ERIC Number: EJ895808
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Publication Date: 2010-Aug
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Help-Seeking among Male Victims of Partner Abuse: Men's Hard Times
Tsui, Venus; Cheung, Monit; Leung, Patrick
Journal of Community Psychology, v38 n6 p769-780 Aug 2010
Sixty-eight agency representatives in the United States completed a survey to identify issues of male victims in partner abuse: half referenced responses from male clients and the other half responses from male victims who were their family members, friends, colleagues, or themselves. Almost 25% revealed that male victims did not utilize social services. For those men who used services, individual counseling and legal advice were most popular; group counseling and sharing through the Internet were least used. Qualitative data found five themes that triggered men's hard times: service target perception, shame and embarrassment, denial, stigmatization, and fear. The study resulted in three recommendations: (a) increase public awareness and education; (b) provide gender-inclusive practice and services; and (c) strengthen training for service providers working with domestic violence male victims. (Contains 2 tables.)
Descriptors: Family Violence, Counseling Techniques, Individual Counseling, Group Counseling, Males, Social Services, Sexual Abuse, Help Seeking, Surveys, Victims of Crime, Access to Health Care, Internet, Computer Mediated Communication, Psychological Patterns, Public Opinion, Gender Differences, Counselor Training, Barriers, Social Bias
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