@article{ref1,
title="Exploring coping strategies among older women who have experienced intimate partner violence during COVID-19",
journal="Violence against women",
year="2023",
author="Safar, Christina and Jackson, Kimberley T. and Irwin, Jennifer D. and Mantler, Tara",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="This interpretive description study explored coping among older women in Ontario experiencing intimate partner violence (IPV) during COVID-19. Twelve in-depth interviews with older women found age-related normative beliefs played a role in how older women viewed their lives and how they looked beyond their experiences of IPV. Their roles as caretakers and homemakers influenced their response to IPV, and COVID-19 exacerbated feelings of lost time and loneliness. Coping strategies consisted of social support, including telephone formal services and physical activities. Women expressed a lack of appropriate services and financial limitations as barriers. They identified the need for age-appropriate services that acknowledge their unique experiences.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1077-8012",
doi="10.1177/10778012231188086",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/10778012231188086"
}