Patricia Bell-Scott
Biographic Data
| ID | 1476761 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Patricia Bell-Scott |
| GIVEN NAMES | Patricia |
| FAMILY NAME | Bell-Scott |
| SIGNATURE | BELL-SCOTT P |
| AFFILIATIONS | b Family Development and Women's Studies and Adjunct Professor of Psychology , University of Georgia , Athens |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1982 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Korean Immigrant Women's Journey from Abused Wives to Self-Reliant Women
This qualitative study examined Korean immigrant women's experience of marital abuse and post-divorce adjustment. This study aimed to explore the lives of Korean immigrant women who are underrepresented among minorities, to examine cultural and institutional factors which play key roles in Korean immigrant women's decision to leave abusive relationships, and to move beyond the general question of “Why do they stay?” to “How do they survive?” Kore…
Grounding Our Feet and Hearts
This qualitative study investigated the decision-making processes and coping strategies that six heterosexual Black college women used to terminate psychologically abusive dating relationships. Leaving was a four-stage process: (a) assessment of the relationship; (b) separation from the abusive partner; (c) reestablishment of social networks; and (d) declaration of self-empowerment. Coping strategies included self-healing resources. Intervention …
Flat-Footed Truths
To Keep My Self-Respect
Black women's struggle for self-respect and personal autonomy on the college campus is a long-standing one.' Sexual harassment, defined in 1981 by the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights as verbal or physical contact of a sexual nature imposed on the basis of sex, by an employee or agent of a school (Sexual Harassment 3), has been a fact of life for many Black coeds. Yet rarely have they brought formal charges against those who v…
In the Company of Educated Women
All the women are White, all the Blacks are men, but some of us are brave
Grounding Our Feet and Hearts
This qualitative study investigated the decision-making processes and coping strategies that six heterosexual Black college women used to terminate psychologically abusive dating relationships. Leaving was a four-stage process: (a) assessment of the relationship; (b) separation from the abusive partner; (c) reestablishment of social networks; and (d) declaration of self-empowerment. Coping strategies included self-healing resources. Intervention …
Korean Immigrant Women's Journey from Abused Wives to Self-Reliant Women
This qualitative study examined Korean immigrant women's experience of marital abuse and post-divorce adjustment. This study aimed to explore the lives of Korean immigrant women who are underrepresented among minorities, to examine cultural and institutional factors which play key roles in Korean immigrant women's decision to leave abusive relationships, and to move beyond the general question of “Why do they stay?” to “How do they survive?” Kore…
All the women are White, all the Blacks are men, but some of us are brave
In the Company of Educated Women
To Keep My Self-Respect
Black women's struggle for self-respect and personal autonomy on the college campus is a long-standing one.' Sexual harassment, defined in 1981 by the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights as verbal or physical contact of a sexual nature imposed on the basis of sex, by an employee or agent of a school (Sexual Harassment 3), has been a fact of life for many Black coeds. Yet rarely have they brought formal charges against those who v…
Flat-Footed Truths
Grounding Our Feet and Hearts
This qualitative study investigated the decision-making processes and coping strategies that six heterosexual Black college women used to terminate psychologically abusive dating relationships. Leaving was a four-stage process: (a) assessment of the relationship; (b) separation from the abusive partner; (c) reestablishment of social networks; and (d) declaration of self-empowerment. Coping strategies included self-healing resources. Intervention …
Korean Immigrant Women's Journey from Abused Wives to Self-Reliant Women
This qualitative study examined Korean immigrant women's experience of marital abuse and post-divorce adjustment. This study aimed to explore the lives of Korean immigrant women who are underrepresented among minorities, to examine cultural and institutional factors which play key roles in Korean immigrant women's decision to leave abusive relationships, and to move beyond the general question of “Why do they stay?” to “How do they survive?” Kore…
Gender Studies (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Political science (4 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Abusive relationship (2 works) · African American women (2 works) · Domestic violence (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Intimate Partner and Family Violence (2 works) · Law (2 works)