Citation

Peled E, Eisikovits Z, Enosh G, Winstok Z. Soc. Work 2000; 45(1): 9-25.

Affiliation

Bob Shapell School of Social Work, Tel Aviv University, Israel. einatp@post.tau.ac

Copyright

(Copyright © 2000, National Association of Social Workers)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

10634083

Abstract

This article examines the individual and social construction of empowerment for battered women who choose to stay with their abusers through a critical examination of the images of battered women who stay, constructed in the professional literature on various ecological levels, and a proposal of a constructivist model for empowering battered women who choose to stay that balances between their needs and rights. The model includes dimensions of physical and emotional distance as well as a time dimension. Key themes related to battered women's options along these dimensions are presented.

Language: en