TY - JOUR PY - 2012// TI - Domestic violence, culture, and relationship dynamics among immigrant Mexican women JO - Affilia A1 - Fuchsel, Catherine L. Marrs A1 - Murphy, Sharon B. A1 - Dufresne, Rebecca SP - 263 EP - 274 VL - 27 IS - 3 N2 - 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.
Language: en
LA - en SN - 0886-1099 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0886109912452403 ID - ref1 ER -