The purpose of this study is to explore factors to affect the battered women's decision going back to the abused relationship. There must be more factors, but three factors were examined in this study, such as learned helplessness, social support, and violence risk. The respondents were 65 female battered women who visited shelters to avoid domestic violence. The results of this study were as follows. First, it was found that the more the learned helplessness was, the greater the risk of domestic violence became. Also, the more severe the domestic violence was, the less likely the battered women could escape from the abused relationship. However, the effect by social support was not so significant. In conclusion, this study attempted to confirm the relations among learned helplessness, social support, domestic violence level and a decision to terminate the abused relationship. This study can help to understand why battered women who experience severe domestic violence might stay home in spite of danger of their lives.
Recently in korea, dating violence has become rate of incidence is rising and the a big problem in the society. The purpose of conducting this study is to investigate what the female victims of dating violence experience from the onset of the assault to the termination of the relationship. The subjects of this study were seven female college students aged 19 and over who had been victimized by dating violence within the last three years, and the individual in-depth interviews were conducted on them. The main research questions were, “What are the experience processes of the female victims of dating violence?” and “What are the main driving factors in the experience process?”As a result of analyzing the in-depth interview data by grounded theory approach, 95 concepts and 43 subcategories were derived from open-coding, and 17 categories were derived as a final result. The central phenomenon experienced by women suffering from dating violence appeared to be 'trapped in a snare of violence'. They were found to go through the process of breaking up with the perpetrator, trial, tightrope, recovery, and the growth phase. In addition, negative perceptions of parental relationships, confinement due to psychological and economic dependence, and perceived relationships with perpetrators as beloved experiences were risk factors in experiencing violence. Internalizing the cause of violence, self - harm and attempting suicide seemed to be obstacles to disconnection from the perpetrator, but the confrontation with the reality and the help of the external support system helped. This study suggests the implications for victims' intervention by looking at the process of dating violence experience.
Recently in korea, dating violence has become rate of incidence is rising and the a big problem in the society. The purpose of conducting this study is to investigate what the female victims of dating violence experience from the onset of the assault to the termination of the relationship. The subjects of this study were seven female college students aged 19 and over who had been victimized by dating violence within die last three years, and die individual in-depth interviews were conducted on them. The main research questions were, "What are die experience processes of the female victims of daring violence?" and "What are the main driving factors in the experience process?" As a result of analyzing the in-depth interview data by grounded theory approach, 95 concepts and 43 subcategories were derived from open-coding, and 17 categories were derived as a final result. The central phenomenon experienced by women suffering from dating violence appeared to be 'trapped in a snare of violence'. They were found to go through the process of breaking up with the perpetrator, trial, tightrope, recovery, and the growth phase. In addition, negative perceptions of parental relationships, confinement due to psychological and economic dependence, and perceived relationships with perpetrators as beloved experiences were risk factors in experiencing violence. Internalizing the cause of violence, self - harm and attempting suicide seemed to be obstacles to disconnection from the perpetrator, but the confrontation with the reality and the help of the external support system helped. This study suggests the implications for victims' intervention by looking at the process of dating violence experience.
Postpartum depression can be a cause of serious social problems, beyond the psychological health of an individual or a family. However, it is often neglected because there is not enough social interest on the issue and people are not aware of the need for therapeutic intervention for the symptom. The objective of this study was to develop a program regarding how to psychologically support a spouse suffering from postpartum depression through husbands. This study evaluated the psychosocial experience of mothers, who were between six and eight months after childbirth and had a postpartum depression tendency, by using a qualitative method and identified the characteristics of them by comparing them with the control group. The subjects of this study were participants in Childhood Asthma and Allergic Diseases Cohort Study (COCOA), an on-going study in the Obstetrics and Gynecology of five general hospitals. The treatment group was composed of eight husbands, whose wives had EPDS over 13 points (mean=16.5 and SD=2.7), and the control group had six husbands, whose wives had 4 points and less (mean=1.8 and SD=0.8). Based on the analysis results of qualitative interview data, an integrated analysis was conducted with focusing on the theme, domain, and semantic category. First, the results of this study showed that the growth background of husbands was a factor determining how a husband responded to the stress of a wife sensitively. Secondly, the husbands of mothers with postpartum depression tendency tended to feel burdened more to support the family financially and be a good father because of the ill-prepared pregnancy and childbirth. However, they worried about the health of their children and wanted to nurture them well. Moreover, they wanted to spend more time together. They pointed out the reality that they had to emphasize their jobs and they believed that their wives’ postpartum depression would be improved if they helped their wives and reared children together. Additionally, they wanted to receive parenting coaching, education, and couples counseling, which indicated that they were looking for professional help to improve the postpartum depression.
