%0 Journal Article
%T On the lived experience of battered women residing in shelters
%J Journal of family violence
%D 2009
%A Haj-Yahia, Muhammad M.
%A Cohen, Hilla Chaya
%V 24
%N 2
%P 95-109
%X 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 />
%G en
%I Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group
%@ 0885-7482
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10896-008-9214-3