The Distress and the Meaning Making of Divorced Abused Arab Women in Israel
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Women’s divorce in the Arab society in Israel goes against patriarchal social values. The aim of this research is to explore the meaning that abused Arab women gave to their divorce. The present study based on interviews with 13 women, who had been divorced for 2 to 5 years. Analysis revealed that the women perceived their coping as navigation between the cost of stigma and familial and social distress, and the gains of their connection to sources of strength and self-worth. The discussion based on the interviewees’ existential experience their self-identity as meaning makers and choosers.
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Economic dependence highly influences the ability of Arab women survivors of domestic violence in Israel to leave an abusive relationship.
“Buchbinder and Abu Tanha (2019) also shared the observation that economic dependence highly influences the ability of Arab women survivors of DV in Israel to leave an abusive relationship.”
From Challenges in Shared Parenting Among Racial Minority Women Survivors of Domestic Violence With Young Children (2025) · cites this paper as Buchbinder & Abu Tanha, 2019
For British-Indian women survivors of domestic violence in England and Arab women survivors of domestic violence in Israel, the influence of the patriarchal system and emphasis on preservation of the family and collectivism make divorce a taboo.
“The same findings were noted for British-Indian women survivors of DV in England, and Arab women survivors of DV in Israel ( Buchbinder & Abu Tanha, 2019 ; Das, 2012 ), wherein the influence of the patriarchal system and emphasis on the preservation of the family and collectivism make divorce a taboo.”
From Challenges in Shared Parenting Among Racial Minority Women Survivors of Domestic Violence With Young Children (2025) · cites this paper as Buchbinder & Abu Tanha, 2019
From the literature, cultural and gender role expectations, economic dependency, and children's well-being are factors that may deter racial minority women survivors of DV to leave an abusive relationship.
“From the literature, we understand that cultural and gender role expectations ( Buchbinder & Abu Tanha, 2019 ; Tubbs, 2010 ; Williams & Jenkins, 2015 ), economic dependency ( Fox et al., 2018 ; McKinley & Liddell, 2022 ; Tam et al., 2015 ), and children's well-being ( Buchbinder & Abu Tanha, 2019 ; Meyer & Stambe, 2022 ) are factors that may deter racial minority women survivors of DV to leave an”
From Challenges in Shared Parenting Among Racial Minority Women Survivors of Domestic Violence With Young Children (2025) · cites this paper as Buchbinder & Abu Tanha, 2019
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Tam, D. M. Y., Archer-Kuhn, B., Beltrano, N. R., Trudgill, D. I. N., & Bozalioglu, T. M. S. (2025) · Race and Justice · doi:10.1177/21533687251356285
“The same fi ndings were noted for British-Indian women survivors of DV in England, and Arab women survivors of DV in Israel (Buchbinder & Abu Tanha, 2019; Das, 2012), wherein the in fl uence of the patriarchal system and emphasis on the preservation of the family and collectivism make divorce a taboo.”
- Authors
- Buchbinder, E., & Abu Tanha, B.
- Affiliations
- University of Haifa (IL)
- Yaffia Local Council, Yaffia, Israel
- Corresponding author
- Buchbinder, Eli
- ORCID
- Buchbinder, Eli
- Venue
- Journal of Divorce & Remarriage
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2018-05-09
- Volume
- 60
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 12-26
- ISSN
- 1050-2556 (ISSN-L)
- 1540-4811
- OpenAlex
- W2799515337
- Cited by
- 10
- References
- 3
- Citations by year
- 2025: 1 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 3
- FWCI
- 1.07
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Divorce & Remarriage (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Health › Intimate Partner and Family Violence
- Social Sciences › Demography › Family Dynamics and Relationships
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Marriage and Family Dynamics
- Keywords
- divorce, intimate partner violence, Arab women, women's coping, stigma, social distress, meaning-making, self-identity, patriarchal values, existential experience
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