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Mothers as victims of intimate partner violence: the decision to leave or stay and resilience-oriented intervention

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dc.contributor.authorSani, Ana Isabel
dc.contributor.authorPereira, Dora
dc.date.accessioned2020-10-12T11:46:20Z
dc.date.available2020-10-12T11:46:20Z
dc.date.issued2020-10-01
dc.description.abstractThis paper presents a qualitative study to understand the reasons for leaving or staying in an abusive relationship and how this informs planning for psychosocial interventions with victims. We present a study of 15 Portuguese women with children who were victims of intimate partner violence (IPV). The sample consisted of women, helped by a Victim Support Office, who volunteered to participate in a semi-structured interview and whose narrative responses were recorded and transcribed for analysis. The results, organized into two broad categories, reveal that the reasons for staying in the abusive relationship are essentially related to extrinsic factors (e.g., children, the aggressor, society), which reinforces myths (e.g., marriage is for life) and makes it difficult to break the cycle of violence. However, the decision to leave the abusive relationship is also based on the same factors which, when reconceptualized and empowered, contribute to the intrinsic recognition of the problem and the decision-making process. We find that the resilience portfolio model, which focuses on three major factors (self-regulation, interpersonal forces, and construction of meaning), favors the identification of protective factors that can guide interventions for individuals facing situations of adversity such as IPV.pt_PT
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dc.identifier.citationSani, A., & Pereira. D. (2020). Mothers victims of intimate partner violence: The decision to leave or stay and the resilience-oriented intervention. Social Sciences, 9(10), 1-13; https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci9100174pt_PT
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/socsci9100174pt_PT
dc.identifier.issn2076-0760
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10284/9039
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.publisherMDPIpt_PT
dc.relationResearch Centre for Child Studies of the University of Minho (CIEC) project under the reference UIDB/00317/2020.pt_PT
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/pt_PT
dc.subjectWomenpt_PT
dc.subjectMotherpt_PT
dc.subjectVictimspt_PT
dc.subjectDomestic violencept_PT
dc.subjectIntimate Partner Violencept_PT
dc.subjectLeave or Staypt_PT
dc.titleMothers as victims of intimate partner violence: the decision to leave or stay and resilience-oriented interventionpt_PT
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.citation.endPage13pt_PT
oaire.citation.issue10pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage1pt_PT
oaire.citation.titleSocial Sciencespt_PT
oaire.citation.volume9pt_PT
person.familyNameIsabel Sani
person.givenNameAna
person.identifier.ciencia-id1C1A-918D-0E61
person.identifier.orcid0000-0003-1776-2442
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