Women and Experiences of Transition with Domestic Violence

Abstract

This research aimed to describe life experiences of women who have lived in, and transitioned out of, a cycle of domestic violence. Qualitative research was done with data gathered by semi-structured interviews. Participants were eight women who had lived in a domestic violence cycle. Results were that sample transitioning from domestic violence occurred due to decision-making processes of the women through personal, community, and social conditions as well as life management until self-change was possible from the problem of domestic violence to being a new nonviolent life. These findings suggest that if family violence is caused by spouses, women should recognize that they have entered a cycle of violence and should resolve to change and emerge from domestic violence as soon as possible, before it inevitably, inexorably becomes aggravated.