Citation

Draucker C, Martsolf D. J. Interpers. Violence 2010; 25(7): 1155-1182.

Affiliation

Kent State University College of Nursing, Kent, OH USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2010, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/0886260509340537

PMID

19762554

PMCID

PMC3206736

Abstract

Two qualitative methodologies were used to develop a life-course typology of individuals who had been exposed to sexual violence. Interview narratives of 121 adult women and men who participated in qualitative study of women's and men's responses to sexual violence provided the data. The authors combined a narrative approach (holistic-content and holistic-form analysis) to describe the life courses of the participants and a qualitative person-oriented approach (cross-case analysis) to identify meaningful subgroups within the total sample. The six groups are as follows: (a) life of turmoil, (b) life of struggles, (c) diminished life, (d) taking control of life, (e), finding peace in life, and (f) getting life back to normal. This work exemplifies a promising strategy for identifying subgroups of violenceexposed individuals within a heterogeneous sample. Such a typology could aid the development of treatment approaches that consider both the substance and the structure of an individual's life course, rather than target one specific type of violence.

Language: en