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Professionellas uppfattningar om våldsutsatta män i heterosexuella relationer

Ristorp, Marcus and Latvala, Martin LU (2014) SOPA63 20132
School of Social Work
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to explore the professional and subjective thoughts and attitudes of professionals who are assigned to meet both men and women who suffer intimate partner violence (IPV) in a heterosexual relationship. The study focuses on men who are victims of IPV, and the professions that are interviewed range from police, social service, victims support and staff nurse. The study was conducted through a semi structured interview form with an inductive approach. The coding of the material was inspired by grounded theory and then further analysed by Berger and Luckmann’s social constructive approach and R.W. Connell’s concept of hegemonic masculinity.
The professionals’ thoughts of men who are victims of IPV are that the... (More)
The purpose of this study was to explore the professional and subjective thoughts and attitudes of professionals who are assigned to meet both men and women who suffer intimate partner violence (IPV) in a heterosexual relationship. The study focuses on men who are victims of IPV, and the professions that are interviewed range from police, social service, victims support and staff nurse. The study was conducted through a semi structured interview form with an inductive approach. The coding of the material was inspired by grounded theory and then further analysed by Berger and Luckmann’s social constructive approach and R.W. Connell’s concept of hegemonic masculinity.
The professionals’ thoughts of men who are victims of IPV are that the general conseption on how men should act in case of IPV, can be a problem for men. The conception of masculinity can be a factor in how men view themselves as victims of IPV which can cause men not to seek help when help is needed. (Less)
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author
Ristorp, Marcus and Latvala, Martin LU
supervisor
organization
course
SOPA63 20132
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
IPV, professional, domestic violence, abused men, gender
language
Swedish
id
4255437
date added to LUP
2014-01-29 14:44:10
date last changed
2014-01-29 14:44:10
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  abstract     = {{The purpose of this study was to explore the professional and subjective thoughts and attitudes of professionals who are assigned to meet both men and women who suffer intimate partner violence (IPV) in a heterosexual relationship. The study focuses on men who are victims of IPV, and the professions that are interviewed range from police, social service, victims support and staff nurse. The study was conducted through a semi structured interview form with an inductive approach. The coding of the material was inspired by grounded theory and then further analysed by Berger and Luckmann’s social constructive approach and R.W. Connell’s concept of hegemonic masculinity.
The professionals’ thoughts of men who are victims of IPV are that the general conseption on how men should act in case of IPV, can be a problem for men. The conception of masculinity can be a factor in how men view themselves as victims of IPV which can cause men not to seek help when help is needed.}},
  author       = {{Ristorp, Marcus and Latvala, Martin}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Professionellas uppfattningar om våldsutsatta män i heterosexuella relationer}},
  year         = {{2014}},
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