The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, School of Nursing, San Antonio, Texas 78229, USA.
Issues Ment Health Nurs. 2010 Aug;31(8):498-506. doi: 10.3109/01612841003642733.
Understanding the lived experience of men who have committed violent acts against their intimate partners may provide insight into nursing interventions that may prevent or cease violence against women. Nurses have opportunities to intervene with men who use violence in their intimate relationships who present with a history of maltreatment or trauma as a child or young adult or who have a history of having been exposed to cultures that promoted violence. The purpose of this study was to gain insight into the lived, everyday experiences of men who have used violence in their intimate relationships, including the men's values, purposes, and choices they had in life. To answer the research question, "What is the lived experience of men who have used violence in their intimate relationships and who have used alcohol or other drugs?" a descriptive, phenomenological research design was undertaken. Unstructured individual interviews with seven men resulted in the emergence of 16 themes, three of which are described in this paper: being part of a family culture that promoted violence; being part of a non-family culture that promoted violence; and early experiences of maltreatment or trauma. The participants described how their experiences with maltreatment or trauma as children and young adults impacted their mental health as adults and their use of violence in their adult intimate relationships. The participants' experiences provided insight into how nurses can intervene to prevent or stop violence against women and provided implications for future research.
了解有过暴力行为的男性的生活经历，可能有助于深入了解预防或制止针对妇女的暴力行为的护理干预措施。护士有机会与有虐待或创伤史的男性进行干预，这些男性在童年或青年时期曾遭受过虐待或创伤，或者曾接触过提倡暴力的文化。本研究的目的是深入了解有过亲密关系中使用暴力行为的男性的日常生活经历，包括他们的价值观、目的和生活中的选择。为了回答“有过亲密关系中使用暴力行为且使用过酒精或其他药物的男性的生活经历是什么？”这一研究问题，采用了描述性、现象学研究设计。对 7 名男性进行了非结构化的个人访谈，得出了 16 个主题，其中 3 个主题在本文中进行了描述：生活在一个提倡暴力的家庭文化中；生活在一个提倡暴力的非家庭文化中；以及早期的虐待或创伤经历。参与者描述了他们在儿童和青年时期的虐待或创伤经历如何影响他们成年后的心理健康以及他们在成年亲密关系中使用暴力的行为。参与者的经历深入了解了护士如何进行干预以预防或制止针对妇女的暴力行为，并为未来的研究提供了启示。
