Kadına Yönelik Psikolojik Flört Şiddeti ve Sosyal Hizmet: Yapabilirlikler Yaklaşımı Çerçevesince Bir Değerlendirme

Abstract

Psychological dating violence, one of the types of violence against women, includes harmful actions taken to exert pressure and control over women's lives. The aim of this research is to examine the affected capacity of women who are exposed to psychological dating violence by their partners, within the framework of social work. For this purpose, interviews were conducted with 20 women living in Ankara who were exposed to psychological dating violence. A semi-structured interview form was used in the interviews, the interviews were transcribed with the Transcriptor program and analyzed using the MAXQDA 2022 program. As a result of the analysis of the data, it was found that women who were exposed to psychological dating violence, including manipulation, threat, insult, jealousy, restriction, pressure and control, ignoring, belittling, ghosting, persistent stalking, comparison, shouting, lovebombing and slander, tried to cope with negative emotions. It has been determined that the physical and mental health of women are negatively affected, their educational lives and social relationships are disrupted, and their capacity to do so, such as leisure activities, time autonomy, hobbies, participation in the workforce, mobility and participation in political life, are controlled by their partners. It was determined that there were changes in the participants' perspectives on life, that they began to act more cautiously in their relations with the environment due to these changes, and that the awareness and perspectives of the environment in which women live, regarding psychological violence and gender roles, played an important role in shaping women's experiences of psychological dating violence. It is thought that social work theories and interventions should be implemented and social workers should take a role in these practices in order to strengthen women against the psychological dating violence they are exposed to and increase their capabilities.