Domestic violence: a Rodger’s evolutionist conceptual analysis

to analyze the concept of domestic violence based on its use in health sciences, humanities, and exact sciences according to Rodgers’ evolutionary model.

Methods:

this is a concept analysis based on Rodgers’ evolutionary conceptual model. Ninety-six articles were included in Portuguese, English, Spanish, and French, which had a definition of domestic violence, having identified the antecedents, attributes and consequences and produced a model case.

Results:

twenty-two attributes, ten antecedents and eight consequences were identified.

Final considerations:

from antecedents, attributes and consequences, it was possible to identify the connection between domestic violence and gender issues, especially patriarchal, being seen in a normalized way by society and causing consequences to the victims’ physical and psychological health.

Descriptors:
Standardized Nursing Terminology; Violence; Domestic Violence; Gender-Based Violence; Concept Formation

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[1] Corresponding author: Victoria Grassi Bonamigo E-mail: victoria.grassi@outlook.com

Antecedents	Patriarchate culture; gender and sexuality issues; power and authority; conflict; victim over the age of 16; cohabitation with the offender; male and female manifestation; dominant male position; racial, ethnic, religious, economic and social contexts; being or living as a family.
Attributes	Any behavior that causes physical or psychological injury to an intimate partner; coercive control; physical, sexual or psychological violence; abuse; deprivation of services, freedom or leisure; degradation or offense to a romantic partner; intimate partner violence; serious violation of human rights; any intentional act by one family member to another to limit their legal rights; male domination and control over women; main reason for referring children to state child welfare services in advanced industrialized countries; affects about a third of women in the world; abuse of power or authority; considered a moralistic form of justice; normalized by society; any act of violence based on gender, which may occur in public or in private life; a crime that must be dealt with privately between the parties, punishing offenders and protecting the victim from further abuse; systematic pattern of power and control perpetuated by an intimate partner; police and community responsibility; complex phenomenon of systematic structure; repetitive process that gets worse during a relationship; defined by law as offenses.
Consequents	Health impact; psychological, physical, sexual, reproductive damage and, in some cases, death; domination of women; female loss in the choice in relation to her health; long-term consequences for individuals and society; establishment of power and control; depression and post-traumatic stress syndrome; normalization of violence.