The phenomenology of meditation for female survivors of intimate partner violence

Violence Against Women
Kathleen E Kane

Abstract

An existential-phenomenological methodology was utilized to investigate the experience of meditation for female survivors of intimate partner violence. Six coresearchers were taught a form of concentrative meditation and were asked to meditate daily and to attend a weekly group meditation for 6 weeks. Semistructured interviews were utilized to gather the data. The essence of the experience that was revealed was the emergence of a centered awareness that is distinctly different from the usual mode of being in the world. Findings suggest the value of meditation as an intervention strategy with survivors and demonstrate the need for further research in this area.

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Mar 14, 2012·Violence Against Women·Shanti J KulkarniDiane McDaniel Rhodes
Nov 15, 2011·Journal of Interpersonal Violence·Susan A Basow, Janelle Thompson
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