{"id":12148,"date":"2025-10-22T15:32:02","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T15:32:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/discoveries\/?p=12148"},"modified":"2025-10-23T14:59:51","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T14:59:51","slug":"domestic-violence-doesnt-have-just-one-exit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/discoveries\/2025\/10\/22\/domestic-violence-doesnt-have-just-one-exit\/","title":{"rendered":"Domestic Violence Doesn&#8217;t Have Just One Exit"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='citation'>\n    <span class='authors'>Lynette M. Renner, Carolyn Copps Hartley, and Knute D. Carter, <\/span><span class='link'><a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/s10896-024-00717-9\">&ldquo;It&#8217;s Not All or Nothing: Women&#8217;s Differential Use of Help-Seeking Strategies in Response to Intimate Partner Violence,&rdquo; <em>Journal of Family Violence<\/em>,<\/a><\/span><span class='year'> 2024<\/span><\/div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/discoveries\/files\/2025\/10\/pexels-keenan-constance-545154-5690966-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" src=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/discoveries\/files\/2025\/10\/pexels-keenan-constance-545154-5690966-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12149\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/discoveries\/files\/2025\/10\/pexels-keenan-constance-545154-5690966-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/discoveries\/files\/2025\/10\/pexels-keenan-constance-545154-5690966-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/discoveries\/files\/2025\/10\/pexels-keenan-constance-545154-5690966-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/discoveries\/files\/2025\/10\/pexels-keenan-constance-545154-5690966-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/discoveries\/files\/2025\/10\/pexels-keenan-constance-545154-5690966-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/discoveries\/files\/2025\/10\/pexels-keenan-constance-545154-5690966-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A woman sitting on the edge of a dock looking out onto the water. Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pexels.com\/@keenan-constance-545154\/\">Keenan Constance<\/a> and licensed under <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pexels.com\/license\/\">Pexels License<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>What happens in a romantic relationship when things turn violent? The common reaction is \u201cjust leave him\u201d or \u201ccall the police\u201d &#8211; but there are often many other ways female victims resist. <a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/s10896-024-00717-9\">A recent interview study<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/ssw.umn.edu\/lynette-renner\">Lynette Renner<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/socialwork.uiowa.edu\/people\/carolyn-hartley\">Carolyn Hartley<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.public-health.uiowa.edu\/people\/knute-carter\/\">Knute Carter<\/a> explored the strategies of resistance taken by 150 different victims of intimate partner violence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The study identified six common strategies that victims used to cope with or respond to abuse. These included seeking <strong>formal support<\/strong>, such as staying in a shelter or calling a hotline, or <strong>informal support<\/strong>, such as turning to social networks by talking with family or friends. Some pursued <strong>legal assistance<\/strong> by contacting the police or filing charges, while others engaged in <strong>safety planning<\/strong> behaviors like hiding money or keys in preparation to leave. <strong>Acts of resistance<\/strong>, such as fighting back or ending the relationship, were also common, as were <strong>placating strategies<\/strong>, where victims tried to keep the peace or avoid the abuser to reduce conflict. Victims often engaged in one or more of these strategies simultaneously.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After reviewing the data, they concluded there were 4 different \u201ctypes of victims\u201d based on different patterns of use of the above paths:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>High Strategy Users (took all or almost all the above paths)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Moderate Strategy Resisters (took primarily the resistance path)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Moderate Strategy Placators (took primarily the placating path)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Low Strategy Users (least likely to commit to one path, especially safety planning)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><div class=\"pull-this-show\" id=\"pull-this-show-12148-ex2\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/div>In short, women experiencing relationship violence navigate different paths when faced with critical decisions about their safety.<span class=\"pull-this-mark\" id=\"pull-this-mark-12148-ex2\" style=\"display:none;\">women experiencing relationship violence navigate different paths when faced with critical decisions about their safety.<\/span> To offer meaningful support, advocates, service providers, and policymakers must recognize each survivor\u2019s unique combination of risks, resources, and responses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lynette M. Renner, Carolyn Copps Hartley, and Knute D. Carter, &ldquo;It&#8217;s Not All or Nothing: Women&#8217;s Differential Use of Help-Seeking Strategies in Response to Intimate Partner Violence,&rdquo; Journal of Family Violence, 2024 What happens in a romantic relationship when things turn violent? The common reaction is \u201cjust leave him\u201d or \u201ccall the police\u201d &#8211; but 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