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JOURNAL OF SOCIAL AND PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS
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SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
DOI: 10.1177/02654075231221079
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Intimate partner violence; communication theory of identity; relational communication; identity veiling; identity gaps
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This study examines the role of communication in the recovery process of intimate partner violence (IPV) survivors. Using in-depth interviews and the Communication Theory of Identity (CTI), the analysis reveals the negotiation of identity gaps and the impact of violent communication on these gaps.
Within the United States, 1 in 4 women and 1 in 10 men experience intimate partner violence (IPV): psychological aggression, sexual violence, physical violence, and/or stalking from an intimate partner. Although some studies highlight the complexity of post-IPV recovery, the role of communication in post-IPV recovery remains underexplored. This study employs Communication Theory of Identity (CTI) to analyze in-depth interviews with post-IPV adults. Analysis reveals how individuals negotiate post-IPV identity gaps between the personal-personal and personal-relational layers of identity. The forwarded concept of identity veiling explicates how IPV tactics cause the relational layer of identity to eclipse the personal layer in IPV relationships. Therefore, post-IPV recovery involves unveiling the personal layer of identity-communicatively (re)constructing self-image beyond the IPV relationship and the identity gaps it engendered. This study conceptualizes the role of violent communication in the construction of identity gaps and identity gap negotiation.
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