Rhodes, Pang Foua Yang2009-02-132009-02-132008-12https://hdl.handle.net/11299/47455University of Minnesota Ph.D. dissertation. December 2008. Major: Family Social Science. Advisors: Daniel F. Deztner, Ph.D., Zha Blong Xiong, Ph.D. 1 computer file (PDF); vii, 120 pages, appendices A-C.This qualitative study utilized semi-structured interviews with 12 Hmong men and women regarding their experience of and explanations for intimate partner violence (IPV) in their marriages. Results from inductive thematic analysis indicated a range of IPV behaviors: (a) physical violence, (b) verbal threats, (c) legal recourse, (d) physical aggression, (e) manipulation and control and (f) sexual violence. The men were more likely to attribute IPV to situational anger and frustration, and the women, to personality. Behavior modification was the second leading explanation given by both groups. In addition, extra-marital affairs, polygyny and international marriages emerged as relational contexts salient to IPV. It is argued that both Coercive Controlling Violence and Situational Couple Violence were presented by the sample.en-USHmongHmong MarriageImmigrant CouplesPartner ViolenceSoutheast Asian CouplesFamily Social ScienceThesis or Dissertation