Journal
VIOLENCE AND VICTIMS
Volume 24, Issue 1, Pages 36-51Publisher
SPRINGER PUBLISHING CO
DOI: 10.1891/0886-6708.24.1.36
Keywords
intimate partner violence; stage of change; transtheoretical model; abuse; safety behaviors
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- NCRR NIH HHS [M01-RR00052] Funding Source: Medline
- NCIPC CDC HHS [1 R49 CE000198-01] Funding Source: Medline
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Recent research suggests that the transtheoretical model of behavior change is a promising approach for interventions addressing women's experiences of intimate partner violence. This study explores the distribution of abused women across the stages of change for (a) staying safe from intimate partner violence and (b) leaving an abusive relationship. It explores the relationship between stage assignment and other indicators of a woman's stage (i.e., safety behaviors and desire for services). Quantitative surveys were conducted with 96 low-income, urban abused women recruited from six health care clinics. The findings call into question the appropriateness of using a staging algorithm that uses one, global question about keeping safe and suggest that staging questions focused on a single action stage (e. g., leaving) are also problematic. In conclusion, additional work remains to be done to develop and validate quantitative measures of stages of change for survivors of intimate partner violence and to design, implement, and evaluated stage-based, tailored intimate partner violence interventions.
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