Locus-of-hope and help-seeking intentions of Filipino women victims of intimate partner violence

College

College of Liberal Arts

Department/Unit

Psychology

Document Type

Article

Source Title

Current Psychology

Volume

36

Issue

1

First Page

66

Last Page

75

Publication Date

3-1-2017

Abstract

Correlates of help-seeking intentions of a sample of Filipino women victims of intimate partner violence were explored in this study, with a focus on the influence of locus-of-hope dimensions. Results indicated that self-esteem, most demographic and relationship factors were not systematically related to help-seeking intentions, but more educated battered women were less likely to seek help. As regards locus-of-hope dimensions, external-peer locus-of-hope positively predicted help-seeking intentions, whereas external-spiritual locus-of-hope negatively predicted help-seeking intentions. Results are discussed in terms of the psychological processes that guide decisions to seek help among battered women in the Philippines. © 2015, Springer Science+Business Media New York.

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Digitial Object Identifier (DOI)

10.1007/s12144-015-9385-z

Disciplines

Psychology

Keywords

Abused women--Philippines--Psychology; Help-seeking behavior--Philippines; Hope; Self-esteem

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