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51	From victim to victory: the experiences of abused women and the salience of the support they encounter Van Rensburg, Madri Stephani Jansen 30 November 2004 (has links) This thesis includes four studies investigating the experiences of abused women. According to ecological approaches different systems should be considered when conducting research into abused women and their experiences. The first study involved women who successfully left an abusive relationship. An ecological approach was used to investigate the experiences of the women in the different phases of their relationship, including the initial attraction to the partner, the development and sustaining of the abuse and her attempts to leave until her final decision to leave permanently. An important finding was the importance of considering and investigating all systems and levels when dealing with abused women, including those who have left and those who are contemplating leaving this relationship. The second study found that women who experienced physical abuse were often hurt in anatomical locations that were indicative of impulsive violence. The abuser used any object in the heat of the moment to attack the victim and no premeditated planning was evident in the type of injuries sustained. The women further reported that medical practitioners did not investigate the causes of injuries and that they were not referred to social services or organisations dealing with abused women, although they were recognised as suffering from abuse. The intersection of abuse of women and HIV was the topic of focus of the third study. A review of the records of abused women revealed that many abused women were subjected to risk factors for contracting HIV, with counsellors focussing only on abuse issues. Longitudinal case studies, of women exposed to both conditions, revealed that they lacked social support and were often secondarily victimised by the social welfare systems. An environmental scan found that social and health care services were not accessible to these women. The final study investigated intervention strategies to combat burnout in workers at an organisation dealing with abused women. The importance and effectiveness of creative exercises and art sessions were determined in combination with debriefing and supervision sessions. The studies all considered systems that are important in service delivery to abused women. A holistic and systemic investigation and treatment of abused women is shown to be essential, as is the importance of grass roots research. / Psychology / D. Phil. (Psychology) Social support Resilience Interpersonal violence Domestic Violence Battering Women Abuse Gender Based Violence Ecological Approach 362.82920968 Wife abuse -- South Africa Women -- South Africa -- Psychology Abused women -- South Africa Family violence -- South Africa
52	Bullying: Out Of The School Halls And Into The Workplace Cooney, Lucretia 01 January 2010 (has links) The primary purpose of this study is to identify those people at most risk of being bullied at work. While much research is being conducted on school bullying, little has been conducted on workplace bullying. Using data gathered from a 2004 study conducted by the National Opinion Research Center for the General Social Survey, which included a Quality of Work Life (QWL) module for the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), linear regressions indicated significant findings. As predicted, workers in lower level occupations, as ranked by prestige scoring developed at National Opinion Research, are more likely to be victimized. Data also suggest that being young, Black, and relatively uneducated may contribute to being bullied in certain situations. Future research is needed to examine influences of socio-economic, legal, and other demographic factors that may predict the chance of being bullied. psychological abuse mobbing verbal abuse workplace bullying workplace harassment workplace mistreatment workplace aggression psychological violence employee employee emotional abuse emotional emotional abuse bullying job workplace bully occupational mobbing incivility interpersonal conflict harassment psychological violence employee abuse psychological service service positions women black non-white narcissists work boss bosses managers target age IPV interpersonal violence younger females marital status divorced single married occupation positional power relational power Marx Marxist social social conflict education health minority education region attendance church religious professional educational NIOSH prestige put down act upset upset shout personal space space sociology policy victim business academia co-worker humiliation intimidation slander social isolation isolation perpetrator stress discriminatory discrimination hospital court harassment Sociology

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From victim to victory: the experiences of abused women and the salience of the support they encounter

Bullying: Out Of The School Halls And Into The Workplace