The majority of women who were assaulted sought both informal and formal help. Ford-Gilboe, Wuest, 40 single-parent mothers In-depth, open ended Used grounded theory Does not differentiate Rigorous and detailed & Merritt-Gray who had left abusive interviews were methods, starting with types of DV or description of grounded (2005) partners and 11 of their conducted. Interviews line by line coding and consider differences theory methods used. children (children over focused on the effects of constant comparative based on frequency or age 12 were included if abuse on family health analysis and then moving severity of DV. Used a mothers consented). promotion processes. to creating categories approach to analyze the and descriptive experiences of mothers theoretical coding. and their children. Member checking occurred by discussing the categories and theoretical findings with participants. Most women (60%) reported multiple forms of abuse (e.g., physical and emotional). The majority of children (85%) witnessed violence; there were 6 cases of direct physical or sexual child abuse. The majority of women (58%) reported current harassment from their abuse former partners. the “Strengthening capacity to limit intrusion” emerged as the core process of family health promotion after leaving an abusive partner. Hardesty & Ganong 19 mothers who left In-depth semi-structured Grounded theory Reliance on self-report, Differentiates between (2006) abusive husbands were interviews were methods of analysis were retrospective accounts. coercive controlling
The majority of women who were assaulted sought both informal and formal help. Ford-Gilboe, Wuest, & Merritt-Gray (2005) 40 single-parent mothers who had left abusive partners and 11 of their children (children over age 12 were included if mothers consented). In-depth, open ended interviews were conducted. Interviews focused on the effects of abuse on family health promotion processes. Used grounded theory methods, starting with line by line coding and constant comparative analysis and then moving to creating categories and descriptive theoretical coding. Member checking occurred by discussing the categories and theoretical findings with participants. Most women (60%) reported multiple forms of abuse (e.g., physical and emotional). The majority of children (85%) witnessed violence; there were 6 cases of direct physical or sexual child abuse. The majority of women (58%) reported current harassment from their abuse former partners. “Strengthening the capacity to limit intrusion” emerged as the core process of family health promotion after leaving an abusive partner. Does not differentiate types of DV or consider differences based on frequency or severity of DV. Rigorous and detailed description of grounded theory methods used. Used a approach to analyze the experiences of mothers and their children. Hardesty & Ganong (2006) 19 mothers who left abusive husbands were In-depth semi-structured interviews were Grounded theory methods of analysis were Reliance on self-report, retrospective accounts. Differentiates between coercive controlling