Turnings and adaptations in resilient daughters of battered women.
OBJECTIVE
To examine the major life-turning points and adaptations of adult daughters of battered women, as a means of describing the dynamic of resilience in daughters of battered women.


METHODS
A convenience sample of 10 community-based adult daughters of battered women in 1995.


METHODS
Two unstructured, tape-recorded life history interviews lasting 3-5 hours each and an investigator-developed self-report of significant life events.


RESULTS
Seven major turnings and six adaptations were identified and described.


CONCLUSIONS
The findings indicate that these resilient adult daughters of battered women were able to experience formidable life events and to overcome them, but not without suffering. The women's adaptations resulted from a confluence of individual and environmental characteristics that are amenable to nursing interventions.
Humphreys
J C
JC
Department of Family Health Care Nursing, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143-0606, USA. janice.humphreys@nursing.ucsf.edu
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D018585:Battered Women; D002648:Child; D002669:Child Welfare; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008016:Life Change Events; D009679:Nuclear Family / Q000523:psychology*; D012495:San Francisco