@article{ref1,
title="On the lived experience of battered women residing in shelters",
journal="Journal of family violence",
year="2009",
author="Haj-Yahia, Muhammad M. and Cohen, Hilla Chaya",
volume="24",
number="2",
pages="95-109",
abstract="We present a qualitative study of battered women, which examined their experiences while staying at shelters. In-depth, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 18 battered women staying at shelters. The interviews elicited four main themes: the women’s perceptions of the shelter; the woman’s perceptions of herself and her life experiences; the woman’s perceptions of her relations with other battered women at the shelter; and the woman’s perceptions of her relations with the staff of the shelter. The paper concludes with a discussion of the limitations of the study, implications for future research, implications for theory development, and implications for therapy and intervention with the problem of wife battering.<p />",
language="en",
issn="0885-7482",
doi="10.1007/s10896-008-9214-3",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10896-008-9214-3"
}