TY - JOUR
T1 - "I Help the Ones that Want Help"
T2 - Emotion Work and the Victim Advocate Role
AU - Powell-Williams, Melissa
AU - White, S. Dale
AU - Powell-Williams, Todd
PY - 2013/5
Y1 - 2013/5
N2 - Using data gathered from participant observation and 32 individual in-depth interviews, this study examines how victim advocates achieve emotion management in their work with battered women. This research reveals that victim advocates often experience difficulty coping with occupational stress via daily "deep acting" strategies as they work to change their understandings of battered women and the advocate role from the "inside out." The data reveal that the core of their ability to cope requires victim advocates to redefine their perceived role from "savior" to "options giver" to more accurately define their role interactions with battered women.
AB - Using data gathered from participant observation and 32 individual in-depth interviews, this study examines how victim advocates achieve emotion management in their work with battered women. This research reveals that victim advocates often experience difficulty coping with occupational stress via daily "deep acting" strategies as they work to change their understandings of battered women and the advocate role from the "inside out." The data reveal that the core of their ability to cope requires victim advocates to redefine their perceived role from "savior" to "options giver" to more accurately define their role interactions with battered women.
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U2 - 10.1080/02732173.2013.732904
DO - 10.1080/02732173.2013.732904
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84875959251
SN - 0273-2173
VL - 33
SP - 258
EP - 275
JO - Sociological Spectrum
JF - Sociological Spectrum
IS - 3
ER -