Exploring the Psychological Exteriority and Interiority of Men's Violence Against Women

Bibliographic Data

ID15345784
AuthorsUrsula Lau (0000-0001-6692-1687, University of South Africa, corresponding author), G Stevens (0000-0002-4285-0471, University of the Witwatersrand)
Year2010
Volume20
Issue4
Pages623-633
Publication date2010-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Psychology in Africa (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1433-0237 • E-ISSN: 1815-5626
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/14330237.2010.10820420
OpenAlexW2279450997
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited52

This study explored male perpetrators subjective experiences of violence against their intimate partners. Participants were a convenience sample of 12 men (11 ‘Black’ and 1 ‘White’, between 18 to 70 years of age) recruited from three organisations in Johannesburg, South Africa. A theory-driven, feminist-psychoanalytic approach embedded within a social constructionist framework was adopted for the study. Interview transcripts revealed three central themes: violence as (a) ‘losing control’ and ‘being in control’; (b) an enactment of ‘love’; and (c) a response to heightened emotional interpersonal interactions. Integrated understandings of how men psychologically interiorise and reproduce gendered forms of violence and hegemonic constructions of gendered relations are important for the prevention of men's violence against women

Developmental psychology · Psychoanalysis · Psychotherapist · Clinical Psychology · Gender Roles and Identity Studies · Intimate Partner and Family Violence · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Psychology · Social Psychology

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