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Shapiro, Josefin. "Networking Against Intimate Partner Violence : Experiences from the perspectives of the professionals". Thesis, Halmstad University, School of Social and Health Sciences (HOS), 2007. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-566.
Pełny tekst źródłaViolence against women, of which intimate partner violence (IPV) is a significant part, is a widespread public health problem. There is a great need for effective programs that address this issue. The objective of this study was to explore the experiences expressed by the members of the Karla network whose purpose was to combat IPV. Due to the nature of the study, a qualitative approach was taken and data was gathered through interviews with professionals in the network. The function of collaboration and its impact on the individuals is highlighted by the core category: Striving for progress. The categories that resulted from the analysis were: 1) Achieving professional satisfaction, 2) Developing professional competence, and 3) Treading water. Working within the network was perceived as rewarding, as the network improved the quality of their work. Updated guidelines and routines were regarded as essential to improve the collaboration. To progress in the work against IPV, methods to recognize and attend to abused women should be refined and implemented. More focus needs to be put on preventive actions. There is reason to direct actions toward children and adolescents and thus the arenas that initially should be engaged are media, school, and youth clinics.
Selenga, Melitah Annastatia. "The support of professional nurses to youth victims of physical violence at a community health centre in the Cape Flats". University of the Western Cape, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/4693.
Pełny tekst źródłaThe Western Cape Province of South Africa has the worst multifactorial crime problem in the country. It has the fastest growing crime rate in many crime categories, such as rape and gun related incidents. The youth in the Cape Flats faces many challenges, such as drug abuse and high incidents of violent attacks. The youth who are exposed to violence are inclined to be violent themselves and are at a higher risk of psychopathology. The experiences of the youth after a violent physical incident were unclear. The purpose of this study is to describe actions for the support of professional nurses at a community health centre to youth victims of physical violence in the Cape Flats. A phenomenological, exploratory, descriptive, contextual design was followed in this study. This study explored and described the lived experiences of youth victims of physical violence in terms of the support they received in a natural setting at a community health centre in the Cape Flats. Purposive sampling was used for the study, and data saturation determined the size of the sample, that was eight participants. Participants were male and female youth members between the ages of 18 and 27 years who had experienced a violent incident and visited a health care centre for follow-up treatment. They were given information sheets that explained the nature of the research project. Individual in-depth interviews were used to collect data. Interviews were conducted in one of the consultation rooms at a community health centre that was quiet and where minimal interruptions occurred. The researcher sought permission from the participants to conduct the interviews and to audio record those interviews. All ethical principles were adhered to in this study; that is confidentiality, anonymity, withdrawal, autonomy, and informed consent. Trust worthiness was ensured during the research process. In cases where participants had experienced psychological distress, they could be referred to a psychologist. However, none of the participants displayed any signs of emotional discomfort during the interviews. Data was analysed using Creswell’s six steps of open coding. All data would be kept under lock and key for five years after the research report has been made available. Main themes that emerged from the data analysis were related to violent incidents that had a negative impact on the participant; participants applied defence mechanisms to deal with their trauma, and participants experienced care and support either negatively or positively. A recommendation of this study is the implementation of an in-service training programme to the nurses who care for the youth after violent physical incidents.
Miljak, Kristina. "Experiences of workplace violence among health care workers : A qualitative study of violence from the perspective of care professionals". Thesis, Malmö universitet, Malmö högskola, Institutionen för kriminologi (KR), 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-43562.
Pełny tekst źródłaHeron, Rebecca. "The experiences and perceptions of victims of domestic violence in disclosure to health care professionals". Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2016. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.716482.
Pełny tekst źródłaGorthe, Lina, i Sandra Svanberg. "Våld i nära relationer : utsatta kvinnors upplevelser av bemötandet i vården". Thesis, Högskolan Väst, Avdelningen för omvårdnad - grundnivå, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hv:diva-10753.
Pełny tekst źródłaBackground: Violence against women is a major global public health issue, which has an impact on women’s lives and mental health. Aim: To explore healthcare experiences of women exposed to intimate partner violence. Method: Literature based study with eleven qualitative studies. Results: The women who sought help felt ashamed for the violence and most of them didn’t get the help they needed. They felt that the caregivers didn’t believe in their stories or their experiences. The health care professionals made them feel like objects and not human beings. Few women had a good experience of the care they were given, in those cases the caregivers had asked the women about the violence and gave them time to talk and made them feel safe and comfortable. Conclusion: Nearly all of the women had feelings of shame and guilt. They wanted the caregiver to ask them about the violence, because they found it hard to reveal it themselves. Caregivers need more knowledges about intimate partner violence and its impact on the women to offer right kind of help.They also need guidelines to know how to meet and help these women.
Borgström, Caisa, i Frida Robertsson. "Kvinnor som blivit våldsutsatta av en manlig partner : så upplever de vårdpersonalens bemötande". Thesis, Kristianstad University, School of Health and Society, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hkr:diva-7183.
Pełny tekst źródłaBakgrund: Våld mot kvinnor i partnerrelationer är ett stort samhällsproblem och varje år dör ungefär 17 kvinnor till följd av våldet. När kvinnorna besöker hälso- och sjukvården kan en unik möjlighet ges att upptäcka partnervåldet. Syfte: Syftet med litteraturstudien var att beskriva hur kvinnor som blivit våldsutsatta av en manlig partner upplever vårdpersonalens bemötande. Metod: En allmän litteraturstudie gjordes som baserades på 14 vetenskapliga artiklar. Resultat: Kvinnorna upplevde att vårdpersonalen inte vågade ställa frågan om partnervåld, dock hade de flesta positiva upplevelser av att vårdpersonalen satt ner och lyssnade på dem. Upplevelser av att integriteten och autonomin inte respekterades förkom och även att fokus låg på de fysiska skadorna och att det psykiska välbefinnandet glömdes bort. Diskussion: Diskussionen belyser fyra centrala fynd; att vårdpersonalen inte vågade ställa frågan, positiva bemötanden gällande att vårdpersonalen var närvarande och lyssnade på kvinnorna, att kvinnorna inte blev respekterade och tagna på allvar samt att kvinnornas psykiska välbefinnande glömdes bort. Slutsats: De flesta kvinnor som blivit utsatta för partnervåld upplevde att vårdpersonalen inte bemötte dem på det sätt de önskade och kvinnorna fick därmed inte den hjälp de var i behov av.
Introduction: Intimate partner violence (IPV) against women is a big public health problem and every year about 17 women die in Sweden as a consequence of this. When the women seek healthcare, there can be a unique opportunity to discover IPV. Aim: The aim was to describe how women subjected to IPV experience how they were handled by healthcare professionals (HCP). Method: An overview based on 14 scientific articles was made. Result: The women experienced that the HCP did not have the courage to question about IPV but they had positive experiences regarding that the HCP sat down and listened. The result also showed a lack of respect for the integrity and autonomy and that the HCP often only treated the injuries and forgot about their psychological well-being. Discussion: Four central findings were highlighted; the HCP do not have the courage to ask about IPV, positive handling regarding the HCP were presence and listened, the lack of respect and not to be taken seriously and that the psychological well-being was forgotten. Conclusion: Most of the women experienced that the HCP did not handle them in the way they wanted, which resulted in the women not getting the help they needed.
Brown, Niollie. "Professionals constructions of immigrant women who experience domestic violence". Thesis, University of East London, 2011. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.542288.
Pełny tekst źródłaVornanen, Juulia. "“How can we ensure that they get support?”: A qualitative study of professionals' experiences of cooperation and support for girls and young women exposed to honour-related oppression". Thesis, Mälardalens högskola, Akademin för hälsa, vård och välfärd, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-55186.
Pełny tekst źródłaJohansson, Alexander, i Evelina Stjerndorff. "Kvinnors upplevelser av omvårdnad efter att ha blivit utsatta för våld i nära relationer : En litteraturöversikt". Thesis, Högskolan i Skövde, Institutionen för hälsa och lärande, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:his:diva-16816.
Pełny tekst źródłaBackground: Violence against women is a major public health problem and creates a suffering on several levels and these women are in particular need of support. Healthcare professionals have an important role in meeting these women, where the whole person must be considered. Lack of knowledge and organizational shortcomings complicate the encounter with women who have been exposed to violence. Aim: The aim of this study was to describe women’s experiences of care whom been a victim of violence in close relationship. Method: Literature review where eleven qualitative articles were analyzed. Result: The result shows four main themes and two sub-themes. (1) Attitudes and treatment of healthcare professionals; the importance of time, exposed patient group. (2) The importance of healthcare professionals asking about violence. (3) Focus on symptoms. (4) Experiences of support and help. Conclusion: Healthcare professionals need more education, clear guidelines and support/supervision from the workplace. The relationship between healthcare professionals and the women needs to be characterized by a safe environment, trust and compassion.
Mialhe, Stéphanie. "Vécus de violences professionnelles et décompensation cancéreuse : Recherche en psychologie clinique". Electronic Thesis or Diss., Lyon 2, 2024. http://www.theses.fr/2024LYO20019.
Pełny tekst źródłaThe main aim of this research is to examine the possible links between cancer decompensation and work situations experienced as violent and traumatic. Based on her clinical experience in an onco-haematology department, and following a number of encounters with subjects who cited the professional sphere as the cause of their illness, the author wished to carry out more extensive and precise field investigations into this subject. The aim was to find out how many subjects were potentially 'work-sick', and to talk to them in order to identify the conscious and unconscious movements that, in their view, contributed to such a somatic situation, among other factors.The clinical interviews with twenty subjects, who were highly committed to their work, highlighted the effects of (ob)scenalisation of the unconscious scene on the professional scene, and the possible traumatic collision between these two scenes. Her theoretical hypotheses enabled the author to propose an understanding of these movements through the existence of an ego-pro linked to institutional envelopes - made up of the institution, the work organisation and the various groups to which the worker belongs - which would serve the subject's psychic and somatic equilibrium when his subjectivity unfolds at work. Conversely, when subjectivity is prevented, the author has shown how elements previously contained and/or metabolised can come back and echo the unbound elements of the amential unconscious, causing serious somatisation (the original and primary dysfiliation collapsing in a traumatic way with professional disaffiliation)
Kelly, Liz. "Women's experiences of sexual violence". Thesis, University of Essex, 1985. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.371181.
Pełny tekst źródłaNewham, Kate Josephine. "Complex, emotional and difficult : deconstructing the experiences of professionals in violent crime cases". Thesis, University of Salford, 2006. http://usir.salford.ac.uk/26833/.
Pełny tekst źródłaBracewell, Kelly Anne. "Teenagers' experiences of domestic violence refuges". Thesis, University of Central Lancashire, 2017. http://clok.uclan.ac.uk/20513/.
Pełny tekst źródłaBarter, Christine. "Researching young people's experiences of peer violence". Thesis, University of Bristol, 2013. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.633130.
Pełny tekst źródłaAbulaban, Hiam. "Undergraduate student nurses experiences of vertical violence". Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/45320.
Pełny tekst źródłaBrown, Eleanor. "Women and children's experiences of domestic violence". Thesis, University of Warwick, 2014. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/64308/.
Pełny tekst źródłaNtebe, Ntombenani Primrose. "Children's experiences and views on domestic violence". University of the Western Cape, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/5157.
Pełny tekst źródłaIn a country in which human rights feature prominently in our discourse about who we are, as well as in the South African constitutional and legal framework, so many wrongs continue to be perpetrated on women and children. However, children seem to be particularly affected by domestic violence, either physically, emotionally or socially. In order to adequately address these diverse experiences and understand what children say, an in-depth investigation into how children experience domestic violence, and what their views are, is required. The study will focus on those children who had been affected emotionally and socially in their homes. This study will make an attempt to expand on how children experience domestic violence, what the general reaction of a selected group of children, who have observed domestic violence, is and what their views of domestic violence are. Attention was given to the relevant literature as well to legislative and policy frameworks. The study employed a qualitative research method in order to obtain in-depth data from the children. Children were selected from three schools in a small Northern Cape town, which participated in the study and the schools were grouped as follows: one school from each area, which are Nonzwakazi, Sunrise and De Aar (town). Each high school had five participants. The participants‟ ages were between 12 and 17. All the participants reside at De Aar which is situated in Prixley kaSeme District about 300 kilometres from Kimberley, Northern Cape Province. Data was coded according to the themes that emerged from the study and were analysed. The results indicated that children are able to share their experiences when given the opportunity. It is further shown in the results that children view domestic violence as a wrong and that men are the sole abusers. It further indicated that children do not have confidence in the courts; they are of the view that the courts are being too lenient on the abusers and they further said that more protection orders should be issued in order to prevent domestic violence. They blame this on non-responsiveness of the police when they are called and the kind of punishments the courts impose when the abuser is brought before court.The majority of children expressed their wish to see justice being done. The study found that children are of the view that there is little support from the police and the courts. The study concluded that children, acting voluntarily and with appropriate ethical safeguards, can make a significant contribution to both describing their experiences of domestic violence, and to indicating the standard of services and other interventions that they can trust and use.
Ndikum, Charles M. "Perceptions of People's Experiences Regarding Gun Violence". ScholarWorks, 2018. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/5383.
Pełny tekst źródłaFarnan, Shantel. "Professional Collaboration Experiences| Perceptions of Novice Teachers". Thesis, University of Missouri - Columbia, 2017. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10629009.
Pełny tekst źródłaThere is a gap in the research regarding structured collaborative processes and experiences that draws a parallel to the disconnections discovered between what is needed to be a successful teacher candidate in the field and what is taught through coursework and the lack of authentic experiences in teacher preparation programs such as collaboration. This qualitative case study seeks to expand the extant research by understanding and identifying perceptions and comfort with collaboration, as well as its impact. The study outlined one universities approach to strive to meet the competencies for accreditation and prepare highly effective professional educators with a focus on collaboration. This qualitative case study investigated the perceptions of novice teachers regarding ways in which collaboration impacted them and their teaching experiences and examined the perceptions of these novice teachers and their comfort with collaboration during their induction period.
Jewitt, Natalie Anne. "Foster carers' experiences of multi-professional working". Thesis, University of Leeds, 2014. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/8059/.
Pełny tekst źródłaDe, Villiers Tania. "Violence among nurse learners : a descriptive study examining nurse learners' experiences of violence". Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/2944.
Pełny tekst źródłaKidd-Burton, Sarah Jane Morreau Lanny E. "Relationship between violent experiences and discipline problems in school". Normal, Ill. Illinois State University, 1996. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ilstu/fullcit?p9720809.
Pełny tekst źródłaTitle from title page screen, viewed May 30, 2006. Dissertation Committee: Lanny Morreau (chair), Kenneth H. Strand, William Tolone, Thomas Caldwell, Eddie Glenn. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 106-116) and abstract. Also available in print.
Barlas, J. "Family members' experiences of schizophrenic disorders and violence". Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2008. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1445993/.
Pełny tekst źródłaDu, Plessis Alfred Haupt. "Exploring secondary school educator experiences of school violence". Pretoria : [s.n.], 2009. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-06012009-172237.
Pełny tekst źródłaDu, Plessis Alfred Haupt. "Exploring secondary school educator experiences of school violence". Diss., University of Pretoria, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/25176.
Pełny tekst źródłaDissertation (MEd)--University of Pretoria, 2008.
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Mat, Saat Geshina. "A comparative study of experiences of violence in Malaysian and English hospitals". Thesis, Loughborough University, 2010. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/8418.
Pełny tekst źródłaMéndez, Mónica. "Experiences, attitudes and beliefs about interpersonal violence a study on Costa Rican adolescents /". Orlando, Fla. : University of Central Florida, 2008. http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/CFE0002105.
Pełny tekst źródłaRoberts, Anca. "Constructing leather : professional and consumer accounts and experiences". Thesis, University of Northampton, 2011. http://nectar.northampton.ac.uk/8879/.
Pełny tekst źródłaVail, Teresa M. "Teachers' professional development experiences: Implications for teaching practice". Scholarly Commons, 2011. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/28.
Pełny tekst źródłaMcHenry, Kristen L. "Allied Health Inter-professional Exploration & Education Experiences". Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2014. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/2544.
Pełny tekst źródłaHolman, Angela Rowe. "Family counselors' experiences with multiculturalism in professional practice". W&M ScholarWorks, 2006. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1550154091.
Pełny tekst źródłaTuchel, Barb. "Identified factors of school violence by professional high school counselors". Online version, 2001. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/2001/2001tuchelb.pdf.
Pełny tekst źródłaCherrington, Avivit Miriam. "Learners experiences of school violence in a rural school". Diss., University of Pretoria, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/25511.
Pełny tekst źródłaDissertation (MEd)--University of Pretoria, 2010.
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Cherrington, Avivit Miriam. "Learners' experiences of school violence in a rural school". Diss., University of Pretoria, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/25511.
Pełny tekst źródłaDissertation (MEd)--University of Pretoria, 2010.
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Rosenthal, Marina. "Close Quarters: College Women's Experiences of Campus Sexual Violence". Thesis, University of Oregon, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/1794/24172.
Pełny tekst źródłaTabil, Bernice Macaraeg. "Filipino-American perceptions of and experiences with domestic violence". CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2006. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/3173.
Pełny tekst źródłaBryant, Barbara Camille. "Therapists' Experiences of Domestic Violence Among African American Lesbians". ScholarWorks, 2018. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/4999.
Pełny tekst źródłaGillett, Rosalie. "Everyday violence: Women's experiences of intimate intrusions on Tinder". Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2019. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/131121/2/Rosalie_Gillett_Thesis.pdf.
Pełny tekst źródłaSanders, Courtney. "Examining the Relationship between Bullying Experiences, Parental Partner Violence, and Partner Violence in Young Adulthood". Thesis, University of North Texas, 2019. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1609103/.
Pełny tekst źródłaWalker, Samantha. "De-culturalising honour and violence : exploring 'victims' experiences of 'honour'-based violence in rural England". Thesis, Keele University, 2018. http://eprints.keele.ac.uk/4590/.
Pełny tekst źródłaSchlebusch-Marie, Linda. "Workplace violence among professional nurses in a private healthcare facility". Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/12801.
Pełny tekst źródłaWilliams, Michael Ray. "Navigating Conflicts Between Religious and Professional Values: Psychologists' Experiences". BYU ScholarsArchive, 2018. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/6933.
Pełny tekst źródłaWestenskow, Florencia. "Experiences in Professional Development Through Project-Based Language Learning". BYU ScholarsArchive, 2018. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/7047.
Pełny tekst źródłaKirkland, Veronica Monea. "Professional Counselors' Lived Experiences of Counseling Gender Diverse Clients". ScholarWorks, 2018. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/6053.
Pełny tekst źródłaDu, Cloux Kim E. "Professional Development Experiences of Southern California Elementary School Teachers". ScholarWorks, 2017. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/4361.
Pełny tekst źródłaHipp, Tracy N. "Sexual Minority Women's Experiences of Sexual Violence: A Phenomenological Inquiry". Digital Archive @ GSU, 2012. http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/psych_theses/99.
Pełny tekst źródłaClavesilla, Brooke J. "Intimate partner violence| Survivors' perceptions of experiences with social institutions". Thesis, California State University, Long Beach, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=1527906.
Pełny tekst źródłaThis study qualitatively explores women survivors of intimate partner violence and their perceptions of experiences with social institutions when seeking support. Specifically, this study explored their experiences with a) social service organizations, b) health care providers, c) law enforcement, and d) the judicial system, examining the differences between ethnic minorities and the dominant culture. While individual themes for helpful and unhelpful practices for service providers were identified for each institution, across all social institutions, common helpful practices included being resourceful and using an empowerment approach. Services that were considered unhelpful or influenced disclosure of abuse included lack of knowledge and understanding of how to serve survivors of intimate partner violence, victim-blaming, the fear of children being taken away, immigration status, indifference, and difficulty obtaining services. African American women reported being treated unfairly and community distrust.
Mcgregor, Kirsty. "Adolescent intimate partner violence : exploring the experiences of female survivors". Thesis, University of Manchester, 2018. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/adolescent-intimate-partner-violence-exploring-the-experiences-of-female-survivors(7ea7896c-40d5-472a-acdd-df8e621f3a3b).html.
Pełny tekst źródłaFlynn, Alison. "Experiences of shame, social rank and violence amongst male offenders". Thesis, University of East London, 2017. http://roar.uel.ac.uk/6406/.
Pełny tekst źródłaSlabbert, Ilse. "The experiences of low-income female survivors of domestic violence". Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/5233.
Pełny tekst źródłaENGLISH ABSTRACT: Domestic violence crosses all boundaries and is regarded as a universal challenge affecting women of all spheres of life. Domestic violence is seen as a serious social problem in South Africa. It is regarded by many researchers as a leading cause of female injury. Domestic violence can be described as an act by a member of a family against another member with intent to do physical injury, psychological or emotional harm, or an assault or a threat that reasonably places that member in fear of imminent physical injury or emotional harm. It has major consequences, not only for the abused woman, but also for her children and society at large. Many low-income women cannot escape their abusive circumstances due to a lack of resources. Despite the fact that they cannot leave their situation, many women display certain strengths, helping them to deal with their difficult situation. These women can be viewed as heroic, assertive and persistent. They are not victims, but active survivors. The social work profession could benefit from greater insight into the strengths and coping mechanisms of low-income female survivors of domestic violence. The goal of the study is to gain an understanding of low-income female survivors’ experience of domestic violence, focusing on their environmental resources (including family, friends and community) and on their coping mechanisms (inner resources/strengths). To achieve this goal, the objectives are: to present a theoretical overview of the nature and extent of domestic violence; to describe the environmental resources (such as family, friends and community) of low-income abused women from the ecological perspective; to explore the coping mechanisms (inner resources) of these women in terms of the principles of the strengths perspective; and to analyse and interpret the data obtained from the study. The research utilises an exploratory and descriptive design. The research question is, “What are the experience (environmental resources) and coping mechanisms (inner resources) of lowincome female survivors of domestic violence?” This question was addressed by means of qualitative research. Twenty participants took part in the study. Purposive and snowball sampling were used to select the participants. They were interviewed by the researcher, and the data obtained from the interviews were organised into themes. Five themes namely, the experience of domestic violence, low-income, resources, coping mechanisms and statutory intervention were identified. These themes were further divided into sub-themes and categories. Conclusions derived from the data included: domestic violence is a phenomenon that cuts across all racial, marital status or age boundaries; some low-income female survivors of domestic violence experience their situation as stressful; low-income is one of the determining factors preventing some abused women to leave their situation; resources play a significant part in the lives of some low-income abused women; certain strengths from some low-income battered women help them cope; and some abused low-income women do not find an Interim Protection Order (IPO) or the police to be helpful. The recommendations are that social workers should assess primary, secondary and tertiary intervention in dealing with domestic violence; the ecological and strengths perspectives combined would be helpful in assessing resources and coping mechanisms in low-income abused women and collaboration between social workers, the court and the police could help low-income abused women to use statutory services effectively.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Gesinsgeweld ken geen grense nie en word beskou as ’n universele bedreiging vir vroue uit alle sektore van die samelewing. Gesinsgeweld word beskou as ’n ernstige maatskaplike probleem in Suid-Afrika. Dit word deur baie navorsers beskou as ’n hoofoorsaak van vrouebeserings. Gesinsgeweld kan beskou word as ’n daad deur een lid van die gesin teen ’n ander wat gemik is op fisieke skade, sielkundige of emosionele teistering, of ’n aanval of ’n dreigement wat die lid van die gesin laat vrees vir fisieke beserings of emosionele skade. Dit het grootskaalse gevolge, nie net vir die mishandelde vrou nie, maar ook vir haar kinders en vir die breër gemeenskap. Baie lae-inkomste vroue kan nie uit hulle gewelddadige situasie ontsnap nie, vanweë beperkte bronne. Nieteenstaande die feit dat baie vroue nie hul huidige omstandighede kan ontkom nie, toon hulle sekere sterktes wat hulle help in hulle moeilike omstandighede. Hierdie vroue kan beskou word as heldinne wat nie tou opgooi nie. Hulle is nie slagoffers nie, maar oorleef aktief [Engels: “active survivors”]. Die maatskaplikewerkprofessie kan baat by groter insig in die sterktes en hanteringsvaardighede van lae-inkomste vroue wat gesinsgeweld oorleef. Die doel van die studie is om groter insig te verkry in lae-inkomste vroue se ervaring van gesinsgeweld, veral hulle omgewingsfaktore (insluitende familie, vriende en gemeenskap) en van hulle hanteringsmeganismes (innerlike bronne/sterktes). Om hierdie doel te bereik, is die doelwitte: om ’n teoretiese aanbieding van die aard en omvang van gesinsgeweld te gee; om die omgewingsbronne (soos familie, vriende en gemeenskap) van lae-inkomste mishandelde vroue te verduidelik; om die hanteringsmeganismes (innerlike bronne) van hierdie vroue te eksploreer in terme van die beginsels van die sterkte perspektief; en om die data van die studie te analiseer en te interpreteer. Die navorsingsontwerp is eksploratief-beskrywend van aard. Die navorsingsvraag lui soos volg: “Wat is die ervaring (omgewingsfaktore) en hanteringsmeganismes (innerlike bronne) van lae-inkomste vroue wat gesinsgeweld te bowe kom?” Die vraag is aangespreek deur middel van kwalitatiewe navorsing. Twintig deelnemers het deelgeneem aan die studie. Doelgerigte- en sneeubal steekproeftegnieke is gebruik om die deelnemers te verkry. Die navorser het met hulle onderhoude gevoer en die data wat verkry is, is georganiseer in temas. Vyf temas, naamlik die ervaring van gesinsgeweld; lae inkomste; bronne; hanteringsmeganismes; en statutêre intervensie is geïdentifiseer. Die temas is in subtemas en kategorieë onderverdeel. Gevolgtrekkings wat gemaak is uit die data is: gesinsgeweld is ’n verskynsel wat alle ras-, huwelikstatus- of ouderdomsgrense oorskry; sekere lae-inkomste vroulike oorwinnaars van gesinsgeweld ervaar hulle situasie as stresvol; hulpbronne speel ’n betekenisvolle rol in die lewens van sommige lae-inkomste mishandelde vroue; sekere sterktes van lae-inkomste mishandelde vroue help hulle om die situasie te hanteer; en sekere lae-inkomste, mishandelde vroue vind nie ’n Interim Beskermingsbevel (IB) of die polisie as hulpvaardig nie. Die aanbevelings is dat maatskaplike werkers primêre, sekondêre en tersiêre intervensie behoort te assesseer by gesinsgeweld; die ekologiese en sterktes perspektiewe behoort saam aangewend te word om die omgewingsbronne en hanteringsmeganismes van lae-inkomste mishandelde vroue te ondersoek; en samewerking tussen maatskaplike werkers, die hof en polisie kan lae-inkomste mishandelde vroue help om statutêre dienste beter te benut.