Sintomatología psicológica de mujeres supuestas víctimas de violencia en relación de pareja. Instituto de Criminología, Criminalística e Intervención Psicosocial Familiar de la Universidad de Cuenca-Ecuador, en el periodo 2023

Abstract

Violence against women caused by their partner is a psychosocial problem that manifests itself in all contexts and social groups; It causes psychological consequences in women such as post-traumatic stress disorder, mood, decreased self-esteem, feelings of guilt, among others. National studies report that one in four women suffers physical violence and four out of ten women experience psychological violence in the context of a couple. The general objective is to describe the psychological symptoms in women alleged victims of intimate partner violence, treated at the Institute of Criminology, Criminalistics and Family Psychosocial Intervention of the University of Cuenca-Ecuador, in the period 2023. The study had a focus quantitative, non-experimental, cross-sectional design and with a descriptive scope. We worked with a population of 30 women who have been alleged victims of violence by their partner and who were treated at the Institute of Criminology, Criminalistics and Family Psychosocial Intervention of the University of Cuenca. The applied instruments were: the sociodemographic record, the SCL-90-R symptom inventory and the Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptom Severity Scale according to the DSM-5 forensic version. The results obtained in terms of psychological symptoms were obsessions and compulsions, followed by paranoid ideation and depression. The highest scores in the additional dimension were thoughts about death, overeating and feelings of guilt, as well as the severity of post-traumatic stress symptoms. Keywords: psych