Abstract

When a traumatic event such as intimate partner violence occurs, resilience can help define recovery from that event. Women who experience the adverse event of intimate partner violence suffer injury, loss of physical and mental health, and possible death. Specifically, numerous women suffer injury and adverse health as a result of experiencing intimate partner violence (Krug, Mercy, Dahlberg, & Zwi, 2002). The internal quality of resilience is what allows a person to mend or heal from trauma (Wagnild, 2009). Resilience is demonstrated by hardiness of spirit and a person's ability to return to their lifestyle (Atkinson, Martin, & Rankin, 2009; Earvolino-Ramirez, 2007). This study is designed to explore resilience scores among older women who have been exposed to intimate partner violence earlier in life as well as investigate resilience scores with type of violence exposure. In addition, the self-reported health status among older women exposed to IPV earlier in life will be compared with the self-reported health status of women who have not been exposed to IPV. Finally, it will be determined if resilience scores in older women vary by demographic variables. A quantitative design will use The Resilience Scale, The Severity of Violence Against Women instrument, and a health status 1 questionnaire will be utilized to collect data. Participants will be obtained through convenience and snowball sampling from women 65 and older living in southern New Mexico.

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This dissertation has also been disseminated through the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database. Dissertation/thesis number: 10759029; ProQuest document ID: 1993395201. The author still retains copyright.

Author Details

Tenna R. Schumacher, PhD, RN

Sigma Membership

Pi Omega

Type

Dissertation

Format Type

Text-based Document

Study Design/Type

Descriptive/Correlational

Research Approach

Quantitative Research

Keywords:

Abuse, Health, Intimate Partner Violence, Older Women, Resilience

Advisor

Anita Reinhardt

Second Advisor

Pamela Schultz

Third Advisor

Teresa Keller

Degree

PhD

Degree Grantor

New Mexico State University

Degree Year

2017

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Review Type

None: Degree-based Submission

Acquisition

Proxy-submission

Date of Issue

2022-06-13

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