HARASSMENT AND ABUSE IN HIGHER EDUCATION: SYMPTOMATOLOGY AND COGNITIVE EFFECT IN VICTIMS AFTER AGGRESSION

• Autor(a) principal: Haile, Vanessa de Oliveira
• Data de Publicação: 2024
• Outros Autores: Santos, Adelaine Ellis Carbonar dos
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Hygeia (Uberlândia)
• Texto Completo: https://seer.ufu.br/index.php/hygeia/article/view/69974
• topic: Ensino; Sexualidades; Gênero; Assédio; Aprendizagem; Teaching; Sexualities; Gende; Harassment; Learning

This article aims to discuss the cognitive effects and symptoms (physical and emotional) presented by victims of harassment and abuse within Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). In order to do so, we analyze how these cases are evidenced and originated within the HEIs in the city of Ponta Grossa, Paraná. Testimonies from academics of both genders were collected. Data were collected through an online questionnaire composed of descriptive and objective questions, which were investigated through content analysis. We evidenced that cases of harassment and abuse directly impact the academic experience of victims, resulting in several symptoms related to each other, the most common being insecurity and anxiety. Such symptoms are also reflected in physical pain and can even lead to suicidal ideation. In this sense, we affirm the need to promote discussions on the subject, as well as the elaboration of public policies aimed at the mental health of students.