This study examines what it means to be a man with an incarcerated romantic partner. Despite recognition that those experiencing familial incarceration are a heterogeneous group, the extant literature lacks a clear focus of the experience of men with incarcerated romantic partners. Using a phenomenological design, the researchers interviewed seven men with incarcerated romantic partners to explicate the essential structures of their lived experience. The interviews are explicated into six essences illuminating the experience of being a man with an incarcerated partner. Identified essences explored are: embodying the social tie facilitator, love and commitment living in future time, the sense of something missing, felt confinement, and the new normal. Fifteen additional sub-themes are discussed. These findings inform implications for both future research and policies that can aid in maintaining the ties that bind during familial incarceration.

这项研究探讨了作为一个拥有被监禁的浪漫伴侣的男人意味着什么。尽管人们认识到那些经历家庭监禁的人是一个异质群体，但现有文献缺乏对有被监禁浪漫伴侣的男性经历的明确关注。研究人员采用现象学设计，采访了七位有被监禁恋人的男性，以阐明他们生活经历的基本结构。访谈分为六个要点，阐明了作为一个有伴侣被监禁的男人的经历。已确定的探索本质是：体现社会纽带促进者、生活在未来的爱和承诺、缺失感、受限感和新常态。讨论了另外十五个子主题。