TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2022//
TI  - Sarah Waller's help-seeking model: understanding African American women intimate partner violence survivors' help-seeking process
JO  - Journal of interpersonal violence
A1  - Waller, Bernadine
A1  - Goddard-Eckrich, Dawn
A1  - Kagotho, Njeri
A1  - Hankerson, Sidney H.
A1  - Hawks, Alice
A1  - Wainberg, Milton L.
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0886-2605
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/08862605221141869
ID  - ref1
ER  -