Social Support Seeking Among Women Victims of Intimate Partner Violence: A Qualitative Analysis of Lived Experiences

Purpose: Intimate partner violence against women is a major source of morbidity and mortality among women worldwide. In this study, 131 testimonies of female victims of intimate partner violence (IPV) are examined to study the factors associated with victims’ decision to seek social support (formal...

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Autores: Puente Martínez, Alicia, Reyes Sosa, Hyram, Ubillos Landa, Silvia, Iraurgi Castillo, Ioseba
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Burgos (UBU)
Repositorio:Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Burgos (RIUBU)
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Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10259/9253
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Palabra clave:Intimate partner violence against women
Support seeking
Coercive control
Non-fatal strangulation
Qualitative study
Psicología
Violencia de género
Psychology
Women-Abuse of
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spelling Social Support Seeking Among Women Victims of Intimate Partner Violence: A Qualitative Analysis of Lived ExperiencesPuente Martínez, AliciaReyes Sosa, HyramUbillos Landa, SilviaIraurgi Castillo, IosebaIntimate partner violence against womenSupport seekingCoercive controlNon-fatal strangulationQualitative studyPsicologíaViolencia de géneroPsychologyWomen-Abuse ofPurpose: Intimate partner violence against women is a major source of morbidity and mortality among women worldwide. In this study, 131 testimonies of female victims of intimate partner violence (IPV) are examined to study the factors associated with victims’ decision to seek social support (formal and informal). Method: Semi-structured interviews were conducted with female victims of IPV in Spain. The IRaMuTeQ 7 software was used to analyze the discourses. A total of 10,845 words with 1183 different forms were examined. Results: The analysis identified six clusters. Cluster 1 (18% of the total content) reflects the emotional component of aggression (fear of death). Cluster 2 (13.1%) describes psychological aggression (threatening), and Cluster 3 (17.2%) refers to the use of power within relationships (control). Cluster 6 (13.8%) includes different types of physical aggression (hitting); and Clusters 4 (21%) and 5 (16.9%) refer to formal (judging) and informal (friends) social support. Conclusions: Results indicated a strong association between emotions (e.g., fear of dying) and physical and psychological aggression. Non-fatal strangulation represented an extreme form of physical violence that was used to control women increasing the risk of violence becoming lethal. Women tended to seek more support when the violence increased, and they perceived a greater risk to their children. There was an association between suffering violence, power, control, and seeking formal and informal social support. Results have significant implications to interrupt coercive control processes and to motivate help seeking behaviors in victims of IPV.Open Access funding provided thanks to the CRUE-CSIC agreement with Springer Nature. This piece of research was funded by Projects led by the Spanish Ministry of Innovation and Science (MCIN/ AEI/https://doi.org/10.13039/501100011033/), reference PID2020- 16658GB-I00PSI.Springer Nature202420242023info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10259/9253reponame:Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Burgos (RIUBU)instname:Universidad de Burgos (UBU)InglésJournal of Family Violence. 2023https://doi.org/10.1007/s10896-023-00622-7Atribución 4.0 Internacionalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:riubu.ubu.es:10259/92532026-05-28T07:56:11Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Social Support Seeking Among Women Victims of Intimate Partner Violence: A Qualitative Analysis of Lived Experiences
title Social Support Seeking Among Women Victims of Intimate Partner Violence: A Qualitative Analysis of Lived Experiences
spellingShingle Social Support Seeking Among Women Victims of Intimate Partner Violence: A Qualitative Analysis of Lived Experiences
Puente Martínez, Alicia
Intimate partner violence against women
Support seeking
Coercive control
Non-fatal strangulation
Qualitative study
Psicología
Violencia de género
Psychology
Women-Abuse of
title_short Social Support Seeking Among Women Victims of Intimate Partner Violence: A Qualitative Analysis of Lived Experiences
title_full Social Support Seeking Among Women Victims of Intimate Partner Violence: A Qualitative Analysis of Lived Experiences
title_fullStr Social Support Seeking Among Women Victims of Intimate Partner Violence: A Qualitative Analysis of Lived Experiences
title_full_unstemmed Social Support Seeking Among Women Victims of Intimate Partner Violence: A Qualitative Analysis of Lived Experiences
title_sort Social Support Seeking Among Women Victims of Intimate Partner Violence: A Qualitative Analysis of Lived Experiences
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Puente Martínez, Alicia
Reyes Sosa, Hyram
Ubillos Landa, Silvia
Iraurgi Castillo, Ioseba
author Puente Martínez, Alicia
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Reyes Sosa, Hyram
Ubillos Landa, Silvia
Iraurgi Castillo, Ioseba
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Ubillos Landa, Silvia
Iraurgi Castillo, Ioseba
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Intimate partner violence against women
Support seeking
Coercive control
Non-fatal strangulation
Qualitative study
Psicología
Violencia de género
Psychology
Women-Abuse of
topic Intimate partner violence against women
Support seeking
Coercive control
Non-fatal strangulation
Qualitative study
Psicología
Violencia de género
Psychology
Women-Abuse of
description Purpose: Intimate partner violence against women is a major source of morbidity and mortality among women worldwide. In this study, 131 testimonies of female victims of intimate partner violence (IPV) are examined to study the factors associated with victims’ decision to seek social support (formal and informal). Method: Semi-structured interviews were conducted with female victims of IPV in Spain. The IRaMuTeQ 7 software was used to analyze the discourses. A total of 10,845 words with 1183 different forms were examined. Results: The analysis identified six clusters. Cluster 1 (18% of the total content) reflects the emotional component of aggression (fear of death). Cluster 2 (13.1%) describes psychological aggression (threatening), and Cluster 3 (17.2%) refers to the use of power within relationships (control). Cluster 6 (13.8%) includes different types of physical aggression (hitting); and Clusters 4 (21%) and 5 (16.9%) refer to formal (judging) and informal (friends) social support. Conclusions: Results indicated a strong association between emotions (e.g., fear of dying) and physical and psychological aggression. Non-fatal strangulation represented an extreme form of physical violence that was used to control women increasing the risk of violence becoming lethal. Women tended to seek more support when the violence increased, and they perceived a greater risk to their children. There was an association between suffering violence, power, control, and seeking formal and informal social support. Results have significant implications to interrupt coercive control processes and to motivate help seeking behaviors in victims of IPV.
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