Year: 2009
Type: dissertation
Abstract: This qualitative study explored the impact of women's traumatic stories on support workers in domestic violence shelters.The research design employed a grounded theory methodology based on a constructivist approach outlined by Charmaz (2006).Data collection entailed a series of open-ended interviews with a sample of nine support workers employed in transition houses in the lower mainland of British Columbia.As characteristic of grounded theory methods, I used the constant comparative method throughout three phases of analysis until all categories of data indicated theoretical sufficiency.The findings contributed to an interpretative theory that provides an in-depth description of how support workers process their reactions to traumatic material.In this model, I suggest that their context, circumstances, actions and interactions mitigate the effects of this trauma exposure.Finally, I address the implications for counsellors and transition house policy, hereby offering a voice to the underrepresented population of domestic violence support workers.
Source: Summit (Simon Fraser University)
Author: Michelle Srdanovic
Language: English
Subfield: Health
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W110878821