title: Outcomes associated with common and immigrant-group-specific responses to intimate terrorism.
abstract: The research for this article used available qualitative data from separate studies of South Asian-, Vietnamese-, and Hispanic-origin women victimized by intimate terrorism. Regardless of country of origin, period, or U.S. community, women used similar ways to cope. Consistent with perpetrators' misogynistic attitudes and aim of enforcing patriarchal expectations, many women responded to abuse from positions of powerlessness and fear. Instrumental help from family and friends and, depending on the group, advocacy agencies or counseling services assisted women in leaving men or stopping the abuse. Women used multiple coping strategies, often adding new approaches when those used initially failed.
authors.affiliation: South Dakota State University, Brookings, USA.
authors.forename: Julie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yingling
authors.affiliation: Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA morashm@msu.edu.
authors.forename: Merry
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Morash
authors.affiliation: Korean Institute of Criminology, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Juyoung
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Song
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D001208:Asia / Q000208:ethnology; D001290:Attitude; D018585:Battered Women / Q000523:psychology; D002489:Central America / Q000208:ethnology; D019548:Crime Victims / Q000523:psychology; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants / Q000523:psychology; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005239:Fear; D005260:Female; D006630:Hispanic or Latino; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D000066511:Intimate Partner Violence; D008297:Male; D008913:Minority Groups; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D063507:Sexism; D013179:Spouse Abuse / Q000208:ethnology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology; D023481:Terrorism; D014481:United States
keywords: cross-cultural comparison; domestic violence; intimate terrorism