Douglas Emily M, Hines Denise A, Dixon Louise, Celi Elizabeth M, Lysova Alexandra V
Worcester Polytechnic Institute, MA, USA.
Clark University, Worcester, MA, USA.
J Interpers Violence. 2021 May;36(9-10):NP5257-NP5280. doi: 10.1177/0886260518799459. Epub 2018 Sep 18.
Research shows that the experiences of male victims of partner abuse (PA) are often denied by the public and the professionals who are charged to support PA victims. Recruiting female victims for research on PA victimization is relatively easy because there are existing structures to serve this group of victims. Thus, male victims are considered a hard-to-reach (HTR) population, and studying them can be difficult. This article focuses on the use of technology to collect qualitative data from male PA victims in an international study focusing on male victims. The researchers used their own professional networks to recruit and screen a convenience sample of male victims of female-to-male PA, in four different English-speaking countries: Australia, Canada, England, and the United States. Four web-based, video-enabled, focus groups were held for each country-for a total of 12 groups and 41 male participants. This article addresses recruitment methods, the use of technology in data collection, protecting the confidentiality of male victims, methods for informed consent, and lessons learned to facilitate future research.
研究表明，伴侣虐待（PA）男性受害者的经历往往被公众以及负责支持PA受害者的专业人士所否认。招募女性受害者参与PA受害情况研究相对容易，因为已有为这一群体受害者服务的现有架构。因此，男性受害者被视为难以接触到的（HTR）人群，对他们进行研究可能会很困难。本文重点关注在一项针对男性受害者的国际研究中，利用技术从男性PA受害者那里收集定性数据。研究人员利用自己的专业网络，在四个不同的英语国家（澳大利亚、加拿大、英国和美国）招募并筛选了女性对男性实施PA的男性受害者便利样本。每个国家都举行了四个基于网络且具备视频功能的焦点小组——总共12个小组和41名男性参与者。本文探讨了招募方法、数据收集过程中技术的使用、保护男性受害者的隐私、知情同意的方法以及为促进未来研究而吸取的经验教训。
