Factors associated with battered Filipino women's decision to stay in or leave an abusive relationship

College

Br. Andrew Gonzalez FSC College of Education

Department/Unit

Counseling and Educational Psychology

Document Type

Article

Source Title

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Volume

29

Issue

4

First Page

575

Last Page

592

Publication Date

3-1-2014

Abstract

There is a dearth of research on battered Filipino women's stay or leave decision-making process. The present study interviewed 40 battered women in the Philippines to explore factors associated with their decisions to stay or leave their husbands or partners. Results revealed that (a) battered women's decision to stay was associated with intrapersonal and interpersonal factors such as personality characteristics, lack of personal resources, absence of social support, presence of children, length of relationship, and sociocultural factors and (b) battered women's decision to leave their abusive partners was associated with factors such as personality characteristics, personal resources, social support, nature of abuse, and spousal factors. Implications for research and practice were discussed. © The Author(s) 2013.

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Digitial Object Identifier (DOI)

10.1177/0886260513505709

Disciplines

Psychology

Keywords

Abused women--Philippines--Psychology; Abused women--Philippines--Social conditions

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