Perfil da violência perpetrada por adolescentes

Abstract

Introduction: Violence is a social problem at home or in the community, affecting children and adolescents in physical, psychological, sexual, neglect and commercial exploitation linked to power relations. Objective: To describe the profile of violence perpetrated by adolescents. Method: Cross-sectional, quantitative study carried out between April and June 2019 with 155 adolescents. Data was collected using questionnaires and analyzed using the BioEstat 5.3 program. The study was approved under protocol number 3.203.080. Results: Most of the participants were female, aged between 14 and 18, heterosexual, single, Catholic and studying in the morning. The aggressors were girls, 51 (57.9%), and physical violence, 34 (65.4%). There was a significant association (p<0.0001) between the following variables: psychological/physical violence and the victim's age between 10 and 19; psychological/physical violence and the school environment. Conclusion: Violence is present in the daily lives of adolescents, which raises the importance of preventive actions in social spaces, as well as observing risk factors in order to deal with it.