Coping strategies adopted by women victims of violence/Estrategias de enfrentamento adotadas por mulheres vitimas de violencia/Estrategias de enfrentamiento adoptadas por mujeres victimas de violencia

Objective: to examine the coping strategies adopted by women victims of violence. Method: in this quanti-qualitative, descriptive study of 19 women victims of violence, who attended the Multidisciplinary Support Center in Serra, Espirito Santo, in 2013, semi-structured interview and recording were used to collect socioeconomic and violence data. Content analysis was applied to the testimonies. The study was approved by the research ethics committee. Results: the women were predominantly aged 39 years or less, had completed secondary education, had their own income, a family income of 1 to 2 minimum wages, and were Evangelicals. The themes recovered from their accounts were: combating violence by focusing on the problem (42.1%), combating violence by focusing on emotion (26.3%), combating violence by focusing on emotion and religion (21.1%), and combating violence by focusing on emotion and the problem (10.5%). Conclusion: women in situations of violence experienced different manners of coping with this disorder, by focusing on the problem, emotion and religion. Descriptors: Violence against women; Adaptation, psychological; Women's health; Nursing. Objetivo: analisar as estrategias de enfrentamento adotadas por mulheres vitimas de violencia. Metodo: descritivo, quantiqualitativo, realizado com 19 mulheres, vitimas de violencia, atendidas na Central de Apoio Multidisciplinar em Serra, Espirito Santo, no ano de 2013. Utilizou-se entrevista semiestruturada e gravacao para coleta de dados socioeconomicos e da violencia. Aplicou-se a analise de conteudo dos depoimentos obtidos. O estudo foi aprovado pelo Comite de Etica em Pesquisa. Resultados: prevaleceram mulheres com idade igual e inferior a 39 anos, ensino medio completo, renda propria e familiar de um a dois salarios minimos, evangelicas. As categorias tematicas desveladas a partir dos depoimentos foram: enfrentamento da violencia com foco no problema (42,1%), enfrentamento da violencia com foco na emocao (26,3%), enfrentamento da violencia com foco na emocao e religiao (21,1%) e enfrentamento da violencia com foco na emocao e no problema (10,5%). Conclusao: as mulheres em situacao de violencia vivenciam diferentes modalidades de enfrentamento desse agravo, com foco no problema, emocao e religiao. Descritores: Violencia contra a mulher; Adaptacao psicologica; Saude da mulher; Enfermagem. Objetivo: analizar las estrategias de enfrentamiento adoptadas por mujeres victimas de violencia. Metodo: descriptivo, c