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Being emotionally abused: a phenomenological study of adult women's experiences of emotionally abusive intimate partner relationships.
Issues Ment Health Nurs
April 2009
United States Army and The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, USA.
The purpose of this study was to explore and describe individual perceptions, meanings, and definitions of emotional abuse through the lived experience of women who identified themselves as being emotionally abused by an intimate partner (IP). To answer the research question, "What is it like to live the life of a woman who is emotionally abused by her intimate partner?" A descriptive, phenomenological research design was undertaken. Unstructured individual interviews with 15 emotionally abused adult women resulted in the discovery of seven essential themes: captivity, defining moments, disassociation from self, fixing, mindful manipulation, relentless terror, and taking a stand.
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