Male partner violence involves repeated abuse, committed by an intimate partner, someone you know and care about, over a period of time. A woman who has experienced this unimaginable betrayal by her intimate partner, the man she believed would protect and cherish her, struggles with the many complexities involved in male partner violence. I use autoethnography as methodology to share my own personal story of male partner violence and I explore, examine, and challenge the socio-cultural and socio-political norms that influenced me to stay in an abusive relationship and also leave the relationship. I include the knottiness of my healing journey after moving out and moving on. I use a silkscreen portrayal of male partner violence, a pen and ink self-portrait, photographs, poetry, court documents and journal entries to explore different perspectives of my experience and to examine the relationship between seeing, thinking, and knowing, and the complex nature of my experience of male partner violence. I struggle and untangle what kept me in the marriage for so long and share the stimulus for why I eventually left and I examine the very troubling effects of male partner violence on myself and my children. I share my guilt, shame, grief and loss but I also recognize my resourcefulness, strength, and determination to survive and move beyond male partner violence. I made many decisions along the way and I always felt caught in a losing dichotomy every time. Through a feminist way of viewing male partner violence and autoethnographic writing, I also examine social perceptions of male partner violence, domination, the loss of voice and power that occurs and the lack of support from traditional social institutions. While I understand that women experience male partner violence in different ways, this is my personal experience of living with and leaving male partner violence.

In 1994, Ontario midwives became regulated independent providers of midwifery provincially and organized themselves into practices. At each practice two or more midwives act as partners responsible for overseeing a practice as an independent business. The purpose of this descriptive exploratory study was to describe selected aspects of the experiences of being an Ontario midwifery partner, including the benefits and drawbacks and how decisions are made and conflicts are resolved. Convenience sampling was used to recruit nine participants who met inclusion criteria. Semi-structured interviews were conducted via telephone. Findings revealed partnership benefits and drawbacks, decision-making and conflict resolution strategies and indicated that midwives’ experiences of partnership emerged from having been an associate midwife or past partner. Limitations include a small sample size, a novice researcher and telephone interviewing. Recommendations for further studies emphasized how to best prepare midwives for partnership and the impact of partner workload imbalance on intra-partnership relationships. / 2010 - 10

The purpose of this dissertation was to examine the relationship between partner aggression enacted against women and victims’ work withdrawal, as well as to investigate the possible moderators of this relationship. To accomplish this, I conducted three studies. The first two studies examined the effects of partner aggression on work withdrawal (i.e., cognitive distraction, neglect, partial absenteeism, frequency of absenteeism, and turnover intentions). The third study examined potential moderators (i.e., supervisor support, coworker support, mental respite, financial need, and partner interference in employment) of the relationship between partner aggression and work withdrawal. In the first study, full-time, post secondary female students in dating relationships (N = 122) reported on psychological aggression, school withdrawal, and performance (i.e., course grades). Multiple regression analyses showed that experiencing psychological aggression from one’s partner is related to cognitive distraction at school, school neglect, and grades but is not related to partial absenteeism, frequency of absenteeism, or thoughts of quitting school. In the second study, physically abused women (abused group; n = 19) were compared with maritally discordant, nonabused women (discordant-only group; n = 12) and a control group of maritally satisfied, nonabused women (control group; n = 19). Abused women reported significantly more cognitive distraction and job neglect compared to women in the control group. They also reported significantly more job neglect compared to women in the discordant-only group; women in the latter group reported more cognitive distraction compared to women in the control group. There were no differences among the groups in partial absenteeism, frequency of absenteeism, or thoughts of quitting work. In the final study, data were collected from a sample of 242 employed women who reported on physical aggression and employment withdrawal. The results revealed that supervisor support buffers the impact of physical aggression on frequency of absenteeism, and partner interference in employment exacerbates the impact of physical aggression on frequency of absenteeism. No other significant interactions were found. I conclude by discussing the theoretical and practical implications of these results, as well as potential directions for future research. / Thesis (Ph.D, Management) -- Queen's University, 2009-11-06 16:39:05.444

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Fordham University, 2007. / Adviser: James Hennessy. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.A.)--Wilfrid Laurier University, 2000. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 123-128).

Abstrakt Bakgrund: Stroke är en sjukdom som drabbar ca 30 000 personer i Sverige årligen. Det ger upphov till både psykiska och fysiska handikapp. Sjukdomen beror på en hjärnblödning eller en hjärninfarkt. Sjukdomens efterdyningar påverkar den drabbade men även deras partner. Syfte: Syftet är att belysa partners upplevelser av förändringar i relationen då närstående drabbats av stroke. Metod: Systematisk litteraturstudie med kvalitativa artiklar. Vid analysen användes en kvalitativ innehållsanalys på sju valda artiklar för att hitta likheter och skillnader i partners upplevelser. Resultat: Studiens resultat visade på två huvudkategorier; ”Omställningar i det egna livet” med subkatekorierna ”känsla att ha förlorat sig själv”, ”Upplevelse av minskad frihet”, ”Finna mening i livet efter stroke” och ”Omställningar i en partnerrelation” med subkategorierna ”Upplevelser av förlorad partnerrelation” samt ”ökad börda upplevdes svår att hantera”. Dessa visade på olika upplevelser utifrån hur partnerrelationen förändrats och hur den anhörigas egen livsvärld påverkats. Känslor av förlust, sorg och saknad var framträdande för många. Andra kunde finna glädje och styrka i de nya förutsättningarna. Slutsats: En strokedrabbad kommer åter till sitt hem och partnern förväntas ta ett ansvar som denne inte alltid är förberedd på. Det finns ett behov av ökat stöd för partnern till den sjuka, för att klara av hemmiljön och hantera förändringen. Vården borde utvecklas till att se på familjer och partners ur ett helhetsperspektiv, där den friska partnern i en relation är i samma behov av att bli sedd som den sjuka.

Includes bibliographical references / This study examined the social representations of intimate partner violence (IPV) that emerged amongst violent men, their social networks and within the media, and framed within social representations theory and feminist poststructuralism. In-depth individual interviews were conducted with 11 men, recruited from two men's programmes at an NGO, and seven focus group discussions were conducted with the men's social networks. A total of 11 3 reports on violence against women were collected from two newspapers that draw the largest readership in the Cape Town area. A thematic decomposition analysis - emphasising language, power and subjectivity - revealed how participants' representations of respectability, morality, and reputation served to maintain patriarchy, and make violence permissible. The findings also shed light on the polarity of human thought, demonstrating how 'non-valid' victims of IPV are blamed and 'othered' for the violence perpetrated against them; yet in contrast, men who perpetrate violence are protected and defended. Understanding violence as an intersectional experience - defined by race, class, gender and sexuality in the context of post-apartheid South Africa - is central to the analysis. This study employed an integrated and unique methodology to sample men, their networks and printed media reports, which involved an analysis of violence as a social act. To my knowledge, it is the first study to have asked questions about what social representations of intimate partner violence emerge in men and their social networks' narratives and how these resonate in South African media's discourses. Suggestions for prevention and community-based programmes, interventions for perpetrators and victims of intimate partner violence, and practical recommendations for improved journalistic practice are provided. The community, relationships and individuals are shown to be inseparable spheres, and the contextualised analyses of power and oppression are shown to open possibilities for social change.

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