title: [The (in)visibility of psychological family violence in childhood and adolescence].
abstract: Psychological family violence in childhood and adolescence is still poorly studied, due to difficulties in its definition and detection. This article aims to examine how psychological family violence reported by children and adolescents has been addressed in academic studies, using a literature review (LILACS, MEDLINE, SciELO, PubMed, CAPES Portal, PsycINFO, and SCOPUS databases). Among 51 epidemiological studies, 16 articles met the review's objectives; some of the articles reported a high prevalence of such violence. The study showed that the issue has been studied more in the international literature than in Brazil, which has significantly increased its visibility in the last decade but still faces difficulties involving definition, conceptualization, and operationalization. Eliminating the invisibility of psychological violence in the family could help promote prevention of such violence and protection of children and adolescents.
authors.affiliation: Instituto Fernandes Figueira, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. cecy@iff.fiocruz.br
authors.forename: Cecy Dunshee de
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Abranches
authors.forename: Simone Gonçalves de
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Assis
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D015706:Bibliometrics; D001938:Brazil; D002648:Child; D017579:Domestic Violence / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D010506:Periodicals as Topic