Like many other intimate partner victims, Ms. Maxwell has had troubling sharing her story with others and disclosing what happened to her with close family and friends. At times, it can be difficult to understand why a victim would not want to tell someone what is happening to them, especially if they know that sharing those details can probably save them. To understand why it may be difficult for victims to disclose any information, researchers decided to use the ecological theory to understand what factors may halt a victim from proceeding to tell someone (Burgess, Regehr, & Roberts, 2013). After analyzing responses from 118 participants they found that on the micro-level, cultural beliefs and cultural norms about the accepting of abuse
