Factores psicosociales asociados a violencia de pareja perspectiva de hombres jóvenes y adultos mayores

Abstract

Intimate Partner violence is a public health problem that at the last years have been affecting to thousands of people, without any sociodemographic distinction, being mediated by different cultural, social and personal factors, mostly directed towards women. The study aimed to understand the psychosocial factors associated with couple violence from the perspective of young and older men. It’s a qualitative study with phenomenological design and deep interview was conducted to 6 men, three of them young people between at the ages of 25 - 29 and 3 older adults, with ages between 59 - 66 years residing in the city of Cali. The interviews were transcribed entirety and analyzed line by line by the researchers. It was found that there is no distinction between the perspective of young men and older men. Also, personal histories are highlighted as a determining factor on the perception of violence in couples; men recognize some psychosocial factors associated with couple violence as socio-economic, gender roles, personal characteristics and couple dynamics. The factors identified by older men and young adults are the socioeconomic factor and personal history.