A Lifetime of Intimate Partner Violence: Coping Strategies of Older Women

Autor/inn/en	Zink, Therese; Jacobson, C. Jeff, Jr.; Pabst, Stephanie; Regan, Saundra; Fisher, Bonnie S.
Titel	A Lifetime of Intimate Partner Violence: Coping Strategies of Older Women
Quelle	In: Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 21 (2006) 5, S.634-651 (18 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0886-2605
DOI	10.1177/0886260506286878
Schlagwörter	Females; Coping; Family Violence; Older Adults; Interviews; Personality Traits + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Weibliches Geschlecht; Bewältigung; Älterer Erwachsener; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal
Abstract	Little is known about how older women cope in long-term abusive intimate relationships. Understanding their coping strategies may give insight into how to further support their effective coping efforts. Interviews were conducted with 38 women older than age 55 years. Grounded theory analysis demonstrated that women who remained in their abusive relationships employed mainly cognitive (emotion-focused) strategies to find meaning in a situation that was perceived as unchangeable. By reappraising themselves, their spouses, and their relationships they refocused energies in certain roles, set limits with their abusers, and reached out to others (friends, family, and community organizations). Some women appeared to thrive, others merely survived, but all maintained the appearance of conjugal unity. (Contains 1 table and 1 figure.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10