Male Victims of Intimate Partner Abuse: Use and Helpfulness of Services

SamaelET · 2023-02-04T15:47:42+00:00

The results show that three-quarters of the respondents (n = 60, 75 percent) used the existing services for male victims in IPA, while the remaining one- quarter (n = 20, 25 percent) did not use any services. Among the service users, two-thirds (n = 40, 66.7 percent) of the respondents used one to three types of services and the remaining one-third (n = 20, 33.3 percent) used four to six types of services. Counseling services (n = 54, 90 percent), legal service (n = 42, 70 percent), and medical/hospital services (n = 27, 45 percent) were most used; whereas shelter (n = 20, 33.3 percent), helplines for men (n = 15, 25 percent), and services related to sub- stance abuse (n = 11, 18.3 percent) were found as least used (see Figure 2). With respect to service helpfulness, the average response from 60 respondents, based on a five-point scale, ranked shelter (1.90), medical/hospital services (2.19), legal service (2.33), and helplines (2.33) as somewhat unhelpful, whereas services related to substance abuse (2.83) and counseling services (2.70) were relatively more helpful. Overall, the quantitative data indicated that the respondents perceived the existing services not helpful; the average scores of service helpfulness ranged from 1.90 to 2.83 (see Figure 3).

The sample is N=75 and are men from USA. Substance abuse services were more useful for men than shelters and "helplines for men". I am not aware of any helplines for men in USA but I think there are two possibilities : either those male helplines lack ressources either they are rune by feminists (like the Australian mensline or the UK's men's advice line) whose goal is to gaslight men and steal important ressources from them. It is also possible that it is an error and those just state dv helplines.

Title	Male Victims of Intimate Partner Abuse: Use and Helpfulness of Services
Author	SamaelET
Upvotes	6
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Date	February 4, 2023 3:33 PM UTC (3 years ago)
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