The role of employment in recovery from intimate partner violence

Project summary

 

The role of employment in recovery from intimate partner violence

Method

Systematic reviews

Review question: What is the connection between Employment and long-term recovery among survivors of intimate partner violence?

Intimate partner violence have serious health impact both physical and psychological, and the quality of life is very low among the abused survivors. Health problems are common also after having left the abusive relationship.

Unemployment is common. Employment may be important in long term recovery among the abused survivors.

Participants/population:

Both men and women who have experienced intimate partner violence. Age 18 – 70. The survivors of IPV must have left the abusive relationship.

Inclusion: 

Inclusion: Qualitative and quantitative studies about intimate partner abuse and employment and long term recovery. The survivors of IPV must have left the abusive relationship.

 

- Quantitative studies: Original Papers in where the variable employment shows association/explain an effect (positive and negative) with/in the variables related to long-term recovery (mental health, wellbeing, etc.)

 

- Original Papers conducted at the workplace (included personal, work partners) that provide women survivors with some measures that helps them to improve their experiences at work, improve and maintain their work.

 

Ejm. Flexibility, offer survivor employment, etc.

               

- Qualitative studies: The review will identify all qualitative research studies related to the role of employment (or self-employment) in the process of long-term recovery by women survivor of violence (based upon

phenomenology, ethnography, grounded theory, ethnomethodology, phenomenography and critical, interpretative or feminist analyses).

 

-We will gather studies that describes women’s views of regarding her experience at work during the process of long-term recovery. 

 

Exclusion criteria:

We excluded studies with women who live with their perpetrators and those who does not have employment.

Types of publications to be excluded:

- Conference papers

- Paper without abstracts

- Books

- Dissertation

- Paper with an AIM not related to our study