Men’s experience of abuse in intimate partnerships : impact and implications

Men who experience abuse in their relationships can undergo emotional hardships, suffer injuries, and can experience various psychological problems. Cultural gender norms create barriers in receiving the appropriate help men need. Large population based studies show that men do in fact experience incidents of physical and emotional abuse yet men are often overlooked in the domestic violence literature. Intimate partner violence (IPV) is an important societal problem that needs to be evaluated and addressed for both genders, even if women are the primary victims of IPV. This report will present research regarding the prevalence of female-perpetrated abuse and discuss implications within the literature. The impact and consequences IPV has on men will be reviewed as well as barriers men face in getting help. New questions will be posed that need addressing and practical implications will be provided for researchers and mental health practitioners.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Education

Level thesis:degree_level

Masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Educational Psychology

Grantor

University of Texas at Austin

Year dc:date.issued

2011

Author dc:creator

• Gonzalez, Jarod Joshua

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Rochlen, Aaron B.

Committee member dc:contributor.committeemember

• Busch-Armendariz, Noel

• Female-perpetrated abuse
• Male-abuse
• IPV
• Intimate partner violence
• Domestic violence
• Sexual assault
• Emotional abuse
• Psychological abuse

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/2152/ETD-UT-2011-05-2910

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:repositories.lib.utexas.edu:2152/ETD-UT-2011-05-2910