Citation

Campbell JC, Rose L, Kub J, Nedd D. J. Interpers. Violence 1998; 13(6): 743-762.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1998, SAGE Publishing)

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Abstract

An ethnically and economically heterogeneous (majority well educated, African American, and poor) urban community sample of women, self-identified as having a serious problem in an intimate relationship, were interviewed three times over 2 1/2 years. The inclusion criteria of battering was repeated physical and/or sexual assault within a context of coercive control. Feminist action research was used, combining interview and measurement instruments. Thematic analysis (coding, clustering, "subsuming particulars into the general," confirming) was used for a random subset of 31 women's in-depth interviews. The patterns of response identified were complicated and iterative, demonstrating resistance and resourcefulness. A process of achieving nonviolence was identified for most of the participants, although relationship status did not necessarily correspond to abuse status and there was continued violence after leaving the relationship. Identifiable themes included (a) active problem solving, including conscious decisions to "make do" in a relationship and/or subordinate the self; (b) responding to identifiable pivotal events, and (c) a negotiating process first with the self and then, directly and/or indirectly, with the male partner. (Abstract Adapted from Source: Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 1998. Copyright © 1998 by SAGE Publications)

Longitudinal Studies
African American Adult
African American Female
African American Victim
Female Victim
Adult Female
Adult Victim
Urban Adult
Urban Environment
Domestic Violence Effects
Domestic Violence Victim
Spouse Abuse Victim
Spouse Abuse Effects
Victimization Effects
Victim Resistance
Partner Violence
Violence Against Women
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