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ERIC Number: EJ1310169
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021
Pages: 15
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-1935-3308
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Intimate Partner Violence, Cultural Belief Systems, and Help-Seeking among African American and Jamaican Women in the United States
Powell Sears, Karen
Journal of Ethnographic & Qualitative Research, v15 n4 p300-314 Sum 2021
In the present study, I examined the cultural beliefs and norms that are associated with the help-seeking decisions of abused Black Jamaican and African American women in the United States. I conducted in-depth interviews with 21 women residing in the northeastern and southeastern United States. Thematic analyses revealed that among both groups of women, cultural beliefs were linked to preferences for informal help-seeking from friends and family members rather than help-seeking from formal sources. Jamaican and African American women expressed similar help-seeking related beliefs in collectivism and spiritual decision-making and different beliefs about normative privacy, Black superwoman strength, and cultural tolerance of abuse. The present study's findings have implications for the provision of culturally relevant intimate partner violence (IPV) interventions for diverse Black women in the United States.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United States; Jamaica
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