EMOTIONAL ABUSE IN INTIMATE RELATIONSHIPS: A QUALITATIVE STUDY AMONG MARRIED PEOPLE

1Anusree.K.B, Kajal.U.K1, Sindhu.D.M , Eslavath Rajkumar, R.Lakshmi,J.Romate, John Abraham, Allen Joshua George, Rajashekaran L

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<strong><em>Context</em></strong><em>:  Intimacy being a crucial part of marriage is often misunderstood that only couple with less intimacy experience emotional abuse. But whether highly intimate married couple also experience emotional abuse is not clearly understood. </em><em>So the present study emphasized on exploring the emotional abuse among highly intimate married couples.</em> <strong><em>Aim: </em></strong><em>To explore emotional abuse in intimate relationships among married people. </em> <strong><em>Method</em></strong><em>: The data was collected from 10 participants using in-depth interviews, living in India, who are in an intimate (married) relationship. The data was analysed using qualitative thematic analysis.  </em> <strong><em>Results:</em></strong><em> After analysing the qualitative content of the interviews, the following five themes were emerged: Verbal abuse, emotional insecurities, degradation, lack of affiliation, and negative view on life.</em> <em> <strong>Conclusions:</strong> Even highly intimate married couples experience emotional abuse. The findings have important applications in developing healthy relationship among married couples.</em>

Keywords:

Intimate relationships, married couples, emotional abuse

Paper Details
Month7
Year2021
Volume25
IssueIssue 3
Pages1-8