TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2000//
TI  - The Process of Recovery and Rebuilding among Abused Women in the Conservative Evangelical Subculture
JO  - Journal of family violence
A1  - Giesbrecht, Norman
A1  - Sevcik, Irene
SP  - 229
EP  - 248
VL  - 15
IS  - 3
N2  - This study utilized a naturalistic methodology to develop a grounded theory of the process of recovery and rebuilding among abused women situated in the conservative evangelical subculture. Among all the women, spirituality and church participation were an integral part of their identity and generated culture-specific issues that needed to be addressed in therapy. The women's faith functioned as a meaning-making framework that could either engender shame and guilt or inspire hope and empower transformative change. The church functioned as an extended family system that could minimize, deny, and enable abuse or provide much-needed social support, spiritual encouragement, and practical assistance. The recovery process required that these women rebuild their personal and spiritual identity, redefine their relationship with the religious community, and find ways of expressing their new identity within the religious subculture.   recovery - abused women - conservative evangelical subculture - spirituality.<p />
LA  - en
SN  - 0885-7482
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1007549401830
ID  - ref1
ER  -