A Comparative Study of the Work of Professional Caregivers of Battered Women

Karine David Andrade Santos; Joilson Pereira da Silva; Alicia Perez Tarrés; Leonor María Cantera Espinosa

doi:10.21814/rlec.3919

Authors

Karine David Andrade Santos Programa de Pós-Graduação em Psicologia, Universidade Federal de Sergipe, São Cristóvão, Brasil https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9951-9539
Joilson Pereira da Silva Programa de Pós-Graduação em Psicologia, Universidade Federal de Sergipe, São Cristóvão, Brazil https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9149-3020
Alicia Perez Tarrés Departamento de Psicología Social, Facultad de Psicología, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3686-1430
Leonor María Cantera Espinosa Departamento de Psicología Social, Facultad de Psicología, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4541-5993

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21814/rlec.3919

Keywords:

social work, occupational risks, self-care

Abstract

The care service for women victims of violence constitutes a risk space for the manifestation of burnout syndrome and secondary post-traumatic stress disorder caused by listening to traumatic experiences. Therefore, this article aims to present a comparative picture of cross-cultural research carried out in Brazil and Spain with 32 subjects. The objectives are: to describe the work conditions, investigate the experience of attending to female victims of violence, and observe the self-care practices the professional group carried out at the personal, professional, collective, and institutional levels. The analysis of data from the Brazilian context was performed with Iramuteq through the descending hierarchical classification, which resulted in five classes, namely: assistance to women victims of violence; conflicts, violence, and professional activity; authors of harassment practices and working conditions; self-care personnel; managing obstacles in the work environment. The results collected from the Spanish professionals were also subjected to the same data analysis, resulting in five classes: trajectory, professional performance and working conditions; assistance to women victims of violence and forms of self-care; complaints about conflict and violence; personal self-care; forms of harassment and conflict. The elaboration that confronted the categories of the two surveys identified similarities regarding the subjective experience and distancing in the self-care characteristics undertaken by Brazilian and Spanish professionals. This study proposes to reflect on the institutional dynamics of these environments.

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Author Biographies

Karine David Andrade Santos, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Psicologia, Universidade Federal de Sergipe, São Cristóvão, Brasil

Karine David Andrade Santos is a psychodramatist, a PhD student with a master's in psychology at the Federal University of Sergipe.

Joilson Pereira da Silva, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Psicologia, Universidade Federal de Sergipe, São Cristóvão, Brazil

Joilson Pereira da Silva holds a PhD in psychology from the Complutense University of Madrid, Spain, and a post-doctorate in psychology from the Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain. He holds a master's and a bachelor's degree in psychology (Federal University of Paraíba) and a degree in social studies and geography (State University of Paraíba).

Alicia Perez Tarrés, Departamento de Psicología Social, Facultad de Psicología, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Alicia Perez Tarrés has a degree in psychology from the University of Barcelona, a master's degree in general health psychology, and a doctorate in person and society in the contemporary world from the Autonomous University of Barcelona. Her areas of interest are society, culture, violence, power, gender, and self-care.

Leonor María Cantera Espinosa, Departamento de Psicología Social, Facultad de Psicología, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Leonor María Cantera Espinosa holds a doctorate in psychology (University of Puerto Rico) and a doctorate in social psychology with an extraordinary prize from the Autonomous University of Barcelona (2004), a master's degree in community psychology (University of Puerto Rico) and self-knowledge, sexuality, human relations (University of Alcalá).

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