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Professional women as victims of emotional abuse within marriage or cohabitating relationships : a victimological study
Dissertation (MA (Criminology))--University of Pretoria, 2006.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/23512 Professional women as victims of emotional abuse within marriage or cohabitating relationships : a victimological study Pretorius, Ronelle, 1943- Barkhuizen, Merlyn Cohabitation Victim Professional woman Non-verbal abuse Verbal abuse Emotional abuse Marriage Domestic violence UCTD Dissertation (MA (Criminology))--University of Pretoria, 2006. This study focused on the emotional abuse suffered by victims, who were professional women, within a marriage or a cohabitating relationship. Researcher made use of various sources to obtain data concerning the phenomenon of emotional abuse and its context within domestic violence. Several components of various theoretical perspectives were utilised to design an explanatory model, the Interactional model of the process of victimisation by an emotionally abusive partner, to direct the research and to interpret the data. Researcher made use of non-probability sampling strategy. All respondents were selected by means of the snowball and purposive sampling methods. The sample consisted of 11 professional women who came from professions that belong to a governing body, such as medical doctors, dentists, psychologists, attorneys, teachers and a veterinarian. The sample consisted of women of various age groups who were in abusive relationships for periods ranging from five to 27 years, therefore providing a wide range within the research sample. Researcher did case analyses of the different backgrounds of both the victims and their abusers, made possible from information obtained from the respondents during in-depth interviews. This was done in order to reach a holistic understanding of the dynamics within these relationships and the victimisation process throughout the duration of these relationships. Against this background, researcher was better able to analyse and interpret the data obtained from the respondents, with the use of the Interactional model of the process of victimisation by an emotionally abusive partner, and various other authors. A rich and insightful understanding of the phenomenon of emotional abuse within the lives of these professional women was reached. The research concludes with a number of recommendations for the healing process of the victims of emotional abuse and recommendations for further research. Researcher also makes several conclusions based on findings from the interviews conducted with respondents in this study. Social Work and Criminology Unrestricted 2013-09-06T15:31:53Z 2005-01-17 2013-09-06T15:31:53Z 2005-04-08 2006-01-17 2005-01-17 Dissertation Barkhuizen, M 2004, Professional women as victims of emotional abuse within marriage or cohabitating relationships : a victimological study, MA dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-01172005-105235 / http://hdl.handle.net/2263/23512 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-01172005-105235/ © 2004, University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | Cohabitation Victim Professional woman Non-verbal abuse Verbal abuse Emotional abuse Marriage Domestic violence UCTD Professional women as victims of emotional abuse within marriage or cohabitating relationships : a victimological study |
| title | Professional women as victims of emotional abuse within marriage or cohabitating relationships : a victimological study |
| title_full | Professional women as victims of emotional abuse within marriage or cohabitating relationships : a victimological study |
| title_fullStr | Professional women as victims of emotional abuse within marriage or cohabitating relationships : a victimological study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Professional women as victims of emotional abuse within marriage or cohabitating relationships : a victimological study |
| title_short | Professional women as victims of emotional abuse within marriage or cohabitating relationships : a victimological study |
| title_sort | professional women as victims of emotional abuse within marriage or cohabitating relationships a victimological study |
| topic | Cohabitation Victim Professional woman Non-verbal abuse Verbal abuse Emotional abuse Marriage Domestic violence UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/23512 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-01172005-105235/ |