Violência contra a mulher como experiência adversa na infância e seus efeitos no desenvolvimento infantil: uma revisão integrativa

Abstract

Intimate partner violence has negative effects not only on women, but also on other members of the family, in particular children who witness acts of violence. This study aims to identify the effects of witnessing violence against women. woman in childhood and it is an integrative literature review of articles indexed in the MEDLINE database. The search for articles was performed using the descriptors: Children, Violence, Witnesses and Violence Against Women concatenated with the AND logical operator, resulting in 46 eligible studies. It was identified that the harmful impacts on children: lack of emotional security, food insecurity, malnutrition or increasing obesity, interference in height and weight proportional to age, irregular sleep, in addition to the presence of childhood morbidities of the respiratory and pulmonary tract, persistent inflammatory diseases , high cortisol levels due to the stress of violent homes, low school attendance and difficulty maintaining focus, neglect by parents or caregivers, disturbing internalizing and externalizing behaviors, delinquent tendencies, child abuse, presence of depressive or distressing feelings, inclination towards the early transition from adolescence to adulthood, and the possibility of perpetuating violence at an older age. However, more long-term studies need to be carried out to assertively and in-depth monitor these consequences and subsequently build effective interventions.