RT Article
T1 Meaning Attribution to Intimate Partner Violence by Counselors Who Support Women With Intimate Partner Violence Experiences in Greece
JF Journal of interpersonal violence
VO 36
IS 13/14
SP 6578
OP 6595
A1 Argyroudi, Anthi
A2 Flora, Katerina
LA English
YR 2021
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1760355569
AB The present study refers to the meaning attributed to intimate partner violence by counselors supporting women who have experienced abuse and seek for help. The main focus of the study is the investigation of the effect of the counselors’ work experience in changing the meaning of intimate partner violence. The research involved 10 counselors working in social services (counseling centers and shelter services), in Greece, who support women who have suffered intimate partner violence in their relationships. The research data were collected through semi-structured interviews, and their analysis followed the interpretative phenomenological method. The qualitative analysis of the interviews showed that the counselors’ work experience broadens the meaning of intimate partner violence. The broadened definition of intimate partner violence seems to affect simultaneously the counselors’ sense of (their) vulnerability to violence.
K1 Battered Women
K1 Counseling
K1 Intimate Partner Violence
DO 10.1177/0886260518819877