TY - JOUR
T1 - The Social Response to Survivors of Attempted Intimate Partner Homicide
AU - Avieli, Hila
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PY - 2026/3
Y1 - 2026/3
N2 - Research on women survivors of attempted intimate partner homicide and their postattack experiences, including the response from family, friends, and institutions like police and welfare agencies, is limited. Using the disenfranchized grief framework, this study explores survivors’ perceptions of the social response to their experiences. Thirteen participants were interviewed using interpretative phenomenological analysis, yielding four themes: (a) detachment and disregard; (b) disbelief and victim blame; (c) lack of institutional support, and (d) marginality in the legal process. The study findings suggest that both individuals and institutions failed to acknowledge and validate the participants’ experiences and thereby hindered their healing process.
AB - Research on women survivors of attempted intimate partner homicide and their postattack experiences, including the response from family, friends, and institutions like police and welfare agencies, is limited. Using the disenfranchized grief framework, this study explores survivors’ perceptions of the social response to their experiences. Thirteen participants were interviewed using interpretative phenomenological analysis, yielding four themes: (a) detachment and disregard; (b) disbelief and victim blame; (c) lack of institutional support, and (d) marginality in the legal process. The study findings suggest that both individuals and institutions failed to acknowledge and validate the participants’ experiences and thereby hindered their healing process.
KW - attempted homicide survivors
KW - disenfranchized grief
KW - intimate partner homicide
KW - qualitative study
KW - social reaction
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85219719605
U2 - 10.1177/10778012251319318
DO - 10.1177/10778012251319318
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AN - SCOPUS:85219719605
SN - 1077-8012
VL - 32
SP - 847
EP - 864
JO - Violence Against Women
JF - Violence Against Women
IS - 3-4
ER -