Understanding Resistance Among Survivors of Domestic Violence and Abuse

A Co-Produced Study in the United Kingdom

Bibliographic Data

ID7178592
AuthorsLucille Kelsall-Knight (0000-0002-8920-8179, University of Birmingham, corresponding author), Jacky Mulveen ((WE:ARE) Domestic Violence Service, Birmingham, UK), Anna Clarke (0000-0003-0693-0340, University of Birmingham), Martin W Cripps (University of Birmingham), Molly Cripps (University of Birmingham), Caroline Bradbury-Jones (0000-0002-5237-6777, University of Birmingham)
Year2025
Volume32
Issue2
Pages417-434
Publication date2025-01-12
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueViolence Against Women (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1077-8012 • E-ISSN: 1552-8448
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/10778012241309366
PMID39800919
OpenAlexW4406299374
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited28

Domestic violence and abuse (DVA) is a global problem that affects approximately one in four women in their lifetime. An area of unexplored research is how women use a range of strategies to honor resistance, manage the risk, avoid abuse, and cope with the pain of DVA. Art-based methodology and interpretative phenomenological analysis approaches were used which determined seven strategies employed by women in order to survive DVA: apparent compliance; maintaining a sense of self; knowing boundaries; keeping hope in sight; imagining freedom; degrees of rebellion; and denial. This created a conceptual model for understanding DVA survivorship (The SEED Model

Criminology · Denial · Domestic violence · Environmental health · Honor · Internet privacy · Poison control · Psychotherapist · Resistance (ecology · Suicide prevention · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics · Computer Science · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Human Factors and Ergonomics · Intimate Partner and Family Violence · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology

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