作者: Judy C. Chang , Diane Dado , Lynn Hawker , Patricia A. Cluss , Raquel Buranosky
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摘要: Abstract Objective: When counseling women experiencing intimate partner violence (IPV), healthcare providers can benefit from understanding the factors contributing to a women's motivation change her situation. We wished examine various and situations associated with turning points seeking in IPV Methods: performed qualitative analysis on data 7 focus groups 20 individual interviews (61 participants) past and/or current histories of IPV. Results: The identified fell into 5 major themes: (1) protecting others abuse/abuser; (2) increased severity/humiliation abuse; (3) awareness options/access support resources; (4) fatigue/recognition that abuser was not going change; (5) betrayal/infidelity. Conclusions: Women identify specific events constituting or catalyst their These a...