- Title
- Conflict narratives of young males in the Blue Crane Route Municipality who experienced domestic violence during childhood
- Creator
- Martin, Jonathan Malvin
- Subject
- Family violence
- Subject
- Abusive men -- Psychology
- Subject
- Abusive men -- Rehabilitation
- Date Issued
- 2018
- Date
- 2018
- Type
- Thesis
- Type
- Masters
- Type
- MA
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10948/31863
- Identifier
- vital:31855
- Description
- Domestic Violence is a growing concern globally and currently one of the most dominant negative social forces in South Africa. Many children are experiencing or witnessing Domestic Violence in their households or community, with potentially devastating consequences (Dawes, Long, Alexander & Ward, 2007; Burton, 2007). This study investigates the personal conflict narratives of eleven young adult males who experienced Domestic Violence as children. The young men completed a self-administered questionnaire which included a request for a personal conflict narrative or story. The study then engaged these young men in a two-day workshop of an international conflict management programme, known as the Alternatives to Violence Project (AVP), which teaches attitudes and strategies to manage conflict (such as self-awareness, empathy and community-building). After the workshop, the participants were asked to re-write their conflict narratives and any changes in their attitudes and strategies to conflict were discussed in group interviews. The study was qualitative; that is, exploratory, descriptive and contextual in nature. Non-probability purposive sampling was employed to identify suitable young adult males between 18-35 years of age from the Blue Crane Route Municipality (Somerset East and Pearston), who experienced Domestic Violence during their childhood. Workers at Victim Support Centres in the Blue Crane Route Municipality assisted with the recruitment of potential participants and requested permission to provide the researcher with their personal information. In analysing the data obtained, the study used a narrative analysis approach to the participants’ pre- and post-AVP workshop conflict narratives. The trustworthiness of the research process and findings was enhanced by employing a variety of data verification strategies.
- Format
- ix, 116 leaves
- Format
- Publisher
- Nelson Mandela University
- Publisher
- Faculty of Health Sciences
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Nelson Mandela University
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