Women’s everyday resistance to intimate partner violence : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for a Master of Science in Health Psychology at Massey University, Aotearoa

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Women’s everyday resistance to intimate partner violence : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for a Master of Science in Health Psychology at Massey University, Aotearoa

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Massey University

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Massey Research Online

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Aotearoa’s rate of reported intimate partner violence (IPV) is among the highest in the OECD. Surviving IPV requires considerable strength and resilience. There is a large body of work exploring women’s resistance to violence. However, this is often framed within a victim and agent dichotomy, which can obscure the variability of women’s everyday experiences. In addition to understanding the more overt forms of resistance women enact against IPV, there is a need to focus on the everyday ways i...

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Research paper

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Thesis

Thesis level

Masters

Date created

2018

Creator

Black, Alice

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https://hdl.handle.net/10179/14635

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Intimate partner violence / New Zealand / Abused women / Attitudes / Mental health / Adjustment (Psychology) / Self-management (Psychology) / Women / Conduct of life / Feminist theory / Te Whakaruruhau Māori Women's Refuge

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