TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2010//
TI  - Help-seeking among male victims of partner abuse: Men's hard times
JO  - Journal of community psychology
A1  - Tsui, Venus
A1  - Cheung, Monit
A1  - Leung, Patrick
SP  - 769
EP  - 780
VL  - 38
IS  - 6
N2  - Sixty-eight agency representatives in the United States completed a survey to identify issues of male victims in partner abuse: half referenced responses from male clients and the other half responses from male victims who were their family members, friends, colleagues, or themselves. Almost 25% revealed that male victims did not utilize social services. For those men who used services, individual counseling and legal advice were most popular; group counseling and sharing through the Internet were least used. Qualitative data found five themes that triggered men's hard times: service target perception, shame and embarrassment, denial, stigmatization, and fear. The study resulted in three recommendations: (a) increase public awareness and education; (b) provide gender-inclusive practice and services, and (c) strengthen training for service providers working with domestic violence male victims.<p />
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SN  - 0090-4392
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jcop.20394
ID  - ref1
ER  -