Abstract

AMARANTE, Luana Rodrigues de Freitas Alves  and  KIND, Luciana. Acts of violence and suicide attempts in narratives of young women. Psicol. rev. (Belo Horizonte) [online]. 2020, vol.26, n.2, pp.535-555. ISSN 1677-1168.  https://doi.org/10.5752/P.1678-9563.2020v26n2p535-555.

We conducted a narrative research to understand the experienced world of young women who attempted suicide. In the period from October 2019 to March 2020, interviews were conducted with twelve women who attempted suicide at least once and were admitted to the André Luiz Spiritist Hospital in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais. The age of the participants ranged from 20 to 29 years old. The analysis of the interviews was guided by the principle of the singular treatment of each story, highlighting episodes that cut across all of them. It presented results in transversal axes: sexual abuse, violence in affective relationships, and violence experienced in family relationships. The narratives pointed out that there is a significant relationship between women in situations of violence and suicide attempt. However, the possibilities of understanding the phenomenon have not been exhausted, since we are facing multilayered problems.

Keywords : Narratives; Women’s narratives; Suicide attempt; Violence against women.

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