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Revista Cuidarte
Print version ISSN 2216-0973On-line version ISSN 2346-3414
Abstract
LIMA, Juciara Karla de Souza et al. Using comic strips to understand perceptions and feelings of children hospitalized due to child physical abuse. Rev Cuid [online]. 2021, vol.12, n.1, e1204. Epub May 19, 2021. ISSN 2216-0973. https://doi.org/10.15649/cuidarte.1204.
Introduction
Child physical abuse is a recurrent practice that harms the physical and emotional development of children.
Objective
To understand the perceptions and feelings of a group of children who have been physically abused by their parents or caretakers.
Materials and Methods
A descriptive qualitative study was conducted using comic strips to respond to the inductive stimulus of what comes to mind when children are mistreated.
Results
Feelings of love and hate, guilt, sadness, resentment, desire for vengeance and shame were experienced, as well as the perception of physical abuse as a harmful attitude.
Conclusions
Children exhibited anxiety, shyness, aggressiveness, introspection and a tendency to social isolation since child physical abuse represents a tragic episode that would ultimately lead them to death, which is why it is suggested to use dialogue or other methods of punishment instead of physical abuse.
Keywords : Child Abuse; Punishment; Child Abandoned; Child Foster; Child Advocacy.