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The Effects Of Intimate Partner Violence (Ipv) On African-American Christian Females, Rebecca C. Crane
The Effects Of Intimate Partner Violence (Ipv) On African-American Christian Females, Rebecca C. Crane
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The purpose of this phenomenological study was to communicate the experiences of African American Christian females with intimate partner violence (IPV). The central phenomenon of the study aimed to research religious effects on African American Christian females' decision-making regarding IPV in the state of Georgia. The theory guiding this study was social constructivism, introduced by two sociologists, Peter L. Berger and Thomas Luckman. The study's goal was to depend as much as possible on the stories of the members being examined. Data will be collected using two methods: interviews and oral history. A critical case sampling was used to collect …