Open AccessVietnamese Women and Domestic Violence: A Qualitative Examination
Author(s) -
Tung Lam Nguyen
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
the qualitative report
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2160-3715
DOI - 10.46743/2160-3715/2004.1917
Subject(s) - vietnamese , qualitative research , domestic violence , focus group , grounded theory , narrative , psychology , social psychology , gender studies , homeland , poison control , sociology , developmental psychology , suicide prevention , criminology , political science , medicine , social science , environmental health , philosophy , linguistics , politics , anthropology , law
This grounded theory qualitative study investigated the major influencing factors in the United States that empowered six Vietnamese women who had been in abusive relationships to take actions, to make changes in their intimate relationships, unlike many of their abused counterparts in their homeland. Interviews of two focus group sessions, field-notes, and documentary evidence were used to obtain the results for this research study. Five major dominant influencing factors in the U.S. have helped these women to stand up to their abusers: 1) financial condition, 2) dominant U.S. cultures intolerance of domestic violence, 3) education, 4) support from other individuals, both genders, and 5) women role models in the community and from the media. These major determinant conditions of the theoretical model were identified and are illustrated by narrative data in this study.