title: Negotiating Peril: The Lived Experience of Rural, Low-Income Women Exposed to IPV During Pregnancy and Postpartum.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA cjb4yw@virginia.edu.
authors.forename: Camille
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Burnett
authors.affiliation: University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA.
authors.forename: Donna
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Schminkey
authors.affiliation: Piedmont Virginia Community College, Charlottesville, USA.
authors.forename: Juliane
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Milburn
authors.affiliation: University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA.
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kastello
authors.affiliation: University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA.
authors.forename: Linda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bullock
authors.affiliation: Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.
authors.forename: Jacquelyn
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Campbell
authors.affiliation: Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.
authors.forename: Phyllis
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sharps
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D000066511:Intimate Partner Violence / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology; D017008:Negotiating / Q000523:psychology*; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care; D049590:Postpartum Period / Q000523:psychology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D037841:Pregnant People; D036301:Qualitative Research; D012307:Risk Factors; D012424:Rural Population; D012931:Social Environment; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: intimate partner violence; pregnancy; rural women