Affilia - Journal of Women and Social Work
Volume 27, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 263-274

Domestic Violence, Culture, and Relationship Dynamics Among Immigrant Mexican Women (Article)

Fuchsel C.L.M. , Murphy S.B. , Dufresne R.
  • a School of Social Work, St. Catherine University and the University of St. Thomas, 2004 Randolph Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55105, United States
  • b School of Social Work, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, United States
  • c School of Social Work, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, United States

Abstract

Immigrant Mexican women experience domestic violence, yet little is known about the cultural dynamics of their living with domestic violence. The authors conducted qualitative exploratory, in-depth interviews using grounded theory to examine domestic violence among nine immigrant Mexican women who were residing in a southwestern city. Dating patterns; parental influence; cultural concepts, such as familism and machismo; and trying to keep the family together were subcategories that emerged in the data that led to three socially and culturally relevant hypotheses for preventing domestic violence for immigrant Mexican women. Social workers can use the findings to gain a better understanding of how to serve immigrant Mexican women who experience domestic violence. © 2012 SAGE Publications.

Author Keywords

domestic violence immigrant Mexican women familism Machismo

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Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84865158372&doi=10.1177%2f0886109912452403&partnerID=40&md5=0b3ad4afd0e604a67fffc0280cc8f486
DOI: 10.1177/0886109912452403
ISSN: 08861099
Cited by: 19
Original Language: English