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The Battered Women's Movement Response to Children of Battered Women
Violence Against Women, 1997An evaluation of societal responses to children of battered women in the last two decades reveals significant developments in professional awareness of the problem, knowledge about difficulties experienced by children, and services provided to children.
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Battered Women—Their Susceptibility to Treatment
Scandinavian Journal of Social Medicine, 1988During an eight-month period a trial was made of a special therapeutic programme focused on the diagnosis and treatment of battered women who sought treatment for physical injuries at a surgical emergency department. Forty-nine women agreed to undergo the treatment programme, the aim of which was to provide social and psychological support.
B K, Bergman +3 more
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Ocular Injuries in Battered Women
Ophthalmology, 1996The purpose of this article is to examine the occurrence of battered women seen by ophthalmologists in an eye emergency department, and to make ophthalmologists aware that these women are not a rarity but often go unrecognized.This retrospective study reviews a large urban eye center's emergency room charts over a 6-month period for documentation of ...
S R, Beck, S L, Freitag, N, Singer
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The Voices of Battered Women in India
Violence Against Women, 2005This study endeavors to give voice to marginalized, understudied women who were abused in India. The study included 90 women who were abused who were seeking help to address violence perpetrated against them by their husbands. A semistructured interview was used to collect data on abuse characteristics, consequences of abuse, and help-seeking behavior.
Subadra, Panchanadeswaran +1 more
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An annual rhythm in the battering of women
American Journal of Psychiatry, 1986Over 27,000 reports about women abused by their live-in male partners were provided by 23 shelter organizations in five locations in the United States. Cosinor analyses revealed statistically significant annual rhythms in the frequencies of abuse, with maxima in the summer.
R P, Michael, D, Zumpe
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?Mind control? and the battering of women
Community Mental Health Journal, 1985This paper describes one variation in the battering phenomenon which was initially observed among low-income women. The strategies of coercion and deception utilized by the abusive male in these relationships are described and compared with similar strategies of "mind control" utilized in more traditional "cultic" systems.
T R, Boulette, S M, Andersen
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The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare, 1984
Counseling, case management and advocacy services for battered women seeking legal aid broaden their resources and options for dealing with abuse. Findings from a demonstration project specify the range of needs and services mobilized to effectively aid these women with the major life adjustments they and their children face.
Fiedler, Decky +2 more
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Counseling, case management and advocacy services for battered women seeking legal aid broaden their resources and options for dealing with abuse. Findings from a demonstration project specify the range of needs and services mobilized to effectively aid these women with the major life adjustments they and their children face.
Fiedler, Decky +2 more
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A survivor group for battered women
Advances in Nursing Science, 1986Nursing care of battered women and other survivors of violence can be effectively provided through group intervention. Using Lifton's survivor group prototype, a group of battered women met on a weekly basis for one and a half years. The model, its implementation, literature supporting the effectiveness of this kind of group, and a content analysis of ...
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Resilience in Sheltered Battered Women
Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 2003While many battered women report physical and psychological distress, others are able to respond to adverse sequelae with less severe outcomes. The findings of this study indicate that resilience assessed by the Resilience Scale was significantly and inversely correlated with three global measures and five subscales of the Symptom Checklist-90R ...
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Prosecution of Batterers: Views of African American Battered Women
Violence and Victims, 2002Findings from 207 interviews of urban, African American women indicated that 65% of the women said they favored prosecution of their abusers. A logistic regression showed that the following independent variables were related to significantly decreased odds of opposing prosecution: prosecution being initiated, being separated from partner, and abuser’s ...
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