Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11889/6929
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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