title: How much subjectivity is needed to understand our lives objectively?
abstract: The author provides afirst-person account, based on diaries and reminiscences, of a woman living in an abusive relationship. Using parallel texts, she juxtaposes the experience of spousal abuse against information derived from research literature and raises questions concerning objectivity in scholarship.
authors.forename: Shelly
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Carter
mesh_terms: D018585:Battered Women / Q000523:psychology*; D002170:Canada; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D033262:Narration; D036301:Qualitative Research; D013179:Spouse Abuse / Q000523:psychology