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PERSPECTIVES IN PSYCHIATRIC CARE
Volume 42, Issue 2, Pages 114-129Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-6163.2006.00059.x
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physically disabled women; women with disabilities; intimate partner violence; partner abuse
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PROBLEM. Physically disabled women are a population at significant risk for intimate partner violence. METHOD. This study used a qualitative research design to address the abuse experience of physically disabled women. FINDINGS. The participants identified multiple incidences of abuse, focusing on how the abuse began, proceeded, and terminated. A model was constructed to depict the abuse experience. The progression of abuse triggers, responses of the women, the abuse episode, the after-effects, and the slow return to usual routines were identified. CONCLUSIONS. A model, which is different from Walker's Cycle of Violence (Walker, 1979; 2000), was constructed to demonstrate the journey of women with disabilities through the abuse.
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