Exploring Coping Strategies Among Older Women Who Have Experienced Intimate Partner Violence During COVID-19

This interpretive description study explored coping among older women in Ontario experiencing intimate partner violence (IPV) during COVID-19. Twelve in-depth interviews with older women found age-related normative beliefs played a role in how older women viewed their lives and how they looked beyon...

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Published inViolence against women Vol. 29; no. 12-13; pp. 2418 - 2438
Main Authors Safar, Christina, Jackson, Kimberley T., Irwin, Jennifer D., Mantler, Tara
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.10.2023
SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
Subjects
Adaptation, Psychological
Age differences
Aged
Caretakers
Coping strategies
COVID-19
Domestic violence
Emotions
Female
Female roles
Homemakers
Humans
Intimate Partner Violence
Loneliness
Older people
Older women
Services
Social Support
Women
COVID-19
intimate partner violence
older women
coping
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Summary:This interpretive description study explored coping among older women in Ontario experiencing intimate partner violence (IPV) during COVID-19. Twelve in-depth interviews with older women found age-related normative beliefs played a role in how older women viewed their lives and how they looked beyond their experiences of IPV. Their roles as caretakers and homemakers influenced their response to IPV, and COVID-19 exacerbated feelings of lost time and loneliness. Coping strategies consisted of social support, including telephone formal services and physical activities. Women expressed a lack of appropriate services and financial limitations as barriers. They identified the need for age-appropriate services that acknowledge their unique experiences.
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ISSN:1077-8012
1552-8448
1552-8448
DOI:10.1177/10778012231188086