Abstract

MUNIZ FERRER, Mario César et al. Sobre la percepción de la violencia intrafamiliar por los niños. Rev Cubana Med Gen Integr [online]. 1996, vol.12, n.2, pp. 126-131. ISSN 1561-3038.

This article was written with the objective of deepening in the study of intrafamily violence in order to contribute to its knowledge and facing in the health sphere. It was based on a escriptive study of the results obtained on applying projective tests on 147 children from fifth and sixth grade of the "Roberto Poland" Elementary School, located in the "Antonio Maceo" district. The perception children who took part in the study have of domestic violence was also established; 56,4 % of the children expressed having suffered from direct forms of violence such as punishments, aggressiveness and reprimands. Manifestations of domestic violence in the form of family arguments were observed in 7,4 % of the total, whereas injustice was present in 15,6 % of them. A considerable percent showed difficulties to communicate with their parents, lost of self-steem, aggressiveness, search of support, and home rejection. It was demonstrated that children are able to reflect domestic violence.

Keywords : FAMILY [psychology]; PERCEPTION; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE [psychology]; CHILD; EPIDE- MIOLOGY DESCRIPTIVE; PROJECTIVE TECHNIQUES.