29-2 Factors Influencing Unmarried Battered Women's Decision-Making of Intimate Relationship Development
For approximately two decades, clinicians and researchers have recognized the presence of intimate partner violence (IPV) in the lives of women in Taiwan. These studies, however, focused primarily on the experience of married women in abusive relationships. On the other hand, the lack of consideration of and attention to unmarried women involved in intimate violent relationships has been noted. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to fill in the gap that explores unmarried women involved in intimate violent relationships. What factors have affected unmarried battered women in their decision-making?
Semi-constructive and in-depth interviews were conducted with four unmarried women. A qualitative research approach was adopted to analyze the data. A variety of factors on the decision to terminate an abusive relationship were identified. Among these factors, relationship inertia and sexual relationship were the most prominent. One worthy note to mention is that unmarried battered women and their partners together constructed many unequal interactive rules, which gradually accumulated into a kind of ”relationship inertia.” This ”relationship inertia” would result in unmarried battered women's lack of courage to change an intimate relationship or to terminate a violent relationship.
Keywords
intimate partner violence、the influencing factor of decision-making、relationship inertia、unmarried battered females
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