Mães de crianças vítimas de incesto: transgeracionalidade, características psicológicas e relações familiares

Abstract

Sexual abuse against children is a practice regarded as one of the gravest forms of violation of moral and physical, psychological trauma that results in severe and devastating. Generally, causes destructive consequences in shaping the personality of the child, not to mention the physical and social sequelae. The mother is usually the caregiver who is responsible for the care of children after the disclosure and reporting of abuse within families. Many studies consider it to be co-responsible for the abuse, in that it failed to protect the child of such an occurrence. From this idea, this research aimed to investigate the psychological characteristics, family relations of mothers of child victims of sexual abuse and its intergenerational story. To this end, we used the method of investigation of Multiple Case Studies, which allowed a qualitative analysis of the phenomenon studied in depth. In this study three mothers of child victims of sexual abuse, referred by the Center for the Study of Childhood and Adolescence (CEPIA), the city of Passo Fundo. Data collection was performed by a psychological evaluation of the mothers in the clinical practice of the researcher. Were used as instruments of data collection: semi-structured interview, genogram and Thematic Apperception Test (TAT). The cases were analyzed in depth, integrating data from instruments used (vertical analysis), and subsequently conducted a review of the cases together, seeking similarities and differences (horizontal analysis). We conclude that incest is not a phenomenon that relates exclusively to the victims, but occurs as a result of multiple determinants, which refer to characteristics of the characters involved and the dynamics of the relationship between them.