Cohesion and Hierarchy in Physically Abusive Families

This paper investigates cohesion (emotional bonding) and hierarchy (power structure) in families with abuse against their children. Twenty low-income families participated. Father, mother and child’s perspective of family relations (cohesion and hierarchy) were evaluated by the Family System Test (F...

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Autor Principal: de Antoni, Clarissa; Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
Otros Autores: Martins-Teodoro, Maycoln Leôni; Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos, Koller, Silvia Helena; Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
Formato: info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Idioma: spa
Publicado: Pontificia Universidad Javeriana 2009
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Acceso en línea: http://revistas.javeriana.edu.co/index.php/revPsycho/article/view/481
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Sumario: This paper investigates cohesion (emotional bonding) and hierarchy (power structure) in families with abuse against their children. Twenty low-income families participated. Father, mother and child’s perspective of family relations (cohesion and hierarchy) were evaluated by the Family System Test (FAST). The relationship between father-child, mother-child, couple, and among siblings were evaluated at typical and conflictive situations. Results show a significance regarding to cohesion in typical and conflictive situation for father-child and mother-child dyads in all perspectives (by father, mother, and child). There is no significant differences regarding to hierarchy. These results suggest that the families see the intrafamilial violence as a constant, since they cannot differentiate between both situations