The battered woman scale and gender identities

Schwartz, Michael D.; Mattley, Christine

doi:10.1007/bf00988773

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“…These results lead me to question the inferences made in the literature regarding the capacity of abused women to draw on coping strategies, particularly inner resources. Schwartz and Mattley (1993), for example, discuss traditionally viewed feminine traits, such as sensitivity and gentleness, as those that naturally encourage abusiveness from others. Conceptualizations like these place the onus of responsibility for abuse on women.…”

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“The Strongest Women”: Exploration of the Inner Resources of Abused Women

Davis

2002

Qual Health Res

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Domestic violence is reaching epidemic proportions and is designated a national health crisis in the United States. Yet, the stories of abused women and their experiences are only just recently appearing in the literature. The use of coping strategies in dealing with abusive intimate partners is one such area that invites further research. Using the phenomenological method, 17 volunteers discuss their inner resources for surviving abusive experiences and developing ways to protect themselves in future relationships. Women's accounts of abuse experiences add depth to what is known about their strength and portray them as survivors rather than as victims. Future research is calledfor that adds to the understanding of the inner resources attributed to the women in the study findings.

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“The Strongest Women”: Exploration of the Inner Resources of Abused Women

Davis

2002

Qual Health Res

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“…There is also evidence that community and small-scale societal attitudes about wife beating and egalitarianism in male-female relationships are powerful influences on the severity and ubiquity of battering (Counts, Brown, & Campbell, 1999;Levinson, 1989). Few studies have systematically combined attitudes with ethnicity, although Torres (1987) found Mexican American women to be more tolerant of domestic violence than Anglo women, and Schwartz and Mattley (1993) found more traditionally feminine gender-role identities associated with abuse in both African American and White women. Although cultural attitudes about pregnancy would seem to be relevant to abuse during pregnancy, they have not been measured in most research.…”

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Abuse During Pregnancy in Industrialized and Developing Countries

Campbell

Garcia-Moreno

Sharps

2004

Violence Against Women

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Abuse during pregnancy has increasingly been identified as an important problem with significant consequences for maternal and infant health, particularly in North America. The authors review available evidence of the prevalence and consequences of abuse during pregnancy, including maternal mortality, outside of North America. The range of prevalence found in developing countries is much wider (3.8% to 31.7%) than that of industrialized countries (3.4% to 11%), which is much closer to findings from North America. There is a need for more studies using consistent definitions and methodologies to examine the patterns and forms of abuse related to pregnancy worldwide.

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Gender role perceptions of women in abusive relationships

Ellington

Marshall

1997

Sex Roles

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The battered woman scale and gender identities

Cited by 11 publications

References 17 publications

“The Strongest Women”: Exploration of the Inner Resources of Abused Women

“The Strongest Women”: Exploration of the Inner Resources of Abused Women

Abuse During Pregnancy in Industrialized and Developing Countries

Gender role perceptions of women in abusive relationships

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