@article{ref1,
title="Sarah Waller's help-seeking model: understanding African American women intimate partner violence survivors' help-seeking process",
journal="Journal of interpersonal violence",
year="2022",
author="Waller, Bernadine and Goddard-Eckrich, Dawn and Kagotho, Njeri and Hankerson, Sidney H. and Hawks, Alice and Wainberg, Milton L.",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="African American women overwhelmingly experience the poorest outcomes resulting from intimate partner violence (IPV) victimization. Despite theoretical advancements, there remain a paucity of theories that explicate this marginalized population's comprehensive help-seeking process that includes the domestic violence service provision system and the Black church. We conducted 30 in-depth, semi-structured interviews with women who self-identified as African American. We utilized sensitizing concepts from the Transtheoretical Model of Change and Intersectionality theories, along with Agency framework and employed constructivist grounded theory methodology. Sarah's Help-Seeking Model emerged from the data and includes nine phases: (1) Awareness, (2) Acknowledgment, (3) Assessment, (4) Enough, (5) Enlist, (6) Escalate, (7) Reject, (8) Resolve, and (9) Restoration. This is the first theory that identifies how this vulnerable and underserved population's mental health and social support-seeking process is partially mediated by lack of mistrust of law enforcement, disappointment in linkage to care and services, fear of death, and willingness to survive.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0886-2605",
doi="10.1177/08862605221141869",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/08862605221141869"
}