Brazilian Scientific Productions in Psychology on Violence against Women by Intimate Partner

Abstract

The present systematic review aimed to analyze the scientific production of empirical studies of Brazilian psychology on the phenomenon of violence against women by intimate partner (IPV) published in national journals. To do so, the articles were searched in the SciELO, PsycINFO, PePSIC and Scopus databases, using the descriptors: “violence against women” or “intimate partner violence” or “domestic violence” or “domestic violence”. The searches were also performed with English descriptors. After applying inclusion and exclusion criteria, the final sample consisted of 29 articles. Through the Thematic Analysis, the objectives and main results of the studies were grouped according to the main theme. The results indicated a proportional distribution of publications between the last five years, with higher production in the South and Southeast of the country. There was a balance between quantitative and qualitative studies, being prevalent studies performed with participants, mainly with women, and studies with individual interviews and use of psychometric instruments. It is concluded that there is a prevalence of studies that portray individual aspects in relation to the phenomenon, that there is little incidence of preventive research, as well as of evaluations of the effectiveness of proposed interventions. In addition, there is a shortage of studies that include men as authors of violence, an important strategy for an effective change. Psychology as a science and profession composes the network to confront the phenomenon of IPV and not only acts in different services of attendance, but also in the academic and scientific production, fomenting new researches on the thematic and public policies of confrontation.

Intimate Partner Violence; Gender Violence; Systematic Review; Scientific Production