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- Title
Cultural Beliefs and Service Utilization by Battered Arab Immigrant Women.
- Authors
Abu-Ras, Wahiba
- Abstract
This study examines the relationship between cultural beliefs and tile utilization of services among Arab immigrant women. All participants (N = 67) reported at least one act of partner abuse resulting in a consultation with various formal services. Significant correlations were found between the holding of traditional attitudes toward gender in general and wife battering in particular by the women and the utilization of formal mental (r = .32, p = < .001 ), social (r = .29, p < .05), and legal (r- .38. p = < .001) services. The study's limitations, policy implications, and the impacts of 9/11 on the Arab immigrant community and on their use of services are discussed.
- Subjects
WOMEN immigrants; ARAB women; ABUSED wives; VICTIMS of domestic violence; WIFE abuse; ARAB American women; CRIMES against women; ABUSE of women
- Publication
Violence Against Women, 2007, Vol 13, Issue 10, p1002
- ISSN
1077-8012
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/1077801207306019