title: Reconstructing intimate violence: the structure and content of recollections of violent events.
abstract: The purpose of this article is to explore the structure and content of recollections of violent events among cohabiting partners. The authors used qualitative methodology to examine 48 in-depth interviews. Content analysis of the interviews yielded two parallel and interrelated continua: One represented the life circumstances (staying in spite of violence) impinging on the recollections; the other dealt with the content of the memories of violent events. These two interacted according to a series of structural features. Both men and women living in violent relationships described a contextual variation ranging from choosing to stay to being prevented from leaving. The memory of violence was constructed in a manner meant to achieve coherence with the appropriate context.
authors: Minerva Center for Youth Studies, University of Haifa, Israel.
authors: Zvi
authors: Z
authors: Eisikovits
authors: Zeev
authors: Z
authors: Winstok
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002755:Choice Behavior; D017579:Domestic Violence / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D020010:Heterosexuality; D006801:Humans; D007406:Interview, Psychological; D008297:Male; D011939:Mental Recall; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology*; D018454:Spouses / Q000523:psychology*