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
Recommended Citation
Estrellado, A. F., & Loh, J. I. (2014). Factors associated with battered Filipino women's decision to stay in or leave an abusive relationship. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 29 (4), 575-592. https://doi.org/10.1177/0886260513505709
Disciplines
Psychology
Keywords
Abused women--Philippines--Psychology; Abused women--Philippines--Social conditions
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