Jason Whiting
Jason Whiting is a professor of family therapy at Brigham Young University. He studies couple conflict, deception, and intimate partner violence. He also has interests in constructivist grounded theory and mindfulness.
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family studies. We introduce Aristotle’s work
through his debate with Plato over the meaning
of family and its role in society. We then
explain key concepts in Aristotelian theory,
including virtue, practical wisdom, telos, interpretation
and evaluation, agency, and human
development. We propose an Aristotelian conceptualization
of family as a multigenerational
institution of mutual responsibility, defined in
part through narrative and oriented around
developing virtue and helping members reach
their potential. Finally, we identify family virtues
and consider implications of Aristotelianism for
social research, with particular attention to how
Aristotle’s work provides an epistemological
basis for narrative research in general and for
case study research in particular.
is to ask victims why they stay in the abusive relationship.
Unfortunately this can have the effect of blaming
or holding the victim responsible for the abuser’s actions.
Recently, social media brought attention to this issue following
the highly publicized case of intimate partner violence
(IPV) with NFL player Ray Rice and his fiance´.
Twitter users responded to the media’s perceived victim
blaming by posting their own stories of why they stayed or
left abusive relationships. The purpose of this study was to
conduct a qualitative content analysis of these Twitter
postings. The Twitter hashtags generated N = 676
responses (‘‘whyIstayed’’ n = 409; ‘‘whyIleft’’ n = 267)
and these were examined to answer the following research
questions: (1) what factors influence victims of IPV to stay
in an abusive relationship? (2) What factors influence
victims of IPV to leave an abusive relationship? 12 themes
and 8 subthemes emerged that highlight the numerous
factors that influence decisions about abusive relationships.
Clinical implications and future research recommendations
are discussed.
couple interactions. Types, effects, and contextual issues related to distortions, as well as how partners used strategies to deescalate and avoid distortion, were examined. Types of distortion included accusation, justification, and victimization, and these were arranged into a model that shows the relationship between escalation and distortion. Implications for clinicians and researchers are discussed.
family studies. We introduce Aristotle’s work
through his debate with Plato over the meaning
of family and its role in society. We then
explain key concepts in Aristotelian theory,
including virtue, practical wisdom, telos, interpretation
and evaluation, agency, and human
development. We propose an Aristotelian conceptualization
of family as a multigenerational
institution of mutual responsibility, defined in
part through narrative and oriented around
developing virtue and helping members reach
their potential. Finally, we identify family virtues
and consider implications of Aristotelianism for
social research, with particular attention to how
Aristotle’s work provides an epistemological
basis for narrative research in general and for
case study research in particular.
is to ask victims why they stay in the abusive relationship.
Unfortunately this can have the effect of blaming
or holding the victim responsible for the abuser’s actions.
Recently, social media brought attention to this issue following
the highly publicized case of intimate partner violence
(IPV) with NFL player Ray Rice and his fiance´.
Twitter users responded to the media’s perceived victim
blaming by posting their own stories of why they stayed or
left abusive relationships. The purpose of this study was to
conduct a qualitative content analysis of these Twitter
postings. The Twitter hashtags generated N = 676
responses (‘‘whyIstayed’’ n = 409; ‘‘whyIleft’’ n = 267)
and these were examined to answer the following research
questions: (1) what factors influence victims of IPV to stay
in an abusive relationship? (2) What factors influence
victims of IPV to leave an abusive relationship? 12 themes
and 8 subthemes emerged that highlight the numerous
factors that influence decisions about abusive relationships.
Clinical implications and future research recommendations
are discussed.
couple interactions. Types, effects, and contextual issues related to distortions, as well as how partners used strategies to deescalate and avoid distortion, were examined. Types of distortion included accusation, justification, and victimization, and these were arranged into a model that shows the relationship between escalation and distortion. Implications for clinicians and researchers are discussed.
is to ask victims why they stay in the abusive relationship.
Unfortunately this can have the effect of blaming
or holding the victim responsible for the abuser’s actions.
Recently, social media brought attention to this issue following
the highly publicized case of intimate partner violence
(IPV) with NFL player Ray Rice and his fiance´.
Twitter users responded to the media’s perceived victim
blaming by posting their own stories of why they stayed or
left abusive relationships. The purpose of this study was to
conduct a qualitative content analysis of these Twitter
postings. The Twitter hashtags generated N = 676
responses (‘‘whyIstayed’’ n = 409; ‘‘whyIleft’’ n = 267)
and these were examined to answer the following research
questions: (1) what factors influence victims of IPV to stay
in an abusive relationship? (2) What factors influence
victims of IPV to leave an abusive relationship? 12 themes
and 8 subthemes emerged that highlight the numerous
factors that influence decisions about abusive relationships.
Clinical implications and future research recommendations
are discussed.
- 628 respondents participated in a story completion task where they finished a narrative concerning questionable behavior on Facebook.
- Results found 51% of the participants interpreted the Facebook behavior as infidelity, with only 2.9% indicating the behavior was not infidelity
- Other findings show Facebook behavior negatively impacts offline relationships and accessing a partner’s Facebook account is a privacy violation.