Sintomatología Psicológica de Mujeres Víctimas de Violencia en Relación de Pareja. Universidad de Cuenca-Ecuador

Abstract

Intimate partner violence against women is a psychosocial problem with considerable psychological consequences. The objective of the study was to describe the psychological symptoms in women alleged victims of violence in a relationship, attended at the Institute of Criminology, Criminalistics and Family Psychosocial Intervention of the University of Cuenca-Ecuador, in the period 2023. The quantitative approach, non-experimental, crosssectional design and descriptive scope. We worked with a population of 30 women. A sociodemographic record, the SCL-90-R symptom inventory and the Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Symptom Severity Scale according to the DSM-5 forensic version were applied. The results in terms of psychological symptomatology were obsessions and compulsions, followed by paranoid ideation and depression. The highest rated were thoughts about death, overeating and feelings of guilt, as well as the severity of posttraumatic stress symptoms.