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Title: | Imprisoned Husbands: Palestinian Wives and Experiences of Difficulties | Authors: | Shehadeh, Amer Dawani, Sama Saed, Mohammed Derluyn, Ilse Loots, Gerrit |
Keywords: | Captives’ wives;Community difficulties;Coping strategies;Social support;Visiting process | Issue Date: | 2016 | Publisher: | Springer Science and Business Media {LLC} | Journal: | Community Mental Health Journal | Abstract: | This study aimed to investigate difficulties experienced by the wives of Palestinian men arrested and held in Israeli prisons. 16 captives' wives were interviewed using a semi-structured interview to provide them with a greater opportunity to speak about their experiences. Three main research questions were discussed; community difficulties, social support, and coping strategies. A thematic analysis was used throughout the interviews. We concluded that in addition to the stress of being separated from their husbands, the frustrating visitation process to prison and the ongoing political conflict, the wives expressed a frustrating social network characterized by constant interferences in their personal lives and the choices they make. Most women expressed a lack in psychosocial support given through governmental and non-governmental organizations; in addition they expressed a need for that kind of support. Coping strategies ranged from religious, acceptance, distraction, to planning strategies. | URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11889/6929 | ISSN: | 0010-3853 1573-2789 |
DOI: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10597-015-9962-5 103277642 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10597-015-9962-5 103277642 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10597-015-9962-5 103277642 10.1007/s10597-015-9962-5 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10597-015-9962-5 103277642 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10597-015-9962-5 103277642 |
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