Strength and vulnerability: spirituality in abused American Muslim women's lives.
Strength and vulnerability: spirituality in abused American Muslim women's lives.
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DOI：
10.1080/01612840305324
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发表时间：
2003-09-01
影响因子：
2.1
通讯作者：
Hassouneh-Phillips, Dena
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作者：
Hassouneh-Phillips, Dena
人们普遍认识到灵性对于个人处理创伤和从创伤中恢复的重要性。尽管承认了这一点，但关于灵性对亲密伴侣暴力中幸存下来的妇女的虐待经历的影响的信息很少。本文通过考察灵性对美国穆斯林妇女虐待经历的影响，开始修正这一知识鸿沟。美国穆斯林妇女是一个庞大且不断增长的人口。这项定性研究的结果表明，灵性为参与者提供了应对持续不断的暴力的重要手段，同时在许多情况下也造成了安全障碍。这些发现强调了灵性在美国穆斯林妇女对IPV的反应中可能扮演的既有力量又有弱点的复杂角色。
The importance of spirituality for individuals coping with and recovering from trauma has been widely recognized. Despite this recognition, little information is available addressing the influence of spirituality on the abuse experiences of women surviving intimate partner violence (IPV). This paper begins to amend this gap in knowledge by examining the influence of spirituality on the abuse experiences of American Muslim women, a large and growing population. Findings from this qualitative study indicate that spirituality provided participants with an important means of coping with ongoing violence while in many instances also creating barriers to safety. These findings underscore the complex role spirituality may play as a source of both strength and vulnerability in American Muslim women's response to IPV.