Consequences of gender violence on the health of undergraduate students: a case study on abusive intimate relationships
Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: This article deals with violence against women by intimate partners, limited to participants attending undergraduate courses at universities in ABCD Paulista and who have experienced this type of violation. Violence against women, demarcated by gender asymmetries, is a public health issue as it is an explicit violation of human rights. Given the seriousness of the issue, this study aimed to analyze how violence against women is expressed in the lives of undergraduate students and its consequences in their lives. The qualitative method used four case studies with semi-structured interviews. Thematic Analysis treated the collected data, emerging two themes with groups of main meanings: types of violence and consequences on the lives of undergraduate women. From these analyses, physical, psychological, and sexual violence often co-occurred with health consequences, especially mental, accentuating problems such as depression and panic, disqualification of self-image, and abrupt change in weight. It was concluded that: a) even undergraduate students with access to information and criticism about unsatisfactory intimate relationships, experience intimate violence affecting their lives; b) although the issue of violence against women has gained notoriety, one must reflect and act to guarantee them basic rights, in any social space.
Source: Physis Revista de Saúde Coletiva
Institution: Universidade Metodista de São Paulo
Language: English
Subfield: Health
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4404851907