Responding to mixed messages and double binds: Religious oriented coping strategies of christian battered women

Journal of Religion and Abuse

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 29-53

  Knickmeyer, Nicole ^a   Levitt, Heidi M ^a   Horne, Sharon G ^a   Bayer, Gary ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Battered women; Christianity; Coping; Domestic violence; Faith leaders; Intimate partner violence; Liberation; Qualitative methodology; Religion

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847300375     PISSN: 15211037     EISSN: 15239179     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J154v05n02_03     Document Type: Article

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