TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2004//
TI  - Freedom through self-sufficiency: a qualitative examination of the impact of domestic violence on the working lives of women in shelter
JO  - Journal of counseling psychology
A1  - Wettersten, Kara Brita
A1  - Rudolph, Susan E.
A1  - Faul, Kiri
A1  - Gallagher, Kathleen
A1  - Trangsrud, Heather B.
A1  - Adams, Karissa
A1  - Graham, Sherna
A1  - Terrance, Cheryl
SP  - 447
EP  - 462
VL  - 51
IS  - 4
N2  - Using consensual qualitative research (C. Hill, B. Thompson, & E. Williams, 1997), the purpose of this study was to explore the impact of domestic violence on the working lives of women currently in shelter. Several emergent categories suggested that domestic violence has a profound effect on women's working lives, including their ability to maintain work and their ability to concentrate on the job. Contextual factors such as children, external barriers, and community resources also facilitated (or impeded) battered women's ability to obtain or maintain meaningful employment. The relationship between domains suggested a model in which physical and psychological violence act as moderating influences on a woman's vocational self-concept and actual ability to work. Implications for practitioners and researchers are discussed. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA, all rights reserved)<p /> 
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SN  - 0022-0167
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/0022-0167.51.4.447
ID  - ref1
ER  -