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A violência conjugal e entre parceiros íntimos constitui um grave problema para a saúde pública e sociedade. Contudo, os estudos dentro desta temática são maioritariamente dedicados à análise dos comportamentos violentos (presença ou ausência), pondo de parte as crenças que os legitimam e perpetuam, deixando para segundo plano a própria génese deste fenómeno e criando desta forma ambiguidades conceptuais. O presente estudo procurou ligar o comportamento violento e as crenças, analisando o impacto das variáveis sociodemográficas e as próprias [dinámicas] relacionais na adesão a crenças legitimadoras da violência conjugal. O presente estudo é quantitativo, não-experimental, transversal e correlacional. A amostra, não probabilística e recolhida por conveniência foi constituída por 351 participantes, dos quais 76,4% eram do sexo feminino. A amostra é maioritariamente constituída por jovens e com formação superior. O presente protocolo de investigação incluiu um questionário sociodemográfico e relacional, a Escala de Crenças sobre a Violência Conjugal (ECVC) e para a avaliação da violência por parceiro íntimo, utilizou-se a versão portuguesa da Revised Conflict Tactics Scales (CTS2), adaptada por Paiva e Figueiredo (2002). A análise de dados recorreu a modelos de regressão linear múltipla e à Análise de Variância. Os resultados demonstram que o perfil sociodemográfico atua como o principal preditor das crenças. O sexo (feminino) e o avançar da idade revelam-se fatores protetores e em contrapartida, o estado civil (divorciado/separado) demonstrou ser o principal preditor positivo, estando presente transversalmente em todos os resultados obtidos, sugerindo que estes indivíduos têm maior tendência a deter crenças que legitimem o uso de violência nas relações. Por outras palavras, estes resultados sugerem que ser do sexo feminino e ser mais velho estão inversamente associados à legitimação da violência, e ser divorciado/separado associa-se a uma maior justificação do abuso nas relações de intimidade. Por outro lado, as variáveis inerentes à dinâmica relacional (duração, coabitação e componente sexual), ao contrário do que foi encontrado na literatura, não apresentam um impacto estatisticamente significativo nas crenças legitimadoras. Através dos resultados obtidos pela análise do item complementar integrado no instrumento relativo à iniciação da violência física, a experiência prévia de vitimização ou perpetração de agressões não cria diferenças estatisticamente significativas no que diz respeito às crenças que legitimam a violência. Conclui-se desta forma que as crenças que justificam este fenómeno não são facilmente alteradas pelo contexto ou vivência relacional, estando profundamente enraizadas num macrossistema sociocultural mais amplo. Face a estes resultados, destaca-se a necessidade de intervenções focadas a nível institucional, junto de jovens e respostas clínicas especializadas no acompanhamento psicoterapêutico de indivíduos em processo de rutura conjugal.
Domestic and intimate partner violence constitutes a serious problem for public health and society. However, studies on this topic are largely devoted to analysing violent behaviour (its presence or absence), whilst setting aside the beliefs that legitimise and perpetuate it; this pushes the very origins of this phenomenon into the background, thereby creating conceptual ambiguities. This study sought to link violent behaviour and beliefs, analysing the impact of sociodemographic variables and relational dynamics themselves on adherence to beliefs that legitimise domestic violence. This study is quantitative, non-experimental, cross-sectional and correlational. The sample, which was non-probabilistic and convenience-based, consisted of 351 participants, of whom 76.4% were female. The sample consists mainly of young people with higher education. This research protocol included a sociodemographic and relational questionnaire, the Scale of Beliefs about Domestic Violence (ECVC) and an item designed to detect the presence of violence in past relationships as well as who initiated it. Data analysis utilised multiple linear regression models and analysis of variance. The results show that sociodemographic profile acts as the main predictor of beliefs. Gender (female) and advancing age prove to be protective factors; conversely, marital status (divorced/separated) proved to be the main positive predictor, appearing consistently across all results obtained, suggesting that these individuals are more likely to hold beliefs that legitimise the use of violence in relationships. In other words, these results suggest that being female and being older are inversely associated with the legitimisation of violence, and being divorced/separated is associated with a greater justification of abuse in intimate relationships. On the other hand, variables inherent to relationship dynamics (duration, cohabitation and sexual component), contrary to what has been found in the literature, do not have a statistically significant impact on legitimising beliefs. Based on the results obtained from the Analysis of Variance on the Item created for this study, prior experience of victimisation or perpetration of aggression does not create statistically significant differences with regard to beliefs that legitimise violence. Therefore, it can be concluded that the beliefs underpinning this phenomenon are not easily altered by context or relational experiences but are deeply rooted in a broader sociocultural macro-system. In light of these findings, there is a clear need for primary interventions targeting young people and for specialised clinical services providing psychotherapeutic support to individuals going through a marital breakdown.
Domestic and intimate partner violence constitutes a serious problem for public health and society. However, studies on this topic are largely devoted to analysing violent behaviour (its presence or absence), whilst setting aside the beliefs that legitimise and perpetuate it; this pushes the very origins of this phenomenon into the background, thereby creating conceptual ambiguities. This study sought to link violent behaviour and beliefs, analysing the impact of sociodemographic variables and relational dynamics themselves on adherence to beliefs that legitimise domestic violence. This study is quantitative, non-experimental, cross-sectional and correlational. The sample, which was non-probabilistic and convenience-based, consisted of 351 participants, of whom 76.4% were female. The sample consists mainly of young people with higher education. This research protocol included a sociodemographic and relational questionnaire, the Scale of Beliefs about Domestic Violence (ECVC) and an item designed to detect the presence of violence in past relationships as well as who initiated it. Data analysis utilised multiple linear regression models and analysis of variance. The results show that sociodemographic profile acts as the main predictor of beliefs. Gender (female) and advancing age prove to be protective factors; conversely, marital status (divorced/separated) proved to be the main positive predictor, appearing consistently across all results obtained, suggesting that these individuals are more likely to hold beliefs that legitimise the use of violence in relationships. In other words, these results suggest that being female and being older are inversely associated with the legitimisation of violence, and being divorced/separated is associated with a greater justification of abuse in intimate relationships. On the other hand, variables inherent to relationship dynamics (duration, cohabitation and sexual component), contrary to what has been found in the literature, do not have a statistically significant impact on legitimising beliefs. Based on the results obtained from the Analysis of Variance on the Item created for this study, prior experience of victimisation or perpetration of aggression does not create statistically significant differences with regard to beliefs that legitimise violence. Therefore, it can be concluded that the beliefs underpinning this phenomenon are not easily altered by context or relational experiences but are deeply rooted in a broader sociocultural macro-system. In light of these findings, there is a clear need for primary interventions targeting young people and for specialised clinical services providing psychotherapeutic support to individuals going through a marital breakdown.
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Crenças legitimadoras Violência conjugal Intimate partner violence Violência nas relações de intimidade Dinâmicas relacionais Legitimizing beliefs Domestic violence Violence in intimate relationships Relationship dynamics