Department/School

Social Work

Date of this version

2012

Document Type

Article

Keywords

domestic violence, immigrant Mexican women, machismo, familism

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1177/0886109912452403

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.

Volume

27

Issue

3

Published in

https://doi.org/10.1177/0886109912452403

Citation/Other Information

Marrs Fuchsel, C. L., Murphy, S. B., & Dufresne, R. (2012). Domestic violence, culture, and relationship dynamics among immigrant Mexican women. Affilia: Journal of Women and Social Work, 27(3), 263-274. https://doi.org/10.1177/0886109912452403

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