Violencia intrafamiliar y las consecuencias psicológicas en los adolescentes

Abstract

Intrafamily violence is a social and historical phenomenon, constituting a problem that causes instability within the core of many households, involving psychosocial aspects and cultural models. This research aims to conduct a literature review on the psychological consequences that intrafamily violence can generate in adolescents. The violence experienced by teenagers can lead to various consequences, including psychological ones, which can affect them in the short or long term due to constant exposure to mistreatment at home. The objective of this bibliographic research is to identify the psychological consequences of intrafamily violence in adolescents. The proposed design for this thesis work was a qualitative literature review with a descriptive approach, employing electronic searches on the Web of Science and Redalyc databases. It was concluded that intrafamily violence generates psychological consequences in adolescents, identifying the following repercussions as the main ones caused by mistreatment by caregivers at home, such as anxiety, post-traumatic stress, depression, eating disorders, phobias, and repetitive violent behaviors, among others.