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040			_aAFVC
100			_aMckenzie, Amanda J. _910243
245			_aFriends' responses to young women experiencing intimate partner violence : _ba qualitative study with young women and friends _cAmanda Jane Mckenzie
246			_aSubmitted in total fulfilment of the requirements of the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Melbourne
260			_c2021
300			_aelectronic document (355 pages) ; PDF file
500			_aPhD thesis, University of Melbourne
520			_aYoung women are more likely than older women to be subjected to abuse from an intimate partner, though they rarely seek professional help. Instead, they most often disclose the abuse to their friends. In many cases, friends also witness or notice signs of intimate partner violence (IPV). Thus, friends may be critically important sources of support for young women. Yet there is limited research on how young women perceive the responses of friends, and no study appears to have examined how friends perceive responding to IPV. This hinders the ability of health and welfare professionals to develop effective interventions to guide friends on how to support young women experiencing IPV. To address this gap, the aim of this PhD study was to explore the interactions between young women experiencing IPV and their friends from the perspectives of both young women and friends. The study was underpinned by a feminist socio-constructionist epistemology and influenced by narrative methodologies. In-depth interviews were held with eight young women who had experienced IPV. Separate interviews were undertaken with 13 young people who had been a friend of a young woman who had experienced IPV. A thematic narrative analysis of the stories told by interview participants identified that the interactions between young women and friends in relation to IPV had often ended in disappointment, with friends narrating frustration and helplessness, and young women describing feeling misunderstood and judged. A further analysis of the young women’s interviews was undertaken using the Listening Guide method to explore how friends’ responses to the IPV shaped young women’s self-perceptions. The analysis identified that when friends had expected them to leave the abusive relationship but they had been unable to do so, the young women perceived themselves as weak or stupid. However, when friends had recognised the challenges they faced in ending the abuse, it had a transformative impact on how young women perceived themselves. Finally, a thematic analysis of the interviews with friend participants found that the dynamics, emotions and conflicting expectations associated with friendship had influenced how friends perceived their role and created tensions in deciding how to respond to IPV. (From the authors' abstract). Record #7273
650			_aABUSED WOMEN _925
650			_aDISCLOSURE _9199
650			_aDOMESTIC VIOLENCE _9203
650			_aHELP SEEKING _95453
650		0	_96720 _aINFORMAL SUPPORTERS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SURVIVORS
650			_aINTERVENTION _9326
650			_aINTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE _9431
650		4	_9399 _aNARRATIVE TECHNIQUES
650		4	_aQUALITATIVE RESEARCH _9485
650		4	_aTHESES _9606
650		0	_99763 _aVICTIM/SURVIVORS' VOICES
650			_aYOUNG WOMEN _9661
651			_aINTERNATIONAL _93624
651		4	_aAUSTRALIA _92597
856			_uhttp://hdl.handle.net/11343/278570
942			_2ddc _cTHESIS