WHAT IT WAS WONT BE ANYMORE - REACHING THE TURNING-POINT IN COPING WITH INTIMATE VIOLENCE

Authors
EISIKOVITS Z BUCHBINDER E MOR M
Citation
Z. Eisikovits et al., WHAT IT WAS WONT BE ANYMORE - REACHING THE TURNING-POINT IN COPING WITH INTIMATE VIOLENCE, Affilia, 13(4), 1998, pp. 411-434
Citations number
64
Categorie Soggetti
Women s Studies","Social Work
Journal title
Affilia → ACNP
ISSN journal
08861099
Volume
13
Issue
4
Year of publication
1998
Pages
411 - 434
Database
ISI
SICI code
0886-1099(1998)13:4<411:WIWWBA>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
This article presents a study of the experiences of 20 battered Israel i women in the process of reaching the turning point in their experien ce of abuse-the point at which they refused to live with violence and took active steps to stop if while living with the perpetrators. The p rocess needs to be understood as a series of losses on the personal an d interpersonal levels that, taken together, lead to a total change in the women's meaning systems.