Reed Shon M
Department of Sociology & Criminal Justice, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, USA.
Violence Against Women. 2025 Feb;31(2):498-523. doi: 10.1177/10778012231214774. Epub 2023 Nov 16.
National estimates indicate that intimate partner violence (IPV) impacts people of all social demographics. Although IPV is a pervasive issue, LGBTQ+ individuals and heterosexual men note stark disparities in responses from victim advocates compared to heterosexual women. To highlight the influence of agency training on advocates' perceptions of IPV and diverse survivor populations, interviews were conducted with victim advocates and constructivist grounded theory methods were employed. Analyses show that advocates undergo a three-phase process of learning about IPV when starting at their agencies. Advocate's narratives highlight limitations in training and the importance of workplace experiences in growing understanding of IPV.
全国性估计表明，亲密伴侣暴力（IPV）对所有社会人口统计学特征的人都有影响。尽管亲密伴侣暴力是一个普遍存在的问题，但与异性恋女性相比， LGBTQ+ 群体和异性恋男性指出，受害者倡导者的反应存在明显差异。为了突出机构培训对倡导者对亲密伴侣暴力和不同幸存者群体认知的影响，我们对受害者倡导者进行了访谈，并采用了建构主义扎根理论方法。分析表明，倡导者在开始在其机构工作时，会经历一个了解亲密伴侣暴力的三阶段过程。倡导者的叙述突出了培训中的局限性以及工作场所经验在加深对亲密伴侣暴力理解方面的重要性。
