Recovery Experiences of Taiwanese Women After Terminating Abusive Relationships: A Phenomenology Study

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 157-175

  Hou, Wen Li ^a,b   Ko, Nai Ying ^a   Shu, Bih Ching ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b MEIHO UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

abused women; intimate partner violence; phenomenology; reconstructing the self

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COUNSELING; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LITERATURE; METHODOLOGY; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUALITY; TAIWAN; VICTIM; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; ANECDOTES AS TOPIC; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COERCION; COUNSELING; CRIME VICTIMS; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SPOUSE ABUSE; TAIWAN; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870856808     PISSN: 08862605     EISSN: 15526518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0886260512448851     Document Type: Article

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