Learning objectives
Understand the psychological aspects of gender violence and love addiction in order to recognize them and structure psychosocial intervention projects.
Course unit content
The theoretical bases of the Psychology of gender violence will be described with particular attention to the cycle of violence within the couple's relationship, to the types of maltreating subjects from a behavioral and personological point of view. In the second part of the theoretical discussion we will address the topic of love addiction, its definition and the relational mechanisms that structure and reinforce it, having as a frame of reference the Attachment theory and the most recent scientific research present in the literature.
Teaching methods
Interactive frontal lessons.