Negotiating Peril: The Lived Experience of Rural, Low-Income Women Exposed to IPV During Pregnancy and Postpartum

Camille Burnett; Donna Schminkey; Juliane Milburn; Jennifer Kastello; Linda Bullock; Jacquelyn Campbell; Phyllis Sharps

doi:10.1177/1077801215614972

Negotiating Peril: The Lived Experience of Rural, Low-Income Women Exposed to IPV During Pregnancy and Postpartum

Camille Burnett, Donna Schminkey, Juliane Milburn, Jennifer Kastello, Linda Bullock, Jacquelyn Campbell, Phyllis Sharps

School of Nursing

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This qualitative study of 10 rural women examines their lived experience of intimate partner violence during pregnancy and the first 2 postpartum years. In-depth interviews occurred during pregnancy and 4 times postpartum. A Heideggerian approach revealed “negotiating peril” as the overarching theme; sub-themes were unstable environment, adaptive calibration, primacy of motherhood, and numb acceptance. Some incremental shifts in severity of abusive situations were observed. Results elucidate the ambivalence with which these women view institutions that are designed to help them. Findings highlight factors that may explain why interventions designed to help often do not appear efficacious in facilitating complete termination of an abusive situation.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	943-965
Number of pages	23
Journal	Violence Against Women
Volume	22
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/1077801215614972
State	Published - Jul 1 2016

Keywords

intimate partner violence
pregnancy
rural women

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Gender Studies
Sociology and Political Science
Law

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