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082	0		_aTRVF 000071
100			_aLammers, Marianne _91528
245			_aWomen's experience of emotional abuse in intimate relationships : _ba qualitative study _cLammers, Marianne; Ritchie, Jane; Robertson, Neville R.
260			_aBinghamton, NY _bHaworth Maltreatment & Trauma Press _c2005
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500			_aJournal of Emotional Abuse 5(1) 2005 : 29-65
520			_aThis article discusses a study that explored the dynamics of heterosexual relationships where emotional abuse was experienced by women. No physical abuse existed in the relationships. The qualitative study was conducted from a feminist perspective and seven women (aged 25 to 60 years) met eight times over a period of four months where memory-work (a methodological approach that allows women's experiences to become visible) was used to collect and analyse data. The results indicate that women's experience of being routinely subordinated by men has long-term and negative consequences for their emotional health. The women frequently held a perception that their partners expected to be in a position of authority and lay down the rules and standards in the relationship. Expecting special privileges and behaving in a self-righteous manner was also a perception the women held of such men. Results are discussed in terms of: the impact of abuse, emotional loneliness, despair, guilt, confusion, fear, diminished self-esteem, diminished identity, anger, and disentangling of abuse. Further discussion is provided on the process of how the women regained their power, either prior to or after terminating the relationship.
650	2	7	_2FVC _aDOMESTIC VIOLENCE _9203
650	2	7	_2FVC _aEMOTIONAL ABUSE _9222
650	2	7	_aGENDER _9269
650	2	7	_2FVC _aGENDER DIFFERENCE _9270
650	2	7	_9431 _aINTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE _2FVC
700	1		_aRitchie, Jane _92002
773	0		_tJournal of Emotional Abuse 5(1) 2005 : 29-65
700	1		_92013 _aRobertson, Neville R.
830			_aJournal of Emotional Abuse _96020
942			_cARTICLE _2ddc
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