Stay With or Leave the Abuser? The Effects of Domestic Violence Victim’s Decision on Attributions Made by Young Adults

Halket, Megan McPherson; Gormley, Katelyn; Mello, Nicole Freitas de; Rosenthal, Lori; Mirkin, Marsha Pravder

doi:10.1007/s10896-013-9555-4

Cited by 17 publications

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“…Many women got to the point where they were tired of dealing with the violence or realized that leaving was the only way to stop the violence. This finding is similar to other research findings suggesting that women eventually leave the relationship, although, on average, it may take five to seven incidences before they leave for good (Halket, Gormley, Mello, Rosenthal, & Mirkin, 2014). Social work practitioners can help clients identify places where they could reside if they desire to leave their abuser.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 91%

A Qualitative Study of Survival Strategies Used by Low-Income Black Women Who Experience Intimate Partner Violence

et al. 2016

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Women who experience intimate partner violence (IPV) are often portrayed as helpless victims. Yet many women who experience IPV implement strategies to help them survive the abuse. This qualitative study sought to explore the survivor strategies used by low-income black women who experience IPV. Authors used a semistructured interview guide to survey 26 survivors who reported being in an IPV relationship in the past two years. Thematic analysis revealed three types of survivor strategies used by low-income black women: (1) internal (use of religion and becoming self-reliant), (2) interpersonal (leave the abuser or fight back), and (3) external (reliance on informal, formal, or both kinds of sources of support). This article informs social work practitioners of the strategies used by low-income black women in surviving IPV so that practitioners can develop interventions that support these strategies.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 91%

A Qualitative Study of Survival Strategies Used by Low-Income Black Women Who Experience Intimate Partner Violence

et al. 2016

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“…Shame and guilt due to IPV led the women to conceal the fact that they felt forced to act in ways not in accordance with the dominant cultural codes. The fact that they felt that they could not reveal the shameful secret that they were abused before they were in a process of leaving is supported by a recent study revealing that the attitudes of others in “blaming the victim” are reduced if the abused women try to leave the perpetrator (Halket et al 2014 ). Such attitudes are still widespread in the EU countries at the start of the millennium, contributing to a climate of social acceptability of IPV against women (Gracia and Herrero 2006 ).…”

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confidence: 97%

How Has Living with Intimate Partner Violence Affected the Work Situation? A Qualitative Study among Abused Women in Norway

Alsaker¹,

Moen

Baste

et al. 2016

J Fam Viol

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A qualitative study was conducted among 18 abused women from different parts of Norway to explore what paid work means for women exposed to partner violence and how living with an abusive partner affected their working life. Based on systematic text condensation analyses of their experiences as described in individual and focus group interviews, the study’s findings reveal two major themes. The first is about recovery and survival, and the other about the spillover of problems caused by a violent partner into paid work. Work was important to the women, as it represented time off from violence, contact with others who cared for them, and maintenance of self-esteem and self-confidence. Having their own money provided security and strengthened the belief that they could manage on their own. The spillover of intimate partner violence problems appeared through feelings of fear, shame and guilt at work.

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“…Social support is not the only possible response when IPV victims seek support (Coker et al, 2002). There often exist negative attributions toward victims of IPV who seek solace from social members (Halket et al, 2014). For example, people attribute the blame to the female victims as they “provoke” their husbands or intimate partners to violence, choose to stay with the abusive relationship, or return to the one who abused them (Policastro & Payne, 2013; Yamawaki et al, 2012).…”

Section: Ipv and Blamingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Online Social Support for Intimate Partner Violence Victims in China: Quantitative and Automatic Content Analysis

Chu

Hanxiao

et al. 2020

Violence Against Women

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To examine the nature and content of messages presented in a popular Chinese online community about intimate partner violence (IPV), this study utilized a two-step analytic approach that combined quantitative content analysis and automatic content analysis. We collected 90,040 messages from the online community’s IPV group. Study 1 analyzed 8,343 randomly selected messages. The findings suggest that social support is commonly presented, while only a few messages expressed blame toward the victims. Study 2 analyzed the whole sample via machine learning technique and further showed that this online community was a space for the victims to obtain informational resources and emotional encouragement.

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Stay With or Leave the Abuser? The Effects of Domestic Violence Victim’s Decision on Attributions Made by Young Adults

Cited by 17 publications

References 22 publications

A Qualitative Study of Survival Strategies Used by Low-Income Black Women Who Experience Intimate Partner Violence

A Qualitative Study of Survival Strategies Used by Low-Income Black Women Who Experience Intimate Partner Violence

How Has Living with Intimate Partner Violence Affected the Work Situation? A Qualitative Study among Abused Women in Norway

Online Social Support for Intimate Partner Violence Victims in China: Quantitative and Automatic Content Analysis

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