본 연구에서는 아내 폭력을 경험한 여성들이 폭력에서 벗어나는 과정에서 어떠한 변화를 경험하는지 드러내고자 하였다. 이러한 목적으로 질적 연구 방법인 현상학적 방법을 사용하여, 남편의 폭력에 적극적으로 대처해왔고 현재 폭력 관계를 중단한 것으로 보이는 6명의 경험을 연구하였다. 각 연구 참여자들을 대상으로 남편에 의한 폭력에서 벗어나게 된 과정 중 경험한 변화에 대한 심층 인터뷰를 진행하여 자료를 수집하였으며, 이를 분석하여 14개의 하위 주제와 이를 포괄하는 5개의 상위 주제를 구하였다. 아내 폭력을 벗어나는 경험에서 떠오른 주요 상위 주제는 ‘힘을 내서 지속적으로 폭력을 단절함’, ‘자기 탐색/수용/이해’, ‘주변으로 인해 힘을 얻거나 상실함’, ‘친밀한 관계의 재구성’, ‘남겨진 과제와 희망’이었다. 각 상위 주제와 관련되는 하위 범주에 대하여 기술하여 각 상위 주제와 관련되는 경험들이 무엇인지 구체적으로 기술하였다. 마지막으로, 상위 주제들 간의 관계와 하위 범주에서 발견된 주제들에 대한 논의를 바탕으로 폭력 경험을 보고하는 여성들을 이해하고 상담하기 위해 고려할 점들을 논의하였다.
This phenomenological study aimed to explore the experience of women who left their abusive husbands. Participants were 6 women who made an effort to cope with the domestic violence and seemed to have stopped the painful relationship with husbands. Data were collected by interviewing the 6 participants with semi-structured interview protocol to ask their experience of leaving husband-to-wife violence. Main themes, with 14 sub-themes, which emerged from the data were “keeping severing the violence with strength”, “self-exploring/ accepting/ understanding”, “strength gained/ lost by outer factors”, “reconstruction of intimate relationship”, and “lingering problems and new hopes.” Each sub-theme was described with related main themes. Discussion as to understanding and counseling the domestic violence survivors followed based on the result of this study.
This phenomenological study aimed to explore the experience of women who left their abusive husbands. Participants were 6 women who made an effort to cope with the domestic violence and seemed to have stopped the painful relationship with husbands. Data were collected by interviewing the 6 participants with semi-structured interview protocol to ask their experience of leaving husband-to-wife violence. Main themes, with 14 sub-themes, which emerged from the data were “keeping severing the violence with strength”, “self-exploring/ accepting/ understanding”, “strength gained/ lost by outer factors”, “reconstruction of intimate relationship”, and “lingering problems and new hopes.” Each sub-theme was described with related main themes. Discussion as to understanding and counseling the domestic violence survivors followed based on the result of this study.
