Type:	Journal Article
Title:	Defining appropriate stages of change for intimate partner violence survivors
Other Titles:	Violence and victims
Authors:	Gielen, Andrea O'Campo, Patricia McDonnell, Karen A Burke, Jessica Griffin Mahoney, Patricia
Keywords:	Leaving/Staying;Theories of violence;Measurement
Categories:	Victims / Survivors
Year:	2009
Publisher:	Springer Publishing
Citation:	24 (1), 2009
Notes:	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. [?2008 Springer. All rights reserved. For further information, visit Violence and Victims.]
URI:	https://anrows.intersearch.com.au/anrowsjspui/handle/1/14136
ISSN:	0886-6708
Appears in Collections:	Journal Articles

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