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Lived Experiences of Psychological Abuse and Psychosocial Vulnerabilities among Men in Dating Relationships: A Qualitative Study
Research Article - Volume: 2, Issue: 1, 2026 (November to January)
Gajanur Sudhindra Sunaina*
MSc Clinical Psychology Dissertation, Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS), Bengaluru, India
*Correspondence to: Gajanur Sudhindra Sunaina, MSc Clinical Psychology Dissertation, Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS), Bengaluru, India. E-Mail:
Received: October 18, 2025; Manuscript No: JPPC-25-2255; Editor Assigned: October 22, 2025; PreQc No: JPPC-25-2255(PQ); Reviewed: October 24, 2025; Revised: November 18, 2025; Manuscript No: JPPC-25-2255(R); Published: January 05, 2026

INTRODUCTION

Intimate partner violence (IPV) is considered a universal public health issue irrespective of social, economic, religious, or cultural group [1]. While there are reports of prevalence of physical violence among men in intimate relationships [2], majority of the studies concerning IPV have been looked at from a gendered perspective- i.e. violence perpetrated by men on women [3]. Hence, there is limited understanding of the effects and the consequences IPV has on men- the similarities or uniqueness IPV experience, the support or the lack thereof for male victims of IPV [4-5].

Citation: Sunaina GS (2026). Lived Experiences of Psychological Abuse and Psychosocial Vulnerabilities among Men in Dating Relationships: A Qualitative Study. J. Psychol. Psychiatr. Vol.2 Iss.1, November to January (2026), pp:52-59.
Copyright: © 2026 Sunaina GS. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.