返回Google圖書搜尋

Whispers in Private

其他書名	The Lived Experiences of Male Victims of Intimate Partner Violence
出版	University of Auckland, 2021
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=YrER0AEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a major social problem and health concern worldwide and remains an emotional and controversial topic. While few studies have been conducted with a focus on men's experiences of victimisation from female partners there is now a growing body of literature highlighting a knowledge gap and the need for more research in this area. The current study, undertaken in Aotearoa New Zealand, explored the lived experiences of male victims of intimate partner violence in heterosexual relationships. Using constructivist grounded theory, the experiences of a group of 16 men who self-identified as victims of IPV were explored using one-on-one semi-structured interviews. Data was analysed using coding, memo-writing, categories, constant comparative analysis, theoretical sampling, and theory construction. Findings revealed participants experienced physical, psychological, legal and administrative aggression. Participants' experiences impacted on their sense of masculine self, negatively affecting their day-to-day functioning and interpersonal relationships. Remaining grounded in participants' voices, the current study resulted in an emerging constructed theory, Male victims of IPV: A story not well told. Male victims of IPV "their experiences and negative consequences" remain invisible in a repeating cycle of denial, derision and silencing resulting from embedded assumptions and stereotypes that continue to portray men as perpetrators and women as victims of IPV. Attitudes and responses of others towards male victims of IPV, together with male victims' personal internalised ideal masculine identity, interact and attack the core of the masculine self, resulting in silence and invisibility that continues to be reinforced and perpetuated in a repeating cyclical loop fuelled by prevailing assumptions and stereotypes. The study contributes to the body of knowledge emerging in this field, adding depth and breadth to current understandings of men's experiences. The constructed theory has implications for foundations of policy and practice, showing the need for education at all levels of society and highlighting avenues for further research.