How the Invisible Becomes Visible: The Lived Experience of Economic Abuse in Heterosexual Relationships.

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    • Source:
      Publisher: Sage Publications Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 9506308 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1552-8448 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 10778012 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Violence Against Women Subsets: MEDLINE
    • Publication Information:
      Original Publication: Thousand Oaks, CA : Sage Publications, c1995-
    • Subject Terms:
      Heterosexuality*/psychology; Humans ; Female ; Adult ; Canada ; Middle Aged ; Survivors/psychology ; Qualitative Research ; Interpersonal Relations
    • Abstract:
      The invisible nature of economic abuse contributes to its pervasiveness. Through interviews with 14 women survivors in Canada, this study identifies the ways in which economic abuse is (in)visible to survivors. There were three major themes: "Constructing and maintaining the fairy-tale" describes how gender roles and ideas of love concealed abuse. "The normalization of financial problems in heterosexual relationships" examines how disagreements about money were normalized in ways that masked abuse. "Recognizing economic abuse" describes how breaking away from expectations was critical to recognition. These findings can aid in improving support to help survivors identify, avoid, and escape economic abuse.
      Competing Interests: Declaration of Conflicting InterestsThe author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.
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    • Contributed Indexing:
      Keywords: economic abuse; financial abuse; intimate partner violence; survivor's experiences
    • Publication Date:
      Date Created: 20230718 Date Completed: 20241202 Latest Revision: 20241204
    • Publication Date:
      20241204
    • Accession Number:
      PMC11610189
    • Accession Number:
      10.1177/10778012231185540
    • Accession Number:
      37461368