Date of Award
2010
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Education
Program
Education
Supervisor
Dr. Susan Rodger
Second Advisor
Dr. Alan Leschied
Abstract
This study explored the relationship between experience with violence, trauma symptoms, and help seeking among a community sample of women. Criterion- referenced sampling was utilized to select two samples of women who reported experiencing violence enrolled in an adult education program in a large metropolitan city. Participants reported the level and frequency of violence they had experienced in an intimate relationship, completed the Trauma Symptoms Checklist (TSC-33; Briere & Runtz, 1989), and a researcher-designed help seeking checklist. The results of this study indicate a relationship between women’s reported experience with violence and help seeking. Women who reported experiencing more severe and frequent violence reported accessing a greater number of resources. It is hoped that information gathered in this study can be used to increase our understanding of women’s experience of help seeking, and help reduce barriers for women accessing support following the experience abuse in an educational context.
Recommended Citation
Wilkins, Jessica Lynn, "The experience of help seeking among survivors of woman abuse" (2010). Digitized Theses. 4569.
https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/digitizedtheses/4569