Cited by 83Intimate Partner and Family ViolenceChild Abuse and TraumaFamily Dynamics and Relationships

Strengthening Capacity to Limit Intrusion: Theorizing Family Health Promotion in the Aftermath of Woman Abuse

Ford-Gilboe, Marilyn, Wuest, Judith, Merritt-Gray, Marilyn·2005·Qualitative Health Research

Abstract

Children’s health is a key factor in women’s decisions to leave abusive partners, yet how these families promote their health after leaving is poorly understood. In this feminist grounded theory study, the authors conducted repeat interviews with 40 single-parent families that had left abusive partners/fathers and analyzed the data using constant comparative methods. Findings reveal the central problem faced by families is intrusion, unwanted interference in everyday life that stems from abuse and its fallout. Over time, families promote their health through the basic social process of strengthening capacity to limit intrusion via four subprocesses: providing, regenerating family, renewing self, and rebuilding security. Depending on the degree of intrusion, the focus strengthening capacity shifts between practical goals of surviving and more proactive efforts directed toward positioning for the future. This theory adds to our knowledge of the long-term consequences of IPV for families and provides direction for practice and policy.

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Authors
Ford-Gilboe, M., Wuest, J., & Merritt-Gray, M.
Affiliations
  • University of Western Ontario, London, Canada,
  • University of New Brunswick (CA)
  • University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, Canada
Venue
Qualitative Health Research
Published
2005-04
Volume
15
Issue
4
Pages
477-501
ISSN
  • 1049-7323 (ISSN-L)
  • 1552-7557
OpenAlex
W2168609617
Cited by
83
References
60
Citations by year
2026: 3 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 15 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 3 · 2016: 5 · 2015: 7 · 2014: 3 · 2013: 5 · 2012: 7
FWCI
2.37
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Qualitative Health Research (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Health › Intimate Partner and Family Violence
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child Abuse and Trauma
  • Social Sciences › Demography › Family Dynamics and Relationships
Keywords
intimate partner violence, family health promotion, single-parent families, leaving abusive relationships, intrusion, capacity building, child health, family resilience, self-renewal, security
MeSH terms
Canada, Family Health, Female, Health Promotion, Humans, Interviews as Topic, Models, Theoretical, Sexual Partners, Domestic Violence, Battered Women, Feminism, Single-Parent Family

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