Exploring women's experiences of abuse and communication within intimate heterosexual relationships in a low-income semi-rural community

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dc.contributor.advisorBoonzaier, Florettaen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorGardiner, Desireeen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-11-08T05:07:41Z
dc.date.available2015-11-08T05:07:41Z
dc.date.issued2008en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (leaves 168-189).en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis study is a qualitative exploration of women's experiences of abuse and communication within intimate relationships. How women remain in abusive relationship is explained by how they construct and give meaning to the relationship. Strategies for surviving and resisting the abuse, women's perceptions of the abuse; as well as how they construct communication in the relationship, are discussed. Interviews were conducted with 15 women, who volunteered to participate in this study and self-identified as being involved with a physically abusive partner. All the participants were from a particular low-income, semi-rural community in South Africa. Narrative analysis, with particular emphasis on language and discourse, was conducted on unstructured interviews regarding women's relationships with their partners. Interview topics included daily problems, the presence of drugs or alcohol, communication between partners, and their experiences and responses to violence. Women described the different types of abuse they experienced; how they made sense of it; and their attempts to prevent the abuse from occurring. Women also constructed themselves and their partners within particular gender identities and cultural frameworks. The socio-cultural context provided a filter through which women understood their experiences of abuse. Dominant male and female norms were both adopted and resisted by participants, and expressed when women spoke of their interaction and communication with their partners.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationGardiner, D. (2008). <i>Exploring women's experiences of abuse and communication within intimate heterosexual relationships in a low-income semi-rural community</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Psychology. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14742en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationGardiner, Desiree. <i>"Exploring women's experiences of abuse and communication within intimate heterosexual relationships in a low-income semi-rural community."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Psychology, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14742en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationGardiner, D. 2008. Exploring women's experiences of abuse and communication within intimate heterosexual relationships in a low-income semi-rural community. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.risTY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Gardiner, Desiree AB - This study is a qualitative exploration of women's experiences of abuse and communication within intimate relationships. How women remain in abusive relationship is explained by how they construct and give meaning to the relationship. Strategies for surviving and resisting the abuse, women's perceptions of the abuse; as well as how they construct communication in the relationship, are discussed. Interviews were conducted with 15 women, who volunteered to participate in this study and self-identified as being involved with a physically abusive partner. All the participants were from a particular low-income, semi-rural community in South Africa. Narrative analysis, with particular emphasis on language and discourse, was conducted on unstructured interviews regarding women's relationships with their partners. Interview topics included daily problems, the presence of drugs or alcohol, communication between partners, and their experiences and responses to violence. Women described the different types of abuse they experienced; how they made sense of it; and their attempts to prevent the abuse from occurring. Women also constructed themselves and their partners within particular gender identities and cultural frameworks. The socio-cultural context provided a filter through which women understood their experiences of abuse. Dominant male and female norms were both adopted and resisted by participants, and expressed when women spoke of their interaction and communication with their partners. DA - 2008 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2008 T1 - Exploring women's experiences of abuse and communication within intimate heterosexual relationships in a low-income semi-rural community TI - Exploring women's experiences of abuse and communication within intimate heterosexual relationships in a low-income semi-rural community UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14742 ER -en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/14742
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationGardiner D. Exploring women's experiences of abuse and communication within intimate heterosexual relationships in a low-income semi-rural community. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Psychology, 2008 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14742en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Psychologyen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherSexual Abuseen_ZA
dc.subject.otherPsychologyen_ZA
dc.titleExploring women's experiences of abuse and communication within intimate heterosexual relationships in a low-income semi-rural communityen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationnameMSocScen_ZA
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