@article{ref1,
title="Intimate partner violence survivors' perspectives on coping with family court processes",
journal="Violence against women",
year="2023",
author="Bradshaw, Julia and Gutowski, Ellen R. and Nyenyezi, Kashoro",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="Although intimate partner violence (IPV)-exposed mothers report distress during family court proceedings, no known research examines what helps them cope. We analyzed qualitative responses from 214 IPV-exposed mothers to the question of who/what helped during family court. Participants described (a) receiving social support, (b) accessing tools and resources, (c) modifying actions, thoughts, and emotions to adapt to a system that is not trauma-informed, (d) being believed/validated, and (e) managing post-separation family life as helpful. Participants also reported (f) barriers to navigating family law proceedings; a few expressed nothing helped. <br><br>FINDINGS support a trauma-informed, network-oriented approach to supporting family court-involved survivor mothers.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1077-8012",
doi="10.1177/10778012231205586",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/10778012231205586"
}