A total of @ Chinese women , aged @ years , who have been abused by an intimate partner within the past three years will be recruited from a community setting in Hong Kong and randomized to receive either a qigong intervention or wait-list control condition as follows : the qigong intervention will comprise ( i ) a @-hour group qigong training session twice a week for @ weeks , ( ii ) a @-hour follow-up group qigong exercise session once a week for @ months , and ( iii ) a @-minute self-practice qigong exercise session once a day for @ months .