Consequences of gender violence on the health of undergraduate students

A Case Study on Abusive Intimate Relationships

Bibliographic Data

ID4480352
AuthorsYanco Paternó De Oliveira (0000-0001-9836-8396, Universidade Metodista de São Paulo), Andreia Da Fonseca Araujo (0000-0002-9861-7150, Universidade Metodista de São Paulo), Oswaldo Riboldi Junior (0000-0002-0244-9165, Universidade Metodista de São Paulo), Rosa Frugoli (0000-0001-8197-1797, Universidade Metodista de São Paulo)
Year2024
Volume34
Publication date2024-01-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePhysis Revista de Saúde Coletiva (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0103-7331 • E-ISSN: 1809-4481
PublisherFapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1590/s0103-7331202434087en
OpenAlexW4404851907
SciELOS0103-73312024000100694
LanguageEN
References cited10

This article deals with violence against women by intimate partners, limited to participants attending undergraduate courses at universities in ABCD Paulista and who have experienced this type of violation. Violence against women, demarcated by gender asymmetries, is a public health issue as it is an explicit violation of human rights. Given the seriousness of the issue, this study aimed to analyze how violence against women is expressed in the lives of undergraduate students and its consequences in their lives. The qualitative method used four case studies with semi-structured interviews. Thematic Analysis treated the collected data, emerging two themes with groups of main meanings: types of violence and consequences on the lives of undergraduate women. From these analyses, physical, psychological, and sexual violence often co-occurred with health consequences, especially mental, accentuating problems such as depression and panic, disqualification of self-image, and abrupt change in weight. It was concluded that: a) even undergraduate students with access to information and criticism about unsatisfactory intimate relationships, experience intimate violence affecting their lives; b) although the issue of violence against women has gained notoriety, one must reflect and act to guarantee them basic rights, in any social space

Abusive relationship · Dating violence · Developmental psychology · Domestic violence · Medical emergency · Poison control · Suicide prevention · Clinical Psychology · Intimate Partner and Family Violence · Medicine · Psychology · Sex work and related issues · Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies · Social Psychology

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