The Break-up Adjustment and Forgiveness of People Suffering Intimate Partner Violence

[[abstract]]本研究旨在探討遭受親密伴侶暴力中以遭受情緒虐待為主者之受暴情形、分手歷程、調適歷程，以及對於受到暴力傷害自己所持的寬恕意向。以詮釋學方法論的觀點，嘗試理解與詮釋研究對象受暴經驗的現象本質。本研究的研究方法為「半結構式的深度訪談」，共蒐集四位研究對象共八份文本資料，並以「主題分析法」進行分析。 有關本研究所形成的主題有四項：「親密暴力身心傷，嘗試因應不退縮」、「離開留下很拉扯，關係轉折現曙光」、「情緒交錯漸平穩，持續向前莫回首」及「寬恕意向人人有，設定標準各不同」。 綜合本研究的結果，提供遭受親密伴侶暴力者的相關經驗及想法以供瞭解，此外，也根據研究結果提供若干建議給相關實務工作者及未來欲研究此議題者。 The purpose of this research was to discuss the violent experiences 、break-up process、adjustment process, and forgiveness thoughts about the people suffering intimate partner violence, especially emotion abuse. A hermeneutic approach has been used to understand the essences of violence experiences. It collected data with “semi-structured in-depth interviews”, and analyzed the data with thematic analysis. There are four essential themes were identified as follows：（a）The research objects felt hurt because of the intimate partner violence,but they tried to cope with it；（b）It was hard for research objects to decide to leave or stay in the violent intimate relationship；（c）The research objects` emotion was complex in the begging of the break-up period, and it became steady gradually. They kept on walking and they didn't want to mention the past；（d）The research objects had forgiveness intention, but they had different standards about the forgiveness. This investigation provided the related experiences and thoughts with people suffered intimate partner violence. At the end, the researcher expected the suggestions presented in this study could help the practitioners in related fields and future researchers interested in this issue