OBJECTIVES We aimed to explore experiences of abuse of women, and the way it was described and hinted at, in a group of women suffering from biomedically undefined long-term musculo-skeletal pain (UMSD). METHOD Twenty women patients participated. Data were gained through repeated semi-structured interviews conducted over 2 years and qualitatively analysed according to grounded theory. RESUL...

The early literature on women with alcoholic husbands outlined a predominantly negative view of these women. Such women were seen as neurotic, poor copers who were obsessed with controlling their husbands’ drinking. They were seen to have partnered alcoholic men in order to satisfy their own pathological needs (Kalashian 1959; Whalen 1953). It was further asserted that some women would sabotage...

Philosophers and psychologists often assume that responsibility blame only apply to certain agents. But do our ordinary concepts of reflect these assumptions? I investigate one recent debate where assumptions have been applied—the back-and-forth over how explain the impact norms on causal attributions. prominent case it has found matter for attributions, but is claimed not because involves arti...

D ata from different surveys indicate a high prevalence of domestic violence against women in all societies. In western countries it is estimated that about 25% of women experience intimate partner violence over their lifetimes. 3 However, prevalence data show only one side of the problem: the seriousness of the problem in terms of how widespread it is in our societies. Another side of the prob...

Domestic violence is the most prevalent pregnancy-related health issue in developing county. The of both mother and child seriously jeopardized. This research was to assess incidence psychological, physical, economical sexual during pregnancy among postnatal mothers at Dhulikhel Hospital - Kathmandu University's Hospital. A descriptive cross-sectional study conducted on 804 women. respondents w...

How a support provider responds to disclosure of sexual victimization has important implications for the process of recovery. The present study examines the associations between various positive and negative social reactions to sexual assault disclosure and psychological distress, coping behavior, social support, and self-esteem in a sample of college women (N = 374). Social reactions to assaul...