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Investigou-se a perspectiva dos filhos sobre os conflitos conjugais. Participaram 17 estudantes de uma escola pública de Porto Alegre (RS), de ambos os sexos, reunidos em dois grupos focais: um com oito crianças (8-9 anos) e outro com nove adolescentes (12-13 anos) que coabitavam com seus pais. Cada grupo se encontrou uma única vez com os pesquisadores na escola. As informações foram gravadas, transcritas e seu conteúdo analisado a partir dos temas emergentes. Na visão dos filhos, os conflitos conjugais variam desde uma discussão até a agressão física, são recorrentes, versam sobre qualquer assunto e são de expressão predominantemente negativa. Eles reconhecem a ocorrência dos conflitos e afirmam que nem sempre entendem suas causas, mas sofrem suas consequências. Adotam estratégias variadas para lidar com os conflitos, desde ignorá-los até adotar atitudes autodestrutivas. Conclui-se que os sujeitos estão atentos aos conflitos conjugais de seus pais e reconhecem as suas repercussões...
We investigated children's perspective about marital conflicts. Participants were 17 students from a public school from Porto Alegre (RS), of both sexes, gathered in two focus groups: one with 8 children (8-9 years old), and another with 9 adolescents (12-13 years old), who lived with their parents. Each group had a single meeting at school. The information collected was recorded, transcribed and its content analyzed from the emerging themes. In children's view, marital conflicts range from discussion to physical aggression, are recurrent, deal with any topic, and its expression is predominantly negative. Children recognize the occurrence of conflicts and state that do not always understand their causes, but suffer its consequences. Children adopt various strategies to deal with conflicts, from ignoring them to taking self-destructive attitudes. We conclude that the subjects are aware of their parents' marital conflicts and recognize its repercussions...
Se investigó sobre la perspectiva de los hijos en los conflictos conyugales. Participaron 17 estudiantes de una escuela pública de Porto Alegre (RS), de ambos sexos, reunidos en dos grupos focales: uno con 8 niños (8-9 años), y otro con 9 jóvenes (12-13 años), que vivían con sus padres. Cada grupo ha tenido sólo una cita en la escuela. Las informaciones fueron grabadas, transcritas y el contenido analizado a partir de los temas emergentes. De acuerdo con los niños, los conflictos conyugales van desde una discusión hasta la agresión física, son recurrientes, versan sobre cualquier tema, y su expresión es predominantemente negativa. Los niños reconocen la existencia del conflicto pero ni siempre entienden sus causas y todavía sufren sus consecuencias. Los niños adoptan distintas estrategias para lidiar con los conflictos, desde ignorarlos hasta las actitudes autodestructivas. Se concluye que los sujetos son conscientes de los conflictos conyugales de sus padres y reconocen sus repercusiones...
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Family Conflict , Marriage , Parent-Child Relations , ParentingABSTRACT
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to determine gender differences in attitudes towards sleeping in separate rooms (SSR) a means of dealing with marital conflict and to explore the reasons why participants agreed or disagreed with SSR. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Research participants were 616 married people (300 men, 316 women) aged 30 to 89 years and currently lived with their spouses in the same house. They were asked to assess their attitudes towards SSR using a Likert scale from 0 (strongly disagree) to 10 (strongly agree). Two separate SSR questions were given to them: one for the respondents themselves and the other for couples in general. RESULTS: There were significant gender differences in attitudes towards SSR. Men generally disagreed with SSR, with a negligible difference between the two separate SSR cases (p>.05). However, women agreed with SSR, especially with the question about the respondents themselves (p<.01). The most frequent reason from agreeing with SSR was to alleviate conflict, while the most frequent reason for disagreeing was related to sexual issues, which showed significant gender differences. CONCLUSIONS: Gender differences in attitudes towards the SSR were found, and the differences were examined in the context of social exchange theory. The limitation of this study was that the sexual interactive and communicative patterns of the couples who were sleeping in separate rooms were not explored.
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Aged , Female , Humans , Male , Surveys and Questionnaires , Family Characteristics , Family Conflict , SpousesABSTRACT
En el ámbito de los conflictos de pareja, cabe la posibilidad ante ciertas circunstancias psicosociales, del establecimiento de conflictos circulares o sin salida en los que pueden quedar atrapadas personas menores de edad. Estos conflictos tienden a extenderse al espacio de sede judicial, administrativo-legal (PANI), profesionales del sector legal en el ejercicio liberal de la profesión y sector salud, en donde en muchas ocasiones y ante la ausencia de mecanismos de comunicación/ coordinación, las necesidades emocionales y sociales de estos niños, niñas y adolescentes no son consideradas, focalizando la atención en el conflicto entre adultos, lo que da como resultado su triangulación. Esta situación, aparte de generar al sistema altos costos económicos de atención (múltiples profesionales intervinientes, procesos de atención prolongados y duplicidad de funciones), provoca un alto costo emocional en quienes la sufren, ya que presentan alta probabilidad de desarrollar una amplia variedad de síntomas compatibles con problemas tales como: desórdenes facticios, trastornos emocionales, de ansiedad y somatomorfos, problemas de ajuste e impulsividad, trastornos alimentarios y del sueño, entre otros.