摘要：The present exploratory study investigated the ideas about violence’s phenomenon of children and adolescents who were institutionalized they were victims of domestic violence, comparing these ideas with the ideas from a group composed of children and adolescents who were not victims of domestic violence. The 44 participants from 10 to 16 years old, answered 3 complementary instruments: a structured interview, a questionnaire composed of "Incomplete Sentences" and a semi-structured interview. The analysis allowed some conclusions: 1) It was not found significant differences between the two groups and there was a tendency to conventional answers; 2) There was a lot of evasive answers, with higher frequency in the victimized group; 3) There was a tendency to the "naturalization" of violence in both groups, although with a higher frequency in the non-victimized group and 4) a wish of the victimized group being (live) with their families.
其他摘要：The present exploratory study investigated the ideas about violence’s phenomenon of children and adolescents who were institutionalized they were victims of domestic violence, comparing these ideas with the ideas from a group composed of children and adolescents who were not victims of domestic violence. The 44 participants from 10 to 16 years old, answered 3 complementary instruments: a structured interview, a questionnaire composed of "Incomplete Sentences" and a semi-structured interview. The analysis allowed some conclusions: 1) It was not found significant differences between the two groups and there was a tendency to conventional answers; 2) There was a lot of evasive answers, with higher frequency in the victimized group; 3) There was a tendency to the "naturalization" of violence in both groups, although with a higher frequency in the non-victimized group and 4) a wish of the victimized group being (live) with their families.
