We used an innovative data
set involving audio-recorded conversations between abusers and victims to
explore the interactional patterns that occur within violent relationships,
following severe violence and the abuser’s detainment.
Using micro-level
conversational data, our analysis sequenced the hopes/desires that victims and
abusers expressed around their expectations for continuing or discontinuing a
connection with each other. Conversations commonly included an expressed statement
to end the relationship. Although it was common for both victims and abusers to
express hope of ending the relationship, victims were most likely to initiate
this desire.
In response, abusers used multiple strategies to regain
connection, including
- challenging the victim,
- declaring love or a desire to continue the relationship,
- appealing for sympathy or help from the victim, and
- mirroring or accepting the victim’s desire to end the relationship (when other strategies were unsuccessful).
These findings contribute to an increased theoretical
understanding of the dynamics of domestic violence in the sensitive period
involving the couple’s physical separation.
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- 1Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA
- 2Arizona State University, Tempe, USA
- 3Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
- Christin L. Carotta, Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Michigan State University, 522 W. Circle Drive, East Lansing, MI, 48824, USA. Emailcarotta@msu.edu
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