BEHAVIOR OF PSYCHOLOGICAL VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IN COUPLE RELATIONS

Resumen

PSYCHOLOGICAL VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IN COUPLE RELATIONS IS A VERY MUCH PRESENT PROBLEM THOUGH NOT VISIBLE SINCE IT REFERS TO THE PRIVATE LIFE OF PEOPLE. THE PURPOSE OF THIS RESEARCH IS TO DETERMINE THE BEHAVIOR OF PSYCHOLOGICAL VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IN COUPLE RELATIONS. THE STUDY CONDUCTED ON FEBRUARY 2009 INCLUDES A GROUP OF WOMEN TREATED AT THE CARLOS J. FINLAY POLYCLINIC (OFFICE 16) LOCATED IN THE MARIANAO MUNICIPALITY. THIS IS A DESCRIPTIVE CROSS-SECTION USING A MIXED METHODOLOGY (QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE) ON A SAMPLE OF 64 WOMEN. THE OUTCOMES OF THE STUDY REVEAL THAT 43.7% OF THE WOMEN STUDIED WERE VICTIMS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL VIOLENCE. MOST OF THEM ARE MIDDLE-AGED WOMEN; 39.1% OF THEM SUFFER EMOTIONAL HARASSMENT AND ANOTHER 39.2%, UNSUSPECTED AGGRESSION. IN 46.4% OF THE CASES, THEIR ECONOMIC CONTRIBUTION IS ABOVE THE PER CAPITA HOUSEHOLD INCOME. CONCLUSIONS: ALL KINDS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL VIOLENCE WERE PRESENT, BUT EMOTIONAL HARASSMENT AND UNSUSPECTED AGGRESSION PREVAILED. MOST OF THE VICTIMS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL VIOLENCE ARE BETWEEN 40 AND 50 YEARS OLD AND THEIR EDUCATION LEVEL RANGES BETWEEN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL AND UNIVERSITY. A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF THESE WOMEN SHOWS A PER CAPITA INCOME THAT EXCEEDS THAT OF THE WHOLE HOUSEHOLD PER CAPITA INCOME.