An investigation into narrative identities of male victims of Domestic Violence

家庭暴力男性受害者的叙事身份调查

• 批准号: 1948748
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of East Anglia
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2017 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-1948748
• 关键词: investigation; into; narrative; identities; male

In approximately one third of incidents of intimate partner violence (IPV) the victim is male. Although acknowledged in government statistics, current policy and provision all but ignores this. A focus on female victims, in both research and policy, has consistently cast males as the perpetrator, and inhibited the acknowledgement of male victim-hood. This has in turn restricted provision of support for the significant portion of victims that they make up. Narrative identity theory proposes that the biographical stories individuals construct from their lived experiences are integral to the formation of identity. Research indicates the way these stories are told and how they are received is critical to how they are internalised and understood by the individual. Research has also shown correlations between certain narrative forms and mental health outcomes. The lack of opportunity for male victims to voice their stories, caused not only by a social dialogue that ignores their existence, but also by perceptions of masculinity that do not allow for victimhood, means the formation of a narrative identity is potentially constricted, even denied to male victims, in turn impacting upon their potential mental health and wellbeing. Because of the sensitive and deeply personal nature of the subject, this piece of research proposes a methodology of open narrative interview and analysis to gain insight into the lived reality of male victims of IPV. How participants construct their narrative identity and the themes and positions they take in telling their narrative, may inform greater understanding of the subjective realities of male victim-hood. In turn this will inform future work with survivors and victims and contribute to a greater, more proportionate, acknowledgement of their existence within policy and provision.

大约三分之一的亲密伴侣暴力 (IPV) 事件的受害者是男性。尽管政府统计数据承认，但当前的政策和规定几乎忽略了这一点。研究和政策中对女性受害者的关注一直将男性视为犯罪者，并抑制了对男性受害者身份的承认。这反过来又限制了对大部分受害者的支持。叙事身份理论认为，个人根据生活经历构建的传记故事是身份形成不可或缺的一部分。研究表明，这些故事的讲述方式和接受方式对于个人如何内化和理解它们至关重要。研究还表明某些叙事形式与心理健康结果之间存在相关性。男性受害者缺乏表达自己故事的机会，这不仅是由于社会对话忽视了他们的存在，而且是由于不允许受害者成为男性的观念造成的，这意味着男性受害者的叙事身份的形成可能受到限制，甚至被拒绝，进而影响他们潜在的心理健康和福祉。由于该主题的敏感性和深刻的个人性质，这项研究提出了一种开放式叙事访谈和分析的方法，以深入了解 IPV 男性受害者的生活现实。参与者如何构建他们的叙事身份以及他们在讲述叙事时所采取的主题和立场，可能有助于更好地理解男性受害者的主观现实。反过来，这将为未来与幸存者和受害者的工作提供信息，并有助于在政策和规定中更广泛、更适当地承认他们的存在。