Marilyn E. Smith
West Virginia University
10 Papers
33 Citations
Marilyn E. Smith is an academic researcher from West Virginia University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Domestic violence & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 7, co-authored 9 publications.
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Papers
Recovery from intimate partner violence: a difficult journey.
TL;DR: Most of the women in this study were able to experience the peace and healing that occurs with recovery, although a few remained emotionally stuck and unable to free themselves from the past.
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'Self-deception among men who are mandated to attend a batterer intervention programme': Corrigendum
TL;DR: In this paper, a qualitative study was conducted to gain an understanding of the perceptions of the perpetrator prior to beginning a batterer intervention program, and it was found that the batterer's experience is divided into two major themes: lack of justification of behaviors toward him and minimization and justification of his behaviors toward the victim and others.
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Female sexual assault: the impact on the male significant other
TL;DR: The MSO's meaning of the rape and the emotional impact it had on him were understood to understand the thematic structure of a man's response to having a female significant other sexually assaulted.
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Elders’ Experiences of the Death of an Adult Child
TL;DR: Suggested interventions to prevent complicated grief in elders who experienced the death of an adult child include attentive listening, storytelling, and the use of metaphors.
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Electroconvulsive therapy: the struggles in the decision-making process and the aftermath of treatment.
TL;DR: The perceptions of patients and their family members about electroconvulsive therapy are crucial to understanding the meaning attached to having ECT and the impact it has on quality of life.