by Tardivo & Pinto Junior (2010). Thus, this study aims to contribute to a greater understanding in the psychological realm of the problem experienced by pregnant adolescents victims of domestic violence.