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KMID : 1159120170240010151
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Korean Journal of Rehabilitation Psychology
2017 Volume.24 No. 1 p.151 ~ p.169
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The Impact of Witnessing Domestic Violence During Childhood on Married Women: A Collaborative Autoethnography
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Kim Min-Jeong
Kim Myeong-Chan
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Abstract
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The objective of this study is to understand the influence that witnessing domestic violence during childhood has on adult, married women. The researcher, a married woman, provided in-depth descriptions of her personal experiences of witnessing domestic violence during her formative years as well as her experiences as a married woman. The autoethnography was applied as a research method to interpret and understand the primary researcher’s personal experiences. In addition, this study is based on both object relation and attachment theories: internalized object relationships have an effect via interaction with the primary object. First, results of this study revealed the fear of traumatic experience caused by witnessing domestic violence during the growth period as a negative psychological/somatic symptoms. Second, the traumatic experience caused by witnessing domestic violence was shown in the effort to have better belongingness and to live a calming down life within family relation after marriage. Third, such efforts to be accepted and to live a calming down life are cause of conflicts between husbands and wives as well as a precursor to miscommunication within the family. The significance is that this study provides basic data to help counselors and family therapists understand the emotions of children and adult married women who have previously witnessed domestic violence.
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KEYWORD
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experience of witnessing domestic violence, collaborative autoethnography
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