Abstract

COSTA, Florença Ávila de Oliveira  and  MARRA, Marlene Magnabosco. Brazilian families headed by poor women and being a single mother: risks and protective factors. Rev. bras. psicodrama [online]. 2013, vol.21, n.1, pp. 141-153. ISSN 2318-0498.

As the 2010 Brazilian Census revealed a wide range of domestic arrangements and family configurations, among which poor families run by single mothers are highly prevalent, we have decided to explore the risk and protective factors of such families. We set out the following aims: to identify the everyday dilemmas, dimensions and issues of these families; to describe and reflect on their functioning and dynamics; to identify their processes and emphasise risk and protective factors as described by authors like Yunes, Szymansky, Junqueira, Deslandes, Pesce, Assis and Poletto; to identify how these factors interact; and, to make these reflections available as theoretical and practical reference points for those who work with psychodrama.

Keywords : Brazilian families; Single mothers; Risk and protective factors.

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