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Psychological stress, cognitive appraisals, coping strategies and emotional states of abused Chinese womenLam, Ching-yee, 林靜宜 January 2014 (has links)
Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a complex phenomenon of abusive partners’ behavior and is a serious public health problem that affects women’s health. It includes physical assaults, psychological aggressions, sexual abuse, and controlling behavior. Over the years, IPV was thought to be associated with chronic psychological stress. Although Chinese women have been shown using a variety of strategies to appraise, as well as cope with their abuse experience, not much is known about the relationships among psychological stress, appraisal of IPV as a stressor, coping strategies and emotional states in abused Chinese women.
This study aimed (a) to differentiate women’s cognitive appraisal of IPV as a “threat” or a “challenge”; (b) to examine the relationship among women’s cognitive appraisals, coping strategies and emotional states; (c) to investigate the effect of cognitive appraisal and coping strategies on the relationship between IPV severity and emotional states.
A cross-sectional, quantitative study was conducted. A total of 200 abused and 100 non-abused community-dwelling Chinese women aged 18 or above were recruited via poster advertisements in community centers and domestic violence support agencies in Hong Kong for this study. Participants were interviewed using a questionnaire to elicit their violence experience, cognitive appraisal, coping strategies, psychosocial readiness, social stress, self-efficacy and emotional states.
Among the abused women group, 23.3% and 34.7% of them appraised IPV as a “threat” and “challenge” respectively, while 11.4% reported the co-existence of “threat” and “challenge” appraisal. Although abused women used a variety of coping strategies to cope with partner’ abusive behavior, however, their efforts were perceived as somewhat helpful. A proposed model, conceptualized from the transactional model of stress and coping, the stress process model and the psychosocial readiness model, was tested using structural equation modeling. It revealed that violence severity had a significant impact on women’s adaptational outcomes, i.e. emotional states in terms of psychological symptoms and distress intensity, and self-efficacy. This relationship was significantly mediated by cognitive appraisal and coping strategies. The psychosocial readiness of abused women was also found as a crucial mediator in the relationship of violence severity and coping strategies. Besides, a significant indirect effect of social stress on the relationship between IPV severity and adaptational outcomes was observed. Furthermore, financial difficulties had a significant effect on cognitive appraisal of abused women. It indicated that an increase in financial difficulties therefore increased the threat appraisal of abused women and in turns affecting their coping strategies and adaptational outcomes. However, immigration status had no effect on cognitive appraisal, psychosocial readiness, coping strategies social stress and outcomes among Chinese abused women.
This study identified the mediating effects of cognitive appraisal and coping strategies on abused women’s self-efficacy and emotional states. The findings of this study advanced the current knowledge of cognitive appraisal and coping in women survivors of IPV. Intervention focus on coping may be effective in buffering the violence-related psychological stress and, special attention shall be paid to the psychosocial readiness of abused Chinese women to facilitate the effectiveness of coping strategies. / published_or_final_version / Nursing Studies / Master / Master of Philosophy
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Applying Fishbein's theory of reasoned action to assess intention to leave abusive relationshipsClancey To, Ling-chu, Edith., 屠凌珠. January 1993 (has links)
published_or_final_version / Social Work / Master / Master of Social Work
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Nurses' attitudes towards abused women in an Accident and Emergency Department in Hong KongHui, Pui-yan, 許佩欣 January 2006 (has links)
published_or_final_version / Nursing Studies / Master / Master of Nursing in Advanced Practice
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從被虐婦女事件再思基督宗教在私人領域中的性別角色. / Theological reflection in violence against women of gender role in private sphere / Cong bei nuë fu nü shi jian zai si Judu zong jiao zai si ren ling yu zhong de xing bie jiao se.January 2003 (has links)
余仲虹. / "2003年4月30日" / 論文 (神道學碩士)--香港中文大學, 2003. / 參考文獻 (leaves 39-43) / 附中英文摘要. / "2003 nian 4 yue 30 ri" / Yu Zhonghong. / Lun wen (shen dao xue shuo shi)--Xianggang Zhong wen da xue, 2003. / Can kao wen xian (leaves 39-43) / Fu Zhong Ying wen zhai yao. / 引言 --- p.1 / Chapter 第一章: --- 鳥瞰香港被虐婦女的情況 --- p.3 / Chapter 第二章: --- 社會建構對兩性等級性關係的認可 --- p.12 / Chapter 第三章: --- 基督宗教是釋放者抑或共犯 --- p.21 / Chapter 第四章: --- 從「正確關係」(Right Relation)的神學探索 --- p.28 / 總結 --- p.38 / 參考書目 --- p.39
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The aftermath of abuse: how abused women in Hong Kong reconstruct their identities in a mutual help center.January 2004 (has links)
Hui Sio Ieng. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2004. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 154-167). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Abstract --- p.i / Acknowledgement --- p.iv / Chapter Chapter 1: --- "Introduction The Narrative Identities Of Abused Women In Hong Kong ´ؤHow Do They Articulate Their Past, Present, and Future?" --- p.1 / Literature Review / A Few Words about Myself and AH / Methodology / Organization of The Thesis / Chapter Chapter 2: --- What Is Special About AH? ´ؤUnderstanding AH In The Context Of the Larger Hong Kong Society --- p.32 / The Cultural Expectation And Status of Hong Kong Women / The Cultural Image And Social Position Of Abused Women in Hong Kong / About AH / Conclusion / Chapter Chapter 3: --- How does AH Resocialize Its Members? ´ؤThree Levels Of Identity Reconstruction In AH --- p.60 / Hiu Man's Story / Mandy's Story / Analysis / Conclusion / Chapter Chapter 4: --- "How Members Accept, Contest Or Reject AH's Ideology?" --- p.89 / Ah Wai's Story / Ah Yee's Story / Analysis / Conclusion / Chapter Chapter 5: --- Social Relationships In AH --- p.110 / The Ideal Social Structure And Ideological Milieu Of AH / Sally's Story / Ah Ling's Story / Analysis / Conclusion / Chapter Chapter 6: --- Conclusion Is AH's Identity Reconstruction Successful? --- p.130 / "Narratives, Self-Identity And Cultural Construction" / "The Narrative Identity of ""Abused Women"" in AH's term" / The Successful Aspects of AH's identity Reconstruction / The Unsuccessful Aspects Of AH's identity Reconstruction / What Have We Learned From AH's Identity Reconstruction? / Appendix --- p.151 / Bibliography --- p.154
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A process of change: abused women's decision to stay in or leave their abusive relationshipsWong, Yuen-ha., 黃婉霞 January 2006 (has links)
published_or_final_version / Nursing Studies / Master / Master of Nursing in Advanced Practice
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Intimate partner abuse in Chinese pregnant womenLau, Ying., 劉櫻. January 2003 (has links)
published_or_final_version / Nursing Studies / Master / Master of Nursing in Advanced Practice
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The prevalence of domestic violence among the female Chinese population in the accident and emergency department梁寶珊, Leung, Po-shan, Melissa. January 2002 (has links)
published_or_final_version / abstract / toc / Nursing Studies / Master / Master of Nursing in Advanced Practice
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Abused women in Hong Kong: the nature of their abuse and the effect of abuse on their quality of life楊慧群, Yeung, Wai-kwan. January 2002 (has links)
published_or_final_version / abstract / toc / Nursing Studies / Master / Master of Nursing in Advanced Practice
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Abused women and their protection in ChinaChen, Min 05 1900 (has links)
Violence against women, especially wife abuse, is a social problem that exists in almost
every country in the world. China is no exception. Statistics show that wife abuse in
present-day China is prevalent and serious. However, this social problem was largely
invisible until the early 1990s. At present, it is still not recognized at the official level and
there has been no systematic in-depth research on it to date.
North American feminists have long realized the seriousness of this issue and have since
done a great deal of research with respect to the causes, prevalence and control of wife
abuse. Their perspectives reflect the social reality in North American countries, but are
they useful for other countries? This thesis tries to explore a feminist approach to the
analysis of violence against women in the home in China's context, especially the lack of
political will, which inevitably results in the failure of the criminal justice system to enforce
the laws against wife abuse. The thesis tries to prove that violence against women in the
home is a serious social problem in China that must be recognized and dealt with
effectively. In order to control it, a sincere political commitment to deal with the problem
is of paramount importance. The joint efforts of all social sectors, the criminal justice
system in particular, are vital to guarantee gender equality in the private sphere.
The thesis considers western feminist theories with respect to violence against women in
the home as a gendered issue and the impact of feminist perspectives on controlling wife battery in western countries; investigates the dimensions and causes of wife abuse in
China, demonstrating that this abuse is an unrecognized but serious social problem in
China; explores the existing legislative protection of crime victims in China; analyzes the
existing problems with the criminal justice system with respect to providing assistance to
battered wives; discusses various reasons why the criminal justice system fails battered
women in China, including the factors of state policy, women's federations, patriarchal
ideology, mass media and social indifference, and gives suggestions on how to prevent and
control spousal assault.
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