Growing Up with Intimate Partner Violence at Home: Adolescents’ Narratives on Their Coping Strategies

This chapter focuses on the resilience and coping strategies of transgender intimate partner violence (IPV) survivors, as well as the complex factors that prevent them from leaving abusive relationships. Extensive barriers to help seeking play a significant role in determining whether survivors choose to stay or leave. Some barriers are similar to those experienced by cisgender IPV survivors, while others are unique to transgender survivors. This chapter also suggests new empirical and theoretical directions in transgender IPV research and dispels the myth of the willing transgender victim.

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Coping strategies among immigrant women who have experienced intimate partner violence in North America: A narrative review

Aggression and Violent Behavior ◽

10.1016/j.avb.2019.06.001 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 48 ◽

pp. 17-23

Author(s):

Burcu Ozturk ◽

Qingyi Li ◽

David L. Albright

Keyword(s):

Intimate Partner Violence ◽

North America ◽

Coping Strategies ◽

Partner Violence ◽

Immigrant Women ◽

Intimate Partner ◽

Narrative Review

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Coping Strategies Adopted by Women Who Experienced Intimate Partner Violence in the Context of Social Norms in Rural Areas in Zimbabwe

Journal of Interpersonal Violence ◽

10.1177/0886260520943734 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 088626052094373

Author(s):

Cyndirela Chadambuka

Keyword(s):

Intimate Partner Violence ◽

Social Norms ◽

Coping Strategies ◽

Rural Women ◽

Rural Areas ◽

Partner Violence ◽

Coping Behavior ◽

Intimate Partner ◽

Research Approach ◽

Starting Point

Intimate partner violence (IPV) has detrimental effects on the welfare of women. Research on the coping strategies employed by rural women in Zimbabwe is notably lacking, despite the fact that the majority of Zimbabwean women reside in rural areas. Therefore, this study sought to explore the strategies that women in rural areas used to manage and cope with IPV. The study adopted a qualitative research approach, and participants were recruited through the purposive sampling method in Chimanimani Rural District, Eastern Highlands, Zimbabwe. Face-to-face interviews using a narrative approach were conducted with 25 women between 19 and 49 years and seven key informants. The 25 women consisted of women who had left abusive relationships and were selected on the basis that they should have experienced IPV in their former relationships. Current IPV victims were excluded from the study. All the interviews were recorded, with participants’ consent, to avoid loss of data. Data was analyzed by the author and an additional independent data analyst using thematic analysis. Findings from this study revealed that social norms influenced participants’ covert coping behavior, which include acceptance of abuse and prayer. There is need to strengthen the existing coping strategies that are utilized by women as these could be the starting point for intervention efforts. This is important as it enables practitioners to develop context-specific and context-driven intervention strategies that will effectively serve the victims in their distinctive situation(s).

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Do Differing Types of Victimization and Coping Strategies Influence the Type of Social Reactions Experienced by Current Victims of Intimate Partner Violence?

Violence Against Women ◽

10.1177/1077801210370027 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 16 (6) ◽

pp. 638-657 ◽

Cited By ~ 40

Author(s):

Tami P. Sullivan ◽

Jennifer A. Schroeder ◽

Desreen N. Dudley ◽

Julia M. Dixon

Keyword(s):

Intimate Partner Violence ◽

Coping Strategies ◽

Partner Violence ◽

Intimate Partner ◽

Social Reactions ◽

And Coping

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Coping strategies available for women living with HIV/AIDS experiencing intimate partner violence in the Singida region, Tanzania

International Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health ◽

10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20211966 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 8 (6) ◽

pp. 2658

Author(s):

Agnes L. Kosia ◽

Gasto Frumence ◽

Tumaini Nyamhanga ◽

Ave Maria Semakafu ◽

Deodatus Kakoko

Keyword(s):

Intimate Partner Violence ◽

Coping Strategies ◽

Support Groups ◽

Partner Violence ◽

Intimate Partner ◽

Coping Mechanisms ◽

Major Public Health Problem ◽

Women Living With Hiv ◽

Living With Hiv ◽

Hiv Aids

Background: Intimate partner violence is a major public health problem in Tanzania, yet little is known about the coping strategies among women living with HIV/AIDS who experiencing IPV. The objective of the study was to explore the coping strategies employed by women living with HIV/AIDS experiencing IPV who attended care and treatment services in the Singida region.Methods: A qualitative phenomenology study design was performed in which data were collected through in-depth interviews with 35 women living with HIV/AIDS who also experienced IPV. Content analysis was used to analyse the data.Results: We found that women living with HIV/AIDS experienced IPV used family members, such as their mothers, sisters, and brothers as a coping mechanism to express their pains. Spiritual leaders counselled them spiritually and psychologically and they were advised on how to live with their violent partners. Other coping mechanisms included reporting to the police and the legal system, and the use of support groups. Through support groups, they obtained relief from depression, loneliness, isolation, stigma and discrimination.Conclusions: This study concludes that coping mechanisms helped women living with HIV/AIDS to reduce the stress associated with HIV/AIDS and intimate partner violence. The government of Tanzania should strengthen policies related to IPV and HIV/AIDS among all women in Tanzania. Moreover, local government authorities should build safe homes for all survivors of intimate partner violence throughout the country.

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