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Showing 1 to 20 of 66 for “"Abused women."”.
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The Relationship between Self-Concept and Locus of Control in Physically Abused Women
… some clues concerning the physical abuse of women by men. Beginning in biblical times, women were viewed as the property of men (Steinmetz, 1977). Until 1824 by law, a man was allowed to strike his wife if provoked (Bell, 1977). Under the law, some states still grant "spouse immunity" in …
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A Comparison of Coping Styles and Body Image of Abused and Non-Abused Women
… were administered individually to twenty-two women with reported incest histories and an equal number of women with no reported history of sexual or physical abuse. Significant between-groups differences indicated that individuals reporting incest were characterized by greater general …
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"Go cry by the river" : a case study of a counselling service for abused women in rural Swaziland
In February 1999 a counselling service for women abuse survivors in rural Swaziland was evaluated. The evaluation highlighted that a number of organisational factors were undermining utilisation of the service. However, the evaluation failed to address broader contextual issues. This study, in the …
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He ara whakaora i whaia e atahi wahine i tukinohia = Long term effects of childhood sexual abuse among Maori women: A healing path for abused women
… E Etahi Wahine I Tukinohia: A Healing Path for Abused Women is a qualitative study of long term effects of Childhood Sexual Abuse among Maori women. Thirteen Maori women of diverse ages, sexual orientations, socioeconomic, religious, and tribal backgrounds shared their life experiences in a …
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My kids are then my life : mothering in the context of intimate partner violence
… victim’s emotional and physical wellbeing. These abused women often need to parent their children under aversive conditions. With the aim of capturing abused women’s mothering experiences using their own voice, twelve mothers from four shelter facilities in the Cape Metropole engaged in …
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Women's reflections on their strategies used to protedct their children in the face of domestic violence
The unique strategies women use to physically and emotionally protect their children in the context of domestic violence often remain unacknowledged by society. Protective efforts that remains unacknowledged situate abused women in a position where they are perceived as unprotective or as unfit …
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Socioeconomic variables associated with the reports of controlling behaviors in current relationships among abused and non-abused females.
… and education/income in a sample of 297 abused women and 2951 non-abused women in married or cohabitating relationships. This study confirmed that women who reported abuse were more likely to report all five of the controlling behaviors than women who did not report abuse. However, the …
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Comparing Women In Substance Abuse Treatment Who Report Sexual And/Or Physical Abuse With Women Who Do Not Report Abuse History
This descriptive study explored whether women in substance abuse treatment who report a history of sexual and/or physical abuse have different drug use profiles than women who do not report such abuse. The data originated from a NIDA (National Institute on Drug Abuse) study designed to evaluate the …
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Abused and Non-Abused College Females' Causal Attributions to Verbally Abusive Partner Behavior
Battered women who choose to remain with their abusive partners tend to blame themselves for the violence that occurs within their relationships. However, no empirical studies have systematically investigated the specific perceptions of battered women who stay in abusive relationships. Since …
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Attributions for Violence in Relationships: Do Battered Women Blame Themselves?
… of blame for spousal violence made by women who were in violent relationships with those of abused women who had sought shelter and those of women who had never been abused. Both clinicians and researchers (e.g., Frieze, 1979; Walker, 1979) have included victims of marital abuse among …
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Women's accounts of abuse in their intimate relationships
… on wife abuse and dating violence neglects women's personal experiences and focuses on the extent and nature of physical abuse. Feminist researchers, however, stress the significance of both recognizing women's voices and acknowledging all forms of abuse against women. The purpose of this …
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Discourses of masculinity and change : men's experiences of attending a domestic violence programme
… research and interventions have aimed to empower abused women; however, there remains a gap in research on men’s accounts of their violence and of the programmes they attend. Because research shows mixed results concerning the effectiveness of domestic violence perpetrator programmes, this lack of …
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Nora's Transformative Journey: From A Doll's House and The Little Mermaid to The Way Home
… decades, domestic violence researchers analyzed abused women coping with abuse based on their psyche, which portrayed them as having certain needs that abuse fulfils. The assumption that there is something about abused women that makes them want to be abused overlooked major stress and obstacles …
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An oral history of domestic abuse in Scotland 1945-1992
… Knowledge about domestic abuse comes mainly from women's aid sources dating from the 1970s. As most abused women did not contact WA services, this thesis gives voice to women who did not seek outside help over the longer post-war period and provides new insights into their reasons for …
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Wife abuse among Indians in the U.S.
… to shape the experiences of wife abuse among women. In this study, I analyze the experiences of one group of abused women -- Indian women in the U.S. I examine how Indian women's experience of abuse, and their reaction to it is shaped by the patriarchal gender relations within the family, as …
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The Effects of Partner Aggression on Women's Work
… between partner aggression enacted against women and victims’ work withdrawal, as well as to investigate the possible moderators of this relationship. To accomplish this, I conducted three studies. The first two studies examined the effects of partner aggression on work withdrawal (i.e., …
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Men's and Women's Abuse Talk in Group Therapy: A Discourse Analysis
… for a contextualized understanding of men’s and women’s victimization. The nature, severity, and consequences of abuse are thought to be different for abused men compared to abused women. This project uses a discursive approach to examine how men and women participating in victim therapy groups …
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Do They Know What I Need? Social Reactions to Intimate Partner Violence Help Seeking
For women who experience abuse, seeking help is a significant event that many women undertake in attempts to increase their safety or to gain support from others. Most women who experience abuse disclose to or seek help from the people in their lives. They turn to family members, friends, …
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Effective Methods to Reach Victims of Domestic Violence
The estimated number of women in abusive relationships in the United States is almost 2 million (Pyles & Postmus, 2004; Tjaden & Thoennes, 1998; Tjaden & Thoennes, 2000). Each year 1,500 of these women are murdered by their partners (Shostack, 2001). Yet there are 3 times as many shelters for …
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Anger expression and adaptation to childhood sexual abuse: The role of disclosure context
… consequences of expressing anger among sexually abused women in contexts of either voluntarily disclosing or not disclosing a previous abuse episode. All CSA survivors in the study had documented histories of CSA. These participants and a matched, nonabused sample were asked to describe their …
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