Factores psicosociales incidentes en la violencia intrafamiliar de dos estudios de caso atendidos en la Casa de Justicia (la Libertad).

Abstract

The main objective of the present study was to identify the incident psychosocial factors in intrafamily violence from two case studies attended at the House of Justice -La Libertad; using qualitative research with a case study design as methodology; obtaining theinformed consent for the participation of two women who denounced in the House of Justice of La Libertad for domestic violence. The instruments that were applied were a semi-structured interview and life history, which were validated by expert judgment. Among the results obtained, it can be highlighted that the psychosocial factors that were identified were at the individual level, related to both the victims and the perpetrators; In the study participants, low self-esteem, emotional and economic dependence, lack of control over their lives, they feel failed, present social isolation and do not identify support networks. In relation to the perpetrators, jealousy, deprivation of independence, emotional and economic manipulation were identified. The study concludes that the inadequate family ties established with the parents, especially with the mother, influence the condition of victim in terms of both physical and psychological abuse, since they tend to maintain the abusive circle with their victimizers, which for the present study are the partners of the participants.