Attitudes and beliefs about sexual violence held by professional Aboriginal women in Perth, Western Australia

This research used a constructivist grounded theory approach in order to explore Aboriginal women's attitudes and beliefs about sexual violence. Data was derived from semi-structured interviews with Aboriginal women who resided in Perth, Western Australia. A number of themes emerged, which desc...

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Main Author: McGlynn, Judith Anne
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: Curtin University 2015
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/1730
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description This research used a constructivist grounded theory approach in order to explore Aboriginal women's attitudes and beliefs about sexual violence. Data was derived from semi-structured interviews with Aboriginal women who resided in Perth, Western Australia. A number of themes emerged, which described the historical and contemporary contexts that contribute to current attitudes and beliefs about sexual violence in Aboriginal communities. A model was developed describing competing contexts for Aboriginal women in relation to sexual violence.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-17302017-02-20T06:38:36Z Attitudes and beliefs about sexual violence held by professional Aboriginal women in Perth, Western Australia McGlynn, Judith Anne This research used a constructivist grounded theory approach in order to explore Aboriginal women's attitudes and beliefs about sexual violence. Data was derived from semi-structured interviews with Aboriginal women who resided in Perth, Western Australia. A number of themes emerged, which described the historical and contemporary contexts that contribute to current attitudes and beliefs about sexual violence in Aboriginal communities. A model was developed describing competing contexts for Aboriginal women in relation to sexual violence. 2015 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/1730 en Curtin University fulltext
spellingShingle McGlynn, Judith Anne
Attitudes and beliefs about sexual violence held by professional Aboriginal women in Perth, Western Australia
title Attitudes and beliefs about sexual violence held by professional Aboriginal women in Perth, Western Australia
title_full Attitudes and beliefs about sexual violence held by professional Aboriginal women in Perth, Western Australia
title_fullStr Attitudes and beliefs about sexual violence held by professional Aboriginal women in Perth, Western Australia
title_full_unstemmed Attitudes and beliefs about sexual violence held by professional Aboriginal women in Perth, Western Australia
title_short Attitudes and beliefs about sexual violence held by professional Aboriginal women in Perth, Western Australia
title_sort attitudes and beliefs about sexual violence held by professional aboriginal women in perth, western australia
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/1730