“Kept in Check”: Representations and Feelings of Social and Health Professionals Facing Intimate Partner Violence (IPV)

Immacolata Di Napoli, Stefania Carnevale, Ciro Esposito, Roberta Block, Caterina Arcidiacono and Fortuna Procentese
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Immacolata Di Napoli: Department of Humanities, University of Naples “Federico II”, 80133 Naples, Italy
Stefania Carnevale: Department of Humanities, University of Naples “Federico II”, 80133 Naples, Italy
Ciro Esposito: Department of Humanities, University of Naples “Federico II”, 80133 Naples, Italy
Roberta Block: Department of Humanities, University of Naples “Federico II”, 80133 Naples, Italy
Caterina Arcidiacono: Department of Humanities, University of Naples “Federico II”, 80133 Naples, Italy
Fortuna Procentese: Department of Humanities, University of Naples “Federico II”, 80133 Naples, Italy

IJERPH, 2020, vol. 17, issue 21, 1-18

Abstract: Social and health professionals facing gender-based violence in Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) express feelings and thoughts closely connected to their place of work and the users of their services. However, research on professionals’ reflexivity and their implications has not been closely investigated. Therefore, this article will describe representations of IPV among social and health professionals facing gender-based violence as well as their personal feelings in accomplishing their job. Fifty interviews with health and social professionals were analyzed using grounded theory methodology supported by Atlas.ti 8.4. Five macrocategories will describe this phenomenon, leading to the final explicative core category that summarizes professionals’ attitudes toward it. Being “kept in check” among partners, partners and families, services, and institutional duties is the core category that best expressed their feelings. Therefore, implications for services and training will be further discussed.

Keywords: IPV (intimate partner violence); gender-based violence; social and health professionals’ feelings and thoughts towards IPV; reflexivity; specialized training; treatments (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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