Shelter workers' perceptions of battered women |
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Authors: | Karen M O'Brien Nancy L Murdock |
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Institution: | (1) Counseling Psychology, the University of Kansas, 116 Bailey hall, 66045 Lawrence, KS;(2) University of Missouri—Kansas City, USA |
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Abstract: | Research suggests that battered women vary in their perceptions about battering, and women holding certain causal explanations to external and stable causes are more likely to state that they want to leave the abusive situation than women holding internal and unstable attributions (Frieze, 1979). The present study addressed the impact of battered women's causal explanations for the violence in their lives on shelter workers' perceptions of their clients. The results partially confirmed the hypothesis that shelter workers would react more positively to battered women who attributed their battering to stable and external causes than battered women who attributed their battering to unstable and internal causes. The implications of the findings for counseling battered women are discussed. |
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