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FAMILY FUNCIONALITY IN FAMILIES VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC SEXUAL ABUSE- INCEST
Authors: IBETH VILLANUEVA SARMIENTO*, PATRICIA GUZMÁN GONZÁLEZ** MARÍA ALONSO HERNÁNDEZ, FEYLI BELTRÁN ACOSTA, YULIS GÓMEZ GARCÍA, INÉS PÉREZ VILLALBA
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This article of research describes family functioning in victims of domestic sexual abuse (incest) in
the city of Barranquilla and the following dimension were taken in account: a) Familiar adaptation
to face up conflict situations, b) Level of participation and emotional growth in each one of
the members and c) Affective relationships and commitments between family members. That is a
descriptive study and Familiar APGAR test, which measures the rank of family functionality, proposed
by Gabriel Smilkstein (1978), modify for Colombia by Liliana Arias (2006) was used. The
sample was ten (10) members of families, victims of domestic sexual abuse (incest) that received
the clinical intervention en the “Centro de Atención Integral e Investigación para Víctimas de
Abuso Sexual” (CAIVAS) in the Barranquilla city. The results shows that 20% of the total population
presents a severe family dysfunction, a 0% a moderate family dysfunction, a 20% a slight
dysfunction and finally a 60% presented a normal familiar functionality.