Citation

Kane KE. Violence Against Women 2006; 12(5): 501-518.

Affiliation

Oasis Womens Counseling Center, Birmingham, Alabama, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2006, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1077801206288177

PMID

16617173

Abstract

An existential-phenomenological methodology was utilized to investigate the experience of meditation for female survivors of intimate partner violence. Six coresearchers were taught a form of concentrative meditation and were asked to meditate daily and to attend a weekly group meditation for 6 weeks. Semistructured interviews were utilized to gather the data. The essence of the experience that was revealed was the emergence of a centered awareness that is distinctly different from the usual mode of being in the world. Findings suggest the value of meditation as an intervention strategy with survivors and demonstrate the need for further research in this area.

Language: en