@article{ref1,
title="Making meaning out of interpersonal victimization: the narratives of IPV survivors",
journal="Violence against women",
year="2015",
author="Lim, Ban Hong Phylice and Valdez, Christine E. and Lilly, Michelle M.",
volume="21",
number="9",
pages="1065-1086",
abstract="Research examining meaning-making in the aftermath of interpersonal victimization among women has been restricted by quantitative methods and a focus on single distressing event. Qualitative methods were used to inspect meaning-making cognitions among a community sample of IPV (intimate partner violence) survivors. Consensus coding resulted in eight categories of meaning-making. The most widely endorsed cognition was self-blaming. Other strategies included justification for the abuser, normalizing violence, attribution to karmic or godly intervention, minimization and social comparison, reappraisal/opportunity for growth, absence of a protective figure, and failure to make sense of abuse. Implications with respect to adaptiveness and intervention are discussed.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1077-8012",
doi="10.1177/1077801215590670",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1077801215590670"
}