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Beliefs and attitudes towards male domestic violence in South Kivu

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par Ndabuli Theophile Mugisho
University of KwaZulu Natal - Master 2011
  

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3.2.1.3 In-depth interviews

This research about beliefs and attitudes regarding male domestic violence in South Kivu used qualitative research. This helped to depict how a naturalistic and interpretative approach identifies the meanings that men attach to their attitudes, beliefs, decisions and values in the province. To Ritchie and Lewis (2003:25), this opens a way towards the understanding of the mental mapping process that respondents use to make sense of and interpret social facts. This remains a good way to focus on words and explanations of men regarding domestic violence in order to convey truth and endeavour for the illustration of their natural contexts. It is in this

context that in-depth interview, representing an approach, was chosen as the key method for gathering the information used in this research. All in all, the researcher organised four interviews (two focus groups and two in-depth interviews). He expected that there would be some men who had committed violence in their homes to be among the key group participants.

To Terre Blanche and Durkheim (1999:25), in-depth interviews help the researcher to look deeply into theoretical matters at an early phase when he is elaborating the questionnaire that he will use for the research. Speculative considerations can consider the answers that the respondents provide to the questions, which helps to check whether they give a picture of their real understanding (Punch, 2005:42). In the mind of the researcher, the application of such an approach aims at examining the different themes that can be deducted from the various groups' personal right, which process will obviously offer more facts regarding attitudes and beliefs about domestic violence in South Kivu. To Ulin et al. (2004:124), the researcher may do this if he is seeking more understanding of an issue through individual circumstances, not a quantitative investigation, or to supplement a given qualitative enquiry that has been conducted in a different place and environment. The researcher together with the different respondents are able to profoundly explore a given subject because in-depth interviews require the use of open-ended questions, often asked by the researcher to a given respondent during the talks (Monet et al., 2003:79).

The researcher had with him a guide to the topic, but had the option of putting it aside as the questions were simply worded. The researcher applied survey methods in cases where he felt the necessity of allowing for broad responses. This was confirmed by De Vaus (2002:57), who suggested that in order for the researcher to get individuals' insights regarding meanings or definitions of a given situation and their way of shaping its reality, interviews remain the only relevant method to rely on. De Vaus (2001:71) states that detailed interviews have their primary advantage of offering much more and specific data on a given topic compared to what other methods of data collection provide the researcher. Furthermore, comprehensive interviews are considered because they are believed to provide a more relaxed atmosphere to the respondents than during their team talks. This means that `in-depth discussions are a good

tool for the researcher to collect data' since they do favour the respondents to relate their personal stories and opinions in a natural conversational way, which environment a survey questionnaire does not foster as the respondents simply fill out the form.

Despite that in-depth interviews are valued for the above qualities, they still present some weaknesses. Babbie and Mouton (2001:23) confirm that these methods are limited since they can consume more time, taking into account the restricted time period the researcher has to organise the different interviews, note the respondents' opinions down and analyse the outcomes. For the above reason, in their conclusion, Ulin et al. (2004:81), clearly state that during an interview, the respondents' answers may be subjective because the researcher exercises a certain influence in the different teams along the process.

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