Efectos psicosociales de la violencia de género en mujeres entre 20-30 años. Producciones narrativas realizadas en Quito durante el periodo 2022-2023

Abstract

Nowadays, gender violence has become a mainstream topic of whom everything is believed to be known and for which is believed that everything possible has been done to minimize the act and effects that this kind of violence produces on women. To truly know what is happening with victims after suffering episodes of violence, is necessary to hear testimonials from them, these women are the real protagonists of this investigation.

The objective of this research work is to identify psychosocial consequences of gender violence in women victims and coping mechanisms used by them to cope their situation. To this end, this research work makes efforts to answer the following questions: ● How has life been like for women after suffering gender violence? ● What psychosocial effects has the violence generated in women who have suffered it in the past? ● What coping mechanisms did they use to overcome the situation?

While the investigation develops, it will become evident that the gender violence occurs in different ways depending on the context and on several occasions in the least common way, what produces a discussion about the different kinds of violence. Within this context, through the narrative productions, we provide a space for women victims to tell us about their experiences that show the coping mechanisms used by the majority of them are not based on attending support centers or visiting a psychologist, are based on one´s own resilience. In the other hand, psychosocial effects produced in most cases affect their way of perceiving or accepting a new relationship because of their bad experiences, what makes them constantly afraid of going through the same situation again, but in some cases, they can establish more mature and durable relations. This research work is carried out from a qualitative approach using resources like narrative productions of women victims of gender violence who participated freely and voluntarily to give us their testimonials about the experiences lived and how they cope this situation. Content analysis was also used to collect the information provided by the participants during the interview and relate it to the theorical assumptions and the categories raised.