CRUZ, Edson Júnior Silva da et al. Adolescents in residential care: a case study with genogram. []. , 27, 2, pp.15-26. ISSN 0104-3269.

This research aims to understand violation of rights situations involving an adolescent and her family relationships in a transgenerational perspective. A qualitative approach was used for single case study of the adolescent, with the instruments Genogram, Form for Characterization of Adolescents and Field Diary. It was verified transgenerational process in the repetition of conflicts occurred between her grandmother and her mother, which had an effect on development of the adolescent, since she lived in an context of risk, where she was abused by one of people who should assume the role of caregiver. Nevertheless, she showed a significant bond with her adoptive mother, a relationship that contributed to coping with the risk situation that was inserted.

: violence; adolescent; case reports; family relations; Virtual Library Health Thesaurus.

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