Assessing the Impact of Domestic Violence Upon the
Lives of African American Women
Chapter 1: Introduction to the Study
Introduction
Domestic partner violence is a significant problem that has devastating
consequences for African American women’s public health and well-being. This problem
needs immediate attention because research devoted to understanding domestic
violence’s consequences is limited and contains significant gaps and weaknesses.
Likewise, there is limited empirical research done on the topic. Why do African
Americans experience domestic partner violence than their white counterparts? Some of
the barriers preventing African American women from reporting domestic violence are
expected and were used to answer the research questions.
Albert Bandura’s learning theory informed this study. The phenomenological
research method was used to explore the lived experiences of African American women.
Creswell (2013) suggested this research method because it provides a detailed and
complete description of human experiences. This phenomenological inquiry assessed the
impact of education on the incidence of domestic violence against African American
women. This research method was uniquely positioned to support this study because as
Creswell (1998), Tuffour (2017), and Neubauer (2019) observed, the phenomenological
approach provides a rich and complete description of human experiences and helps
researchers to understand the meaning of people’s lived experience. The
phenomenological framework helped me learn from the experiences of African American
women
