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Identity veiling: Theorizing identity gap negotiation post-intimate partner violence.
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Journal of Social & Personal Relationships . Jun2024, Vol. 41 Issue 6, p1324-1346. 23p. - Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- Within the United States, 1 in 4 women and 1 in 10 men experience intimate partner violence (IPV): psychological aggression, sexual violence, physical violence, and/or stalking from an intimate partner. Although some studies highlight the complexity of post-IPV recovery, the role of communication in post-IPV recovery remains underexplored. This study employs Communication Theory of Identity (CTI) to analyze in-depth interviews with post-IPV adults. Analysis reveals how individuals negotiate post-IPV identity gaps between the personal-personal and personal-relational layers of identity. The forwarded concept of identity veiling explicates how IPV tactics cause the relational layer of identity to eclipse the personal layer in IPV relationships. Therefore, post-IPV recovery involves unveiling the personal layer of identity—communicatively (re)constructing self-image beyond the IPV relationship and the identity gaps it engendered. This study conceptualizes the role of violent communication in the construction of identity gaps and identity gap negotiation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 02654075
- Volume :
- 41
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Social & Personal Relationships
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 177534239
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/02654075231221079