Violência conjugal e suas implicações para o binômio mãe-filho: o discurso feminino

Abstract

To expose the signs and symptoms that indicate implications to the mother–child binomial in women experiencing marital violence. A qualitative study where the data was organized from the Speech of the Collective Subject. Interviews were conducted with 11 women who were in legal cases with the 1st and 2nd Courts of Justice for Peace at Home of Salvador, BA, Brazil. From the female speech, two Central Synthesis Ideas emerged, referring to the psychic and physical signs related to the violence experienced, indicating implications for the mother–child binomial. The sleep disturbances, emotional tension, depressive behavior, marks of physical aggression, cephalgia were pointed as symptoms associated with marital violence that can predispose the pregnant and puerperal women to complications. Considering such signs and symptoms, it becomes necessary to prepare the professional to early identify the marital violence, overall in spaces of pre-natal and puerperal follow-ups.