Child and adolescent violence: oral story of women who attempted suicide

Abstract

Objective: To unveil expressions of intrafamily violence experienced in childhood and/or adolescence by women who attempted suicide. Method: This is a study with a qualitative approach based on Oral Story. Participants were ten women with a history of suicide attempt, who experienced intrafamily violence in childhood and/or adolescence. The research was carried out at the Center for the Study and Prevention of Suicide, linked to a Toxicological Information Center in the city of Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. Results: From the orality of women, the study allowed the emergence of the following representative categories of intrafamily abuse experienced in childhood and/or adolescence: psychological violence, rejection, neglect, physical violence and sexual violence. Final considerations: The study alerts to intrafamily violence as an aggravation related to suicidal behavior, offering elements that help in the identification of their expressions, which will raise awareness to suicidal behavior and consequently suicide prevention.

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“…How parenting is approached depends on culture, religion, traditions and customs, and corporal punishment is sometimes socially accepted and deemed necessary to discipline a child (Elghossain et al, 2019). The individuals in the present study who had been exposed to emotional and physical abuse in childhood had experience behaviours similar to those in the literature (Correia et al, 2019). Some participants stated that they were beaten by their parents because they did not want to attend religious lessons, while others stated that they did not receive love as a result of cultural traditions.…”

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