TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2018//
TI  - Battered women in Orthodox communities in Israel: social support, posttraumatic stress symptoms, and coping styles
JO  - Journal of ethnicity in criminal justice
A1  - Bitton, Mally Shechory
SP  - 292
EP  - 308
VL  - 16
IS  - 4
N2  - The purpose of this study was to assess the association between family and social support, posttraumatic stress (PTS) symptoms, and coping styles among ultra-Orthodox Jewish battered women (BW) who chose to flee to a shelter. In all, 88 women took part in the study. Positive correlations were found between appealing to friends, shelter staff, professionals, or neighbors for help in stressful situations and the use of problem-focused coping. Positive correlations were also found between appealing to professionals for help in stressful situations and PTS symptoms and routine functioning difficulties. In addition, a positive correlation was found between PTS symptoms and emotion-focused coping. The findings indicate the resemblance between BW in Jewish ultra-Orthodox society and BW in Western society in general.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1537-7938
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15377938.2015.1015198
ID  - ref1
ER  -