The purpose of this essay has been to understand the experiences of people who are victims of domestic violence and especially a part of psychological violence called gaslighting. This is to achieve a deeper understanding for the phenomenon and to see if gaslighting can manifest itself in different ways. The qualitative research has been conducted by analyzing life stories through autobiographical literature. The qualitative content analysis was done using the normalisation process as theoretical view, where the concepts of internalisation, isolation and adaptation have been used. The results of the study show that gaslighting essentially consists of confusing the victim and making them doubt themselves and their world view. It is a process that usually goes on for a long time. The experiences of gaslighting occur in different contexts, but mainly at home behind closed doors. Furthermore, the results show that the gaslighter can use several different methods to create self-doubt. These include crazy-making, silent-treatment, threats to leave the relationship and insults.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:lnu-130797 |
| Date | January 2024 |
| Creators | Skarstedt, Therese |
| Publisher | Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för socialt arbete (SA) |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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