3.
THE SOCIAL STRESS PATTERN APPLIED TO THE INTRA FAMILIAR VIOLENCE AND
CHILD ABUSE (MOSSAVI)
In
the research completed in the Reception Centre for children on and
from the street7,
the analysis shows that child abuse is the most common reason why
boys and girls abandon their homes of those surreyed, a percentage
of 49 % left due to abuse.
The
appointed situation shows the urgent need to develop actions in
the preventive field, which must be oriented to avoid every kind
of physical or moral violence presented in the family and community
life. We consider relevant to include the theoretical proposal from
the Mossavi8
, Social Stress Pattern applied to the intra family violence and
the child abuse.
The
Mossavi's pattern includes not only the factors that seem to prevent
families solving their problems in a violent way or to prevent adults
mistreating boys and girls, but also the factors that seem to make
less possible the violence and the abuse within the family.
The
first ones are considered as risk factors and the second ones are
shown as protective factors.
The
pattern is based in the following consideration: if there are a
lot risk factors while the protecting factors are weak, there is
agreater probability that a family, a ohild or a contact community
can face violent situations. On the contrary, while there are more
protecting factors and less risk factors there will be fewer chances
for negative responses and actions.
The
actions that the YMCA develops through the Home Abandonment Preventive
Program, the family and community environment is led to strengthening
the protector factors and minimizing the risk factors.
SEE ANNEX 3.
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