Epistemological referencess in the production of psychological knowledge about violence against women

Abstract

This article discusses the main epistemological, theoretical and methodological references that have guided the research on violence against women developed by Universidad de Costa Rica's Psychology School, in 1994-2020 period. There were analyzed more than forty undergraduate and graduate tesis in order to understand the psychological magnitude, dynamics and/or impact of violence against women in the country. Results point to the influence of the feminist epistemology in the conception of knowledge problems and the study relationship subject-object, as well as the ethical-political position of the researcher.