Adolescent exposure to marital violence is also an anxiety-inducing situation like any other negative life event. This exposure constitutes, among other things, the most significant anxiety-provoking situations among the various victims. The literature shows us that anxiety among adolescents increases as marital violence persists. This increase is due to the adolescence period which is marked by a quest for identity. This study aims to study the psychological factors that organize the anxious experience among adolescents exposed to marital violence. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews with three adolescents exposed to marital violence. The results obtained reveal that in adolescents exposed to marital violence, the adolescent’s life is marked by the feeling of losing the mother following the various injuries. This will create different behavior in the subject (fear, sadness, worry, stress and anxiety). This behavior will now generate anxiety in them and in this case, the psychological system will be invaded by psychological vulnerability, psychosocial stress and imagination focused on acts of violence.
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