Lavorare in centri per uomini violenti affrontandone l'invisibilità della violenza

Procentese, Fortuna; Napoli, Immacolata Di; Arcidiacono, Caterina; Cerqua, Marina

doi:10.3280/pds2019-003007

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“…Furthermore, women and younger participants resulted in being higher in anticipated binegativity than men and older participants. Higher levels of expectation of rejection in women may be explained through the evidence that women who are not conforming to societal heteronormative expectations are less stigmatized than male counterparts (Habarth 2015); as a result, the lesser visibility of women living in a sexist and heteronormative society, such as the Italian one (Di Napoli et al 2019;Lingiardi et al 2012;Pacilli et al 2011;Procentese et al 2019a;Di Napoli et al 2019;Lingiardi et al 2012;Pacilli et al 2011;Procentese et al 2019b), may lead them to expect that, once their bisexual identity becomes visible, they may be rejected, heightened vigilance to social rejection. Instead, regarding the higher levels of anticipated binegativity in younger participants, it is plausible to hypothesize that older bisexual individuals have had more time to integrate their identity within the self-concept, developing competencies that allow them to buffer the negative effects of stigma on health (Van Wagenen et al 2013).…”

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Minority Stress and Mental Health in Italian Bisexual People

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Bisexual people are a strongly stigmatized population experiencing health disparities caused by social stigmatization. The predominant framework helping to understand these health disparities and the impact of stigma on mental health of social groups belonging to a sexual minority identity constitutes the minority stress theory. In Italy, studies assessing this model in bisexual populations are very limited. Within this framework, the current study aimed at assessing in 381 Italian bisexual individuals (62 men and 319 women) the effects of anti-bisexual discrimination, proximal stressors (i.e., anticipated binegativity, internalized binegativity, and outness), and resilience on psychological distress. The results suggested that only anti-bisexual discrimination and internalized binegativity were positively associated with psychological distress, and that resilience was negatively associated with mental health issues. Furthermore, the results suggested that internalized binegativity mediated the relationship between anti-bisexual discrimination and mental health problems. No moderating effect of resilience was found. This is the first study to have thoroughly applied minority stress in Italian bisexual people, providing Italian clinicians and researchers with an outline of the associations between minority stress, stigma, resilience, and psychological distress within this population.

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“…There is extensive literature on IPV (Intimate Partner Violence) victims [ 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 18 ], while the studies on the authors of violence and their treatment are still to be investigated. Moreover, recent studies have focused on the symbolic and valuable universe of professionals involved in the treatment of violence, as a fundamental dimension in dealing with the phenomenon [ 10 , 19 , 20 ]. Indeed, in the Italian context [ 21 ], a high rate of dropout of treatments directed towards men, the frequent breakdown of dedicated services, the scarcity of dialogue and the inadequate training of health and welfare professionals further perpetrate the pain and the suffering of direct and collateral victims and actors [ 10 ].…”

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“…Consequently, male staff are more likely than women to recognize the need to develop self-reflective professional skills that allow them to maintain a “binocular vision” oriented towards themselves and others. Procentese et al [ 19 ] focused their research on emotional experiences and on the difficulties for professionals dealing with gender-based perpetrators, highlighting the need for specialized training and the improvement of the whole services’ organization combatting violence against women. Service personnel involved in the prevention of gender-based violence consider working with men to be a great challenge.…”

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Downside: The Perpetrator of Violence in the Representations of Social and Health Professionals

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Gender-based violence is a widespread phenomenon and pandemic that affects women’s lives. Many interventions have been activated for perpetrators, but the dropout rate is still high. In order to draw up guidelines for responsibly and sustainably dealing with the phenomenon, this study is aimed at investigating the professionals’ perception of the perpetrator as a useful element in designing innovative intervention policies. Open interviews were carried out with welfare and health professionals and the Grounded Theory Methodology was used to analyze the collected data. These results detect attitudes of social health personnel and their feelings of impotence towards gender-based perpetrators because of the emergence of an inevitable repetitiveness of the violent behavior, as well as the “normality of violence” in a patriarchal culture and its “transversality”. This reflective knowledge allows for the opportunity to develop best transformative attitudes toward the phenomenon. According to the results, it is urgent to establish an active and convinced alliance with the healthy part of the man, through specific prevention paths, in order to activate an authentic motivation for change and its sustainability.

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“…The perpetrators must be given a way to manage their emotions and aggression, in order to understand the origins of their anger, frustration, and insecurity, and then to support their overcome [65,77]. A female professional who is managing a perpetrator must not feel "disloyal" towards the female victim, but be aware that work with the man is necessary.…”

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“Kept in Check”: Representations and Feelings of Social and Health Professionals Facing Intimate Partner Violence (IPV)

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Carnevale

Esposito

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Social and health professionals facing gender-based violence in Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) express feelings and thoughts closely connected to their place of work and the users of their services. However, research on professionals’ reflexivity and their implications has not been closely investigated. Therefore, this article will describe representations of IPV among social and health professionals facing gender-based violence as well as their personal feelings in accomplishing their job. Fifty interviews with health and social professionals were analyzed using grounded theory methodology supported by Atlas.ti 8.4. Five macrocategories will describe this phenomenon, leading to the final explicative core category that summarizes professionals’ attitudes toward it. Being “kept in check” among partners, partners and families, services, and institutional duties is the core category that best expressed their feelings. Therefore, implications for services and training will be further discussed.

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Lavorare in centri per uomini violenti affrontandone l'invisibilità della violenza

Cited by 9 publications

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Minority Stress and Mental Health in Italian Bisexual People

Minority Stress and Mental Health in Italian Bisexual People

Downside: The Perpetrator of Violence in the Representations of Social and Health Professionals

“Kept in Check”: Representations and Feelings of Social and Health Professionals Facing Intimate Partner Violence (IPV)

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