PSYCHOLOGICAL FEATURES OF FAMILY VIOLENCE PREVENTION

Abstract

The article deals with the actual problem of psychological violence in the family, as it is one of the least studied and most complex forms of interpersonal violence between members of the same family or people in intimate relationships. The concept of “violence” is described, which means actions repeated over time, deliberate psychological influence on the structural components of the victim’s personality, which is based on coercive action, which is carried out through destructive forms of influence and leads to the occurrence of psychological traumatization. The presence of a pattern of behavior is an important indicator of the difference between violence and a simple conflict situation. It has been established and described that the cycle of abuse consists of stages: build-up of tension, quarrel or conflict, reconciliation, “honeymoon”. It has been proven that marital violence is a multidimensional phenomenon that is determined by the interaction of both internal and external factors, which is determined by the level of marital competence, individual characteristics of partners, behavioral patterns, relationships in marriage and life experience. A significant change in marriage and family ideology, the views of men and women on family life, the distribution of roles in the family, marital fidelity, the nature of relations between generations caused real difficulties that require not simple decisions, choices, mobilization, adaptation to certain changes. Today, the study of emotional violence in the family as a dangerous and complex phenomenon, determined by a combination of external (socio-cultural), intra-family and subjective factors, is relevant and important in today’s conditions. The conclusions of the article emphasize the need for a scientific understanding of the phenomenon of psychological violence in marital relations, which is caused by its spread, risk factors of occurrence in marital relations.