Resumen de Intimate Partner Violence in Mexican-American Women With Disabilities: A Secondary Data Analysis of Cross-Language Research

Chris Divin, Deborah L. Volker, Tracie Harrison

• The aim of this qualitative descriptive study, guided by Antonovsky's salutogenic model, was to explore the manifestations of strength within the interviews of Spanish-speaking Mexican-American women aging with mobility impairments who also experienced intimate partner violence (IPV). IPV events gleaned from 26 audiotaped interviews from 7 Spanish-speaking Mexican-American women, who ranged in age from 55 to 75 years, constituted the sample for this secondary analysis. Five categories were identified: abuse from early on that shaped sense of coherence; violencia tan cruel�threatened sense of coherence; "salutogenic" choices within the context of IPV; a quest for peace; and strength amid struggle