TY - JOUR
T1 - Defining appropriate stages of change for intimate partner violence survivors
AU - Burke, Jessica Griffin
AU - Mahoney, Patricia
AU - Gielen, Andrea
AU - McDonnell, Karen A.
AU - O'Campo, Patricia
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Abuse
KW - Intimate partner violence
KW - Safety behaviors
KW - Stage of change
KW - Transtheoretical model
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U2 - 10.1891/0886-6708.24.1.36
DO - 10.1891/0886-6708.24.1.36
M3 - Article
C2 - 19297884
AN - SCOPUS:60849106968
SN - 0886-6708
VL - 24
SP - 36
EP - 51
JO - Violence and victims
JF - Violence and victims
IS - 1
ER -