TY - JOUR
PY - 2014//
TI - An interactional perspective on coping with intimate partner violence: counterattack, call for help, or give in and obey him?
JO - Journal of aggression, maltreatment and trauma
A1 - Vatnar, Solveig Karin Bø
A1 - Bjørkly, Stål
SP - 881
EP - 900
VL - 23
IS - 9
N2 - This research reports on an investigation of if and how help-seeking women perceived that they had coped in intimate partner violence situations. Within a cross-sectional design, a representative sample of 157 help-seeking women in Norway was interviewed. Multivariate logistic regression analysis was conducted.
RESULTS indicated that exposure to psychological, physical, and sexual intimate partner violence, respectively, did elicit different coping strategies in one and the same woman. There were also significant differences between women who perceived they had effective coping strategies and those who did not. This research suggests that a multivariate design within an interactional perspective could inform and enhance our understanding of coping strategies in intimate partner violence situations as complex, heterogeneous, and dynamic phenomena.