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La violenza tra fratelli e sorelle: Un problema sottovalutato
Titolo Rivista: MALTRATTAMENTO E ABUSO ALL’INFANZIA 
Autori/Curatori: Rita D'Amico, Claudia Minenna 
Anno di pubblicazione:  2013 Fascicolo: 2 Lingua: Italiano 
Numero pagine:  22 P. 65-86 Dimensione file:  695 KB
DOI:  10.3280/MAL2013-002004
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Negli ultimi 30 anni lo studio della violenza in famiglia ha fatto enormi progressi. Lo stesso non si può dire della violenza che si verifica tra fratelli/sorelle. Eppure ricerche recenti hanno mostrato che si tratta di un fenomeno più diffuso di quanto si tenda a credere, che merita di essere approfondito in modo particolare. Attraverso un esame della letteratura a livello internazionale, la rassegna si propone di evidenziare gli aspetti più rilevanti riguardanti la violenza tra fratelli/sorelle e le sue conseguenze, a partire dalle varie forme che essa può assumere e dalla sua prevalenza. Il lavoro descrive, inoltre, alcune prospettive teoriche che tentano di spiegare le cause di questa importante forma di abuso intra-familiare.


Keywords: Fratelli, sorelle, violenza fisica, violenza psicologica, violenza sessuale

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