Abstract
The study aims to explore the characteristics of seeking help against domestic violence among battered married immigrant women in South Korea. The five battered married immigrant women participated in the study and their experience was analyzed using Giorgi’s phenomenological method. As a result, six major themes emerged including ‘Not aware of requests for help’, ‘The desire for help comes to mind’, ‘Failure in receiving informal support while staying with a perpetrator’, ‘Active self-directed seeking help by leaving a perpetrator’, ‘Seeking psychological well-being’, ‘Seeking help to be independent of a perpetrator permanently’. The experience of a request for help among battered married immigrant women was a process of being out of the world. The very limited personal and social resources did not guarantee to protect their health and life from domestic violence. The study criticized the current policy which was not supporting these services. Based on these results, the study proposed policy and practical implication to support help-seeking for battered married immigrant women in South Korea.
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