Implicações psicológicas dos maus tratos em adolescentes: estudo de caso no Centro de Acolhimento Lar São José de Lhanguene

Abstract

The shelter is where services are provided to accommodate children and adolescents under protective measures by court order, as a result of violation of rights (abandonment, negligence, violence) or due to the impossibility of care and protection by their family. Considering that adolescence is a particularly critical period in development, particularly due to changes at the neurodevelopmental and socio-emotional level, with important consequences at the level of behavioral and emotional regulation (Steinberg, 2005). This transition process proves particularly challenging due to developmental tasks of individuation and identity construction, informed by more complex representational thinking, as well as a greater capacity for abstraction and taking the perspective of others (Moretti et al., 2018). However, these developmental changes may also be accompanied by emotional and behavioral problems, which can lead to difficulties in adaptation, particularly in situations where young people do not have a responsive and protective environment.(TRADUÇÃO NOSSA)