Domestic violence, (Paperback)

Domestic violence affects at increasing levels the physical, psychological, emotional and social health of those who suffer it.Objective: to develop a proposal for psychoeducational intervention to modify behaviors of domestic violence.Methodology: a qualitative research was conducted, the population consisted of 40 dysfunctional families with the presence of domestic violence. A sample of 14 families was selected. The following techniques were used to obtain the data: family interview, key informant interview, family functioning perception test (FF-SIL), participant observation, family drawing and in-depth interview with adult members. The diagnosis of the families made it possible to identify the prevalence of psychological violence in the families, the existence of inadequate communication and educational styles, and a higher incidence of violence in children, adolescents and older adults, which made it possible to prepare the psychoeducational intervention proposal to modify behaviors of intra-family violence. The psychological intervention proposal was elaborated and assessed by the professional judgment at 100%.