ABSTRACT
Objective
to identify the forms, expressions, and the practitioners of intrafamily violence witnessed and/or experienced by adolescent students.
Method
cross-sectional, descriptive study conducted in a public school in Salvador, Bahia - Brazil, with 230 adolescent students in November 2018. The database was archived using the Microsoft Excel program, and frequencies were measured using the chi-square test.
Results
the study shows that 121 (52.6%) adolescents experience intra-family violence in psychological, physical, and sexual forms. Among the types of violence experienced by the adolescents, psychological (49.5%) and physical (55.7%) violence were most perpetrated by father/mother and sexual (75.9%) violence was commonly reported by other relatives.
Conclusion
the findings of this study contribute to give visibility to the forms of expression of intrafamily violence experienced and witnessed by the child and youth population.
DESCRIPTORS:
Violence; Family; Adolescent; Adolescent Health; Students.