Efectos de las medidas de protección y asistenciales a víctimas de violencia de género sobre el bienestar psicológico

  1. Gabriela Acurio 1
  2. Álvaro Montes 2
  3. Blanca Cea 2
  4. Mercedes Novo 2
  1. 1 Unidad de Familia, Mujer, Niñez y Adolescencia
  2. 2 Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
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    Universidade de Santiago de Compostela

    Santiago de Compostela, España

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Journal:
Acción psicológica

ISSN: 1578-908X

Year of publication: 2023

Issue Title: Investigación aplicada en psicología jurídica y forense

Volume: 20

Issue: 2

Pages: 71-88

Type: Article

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Abstract

As a tool in order to avoid re-victimi-zation in cases of gender-based violence, the courts have been legally provided with the adoption of protective and assistance orders for victims. Nevertheless, studies about its effectiveness are inconclusive, finding non-significant or small effects. Even so, effects on psychological harm (victimization) have not been equally studied. A field study was designed to find out the effects of these judicial measures, as well as of the judicial complaint itself, about the psychological well-being of the victims. Method: 136 women residing in Ecuador whose had completed a judi-cial process for gender violence and who responded to a list on the application of 17 protection and assistance or-ders included in the Ecuadorian legal system participated in the study. In addition, they were administered the SCL 90-R to ascertain their psychological well-being in two temporary conditions: pre-and post-court proceedings. Results: The results showed that only sixof the nineprotection measures were implemented productively, while welfare measures were implemented only trivially (insignificantly). Regarding the effects on well-being, the results revealed a significant effect for the judicial process (denunciation), but not for the implementation of protec-tion and assistance orders, nor for the interaction between the judicial process and the implementation of protection and assistance orders. The effects of the judicial process factor were positive (improvement), significant and of a large magnitude (d≥0.80) in Somatization, Obsessive-Compulsive, Interpersonal Sensitivity, Depression, Generalized Anxiety, Phobic Anxiety,and Paranoid Ideation;and with a moderate to large effect size (0.50 ≤d< 0.80) in the Hostilityand Psychoticismdimensions. Conclusions: The implications of the lack of effect of the implementation of protective and welfare measures on psychological well-being are discussed, as well as the positive effects of the judicial process (reporting, confrontation with the abuser) on the well-being of complainant-victims.

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