Abstract
Women’s divorce in the Arab society in Israel goes against patriarchal social values. The aim of this research is to explore the meaning that abused Arab women gave to their divorce. The present study based on interviews with 13 women, who had been divorced for 2 to 5 years. Analysis revealed that the women perceived their coping as navigation between the cost of stigma and familial and social distress, and the gains of their connection to sources of strength and self-worth. The discussion based on the interviewees’ existential experience their self-identity as meaning makers and choosers.
| Original language | American English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 12-26 |
| Number of pages | 15 |
| Journal | Journal of Divorce and Remarriage |
| Volume | 60 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2 Jan 2019 |
Keywords
- Divorced abused women
- arab women
- collectivist culture
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Demography
- Law
