Motherhood, Empowerment, and Resilience within the Context of Intimate Partner Violence

Motherhood, Empowerment, and Resilience within the Context of Intimate Partner Violence

We conducted twenty in-depth interviews with residents of a domestic violence shelter in a southeastern metropolitan area to understand how low-income women experience mothering within the context of intimate partner violence (IPV). Interview questions explored the women’s feelings about motherhood...

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Main Authors: Rebecca Bach, Julianne M. Weinzimmer, Shreya S. Bhandari
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: North Carolina Sociological Association 2013-10-01
Series:Sociation Today
Subjects:
ipv
interpartner violence
children
motherhood
shelter
north carolina
Online Access:http://www.ncsociology.org/sociationtoday/v112/mother.html

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