In Her Own Words: A Focus Group Study of Risk and Protective Factors in IntimatePartner Violence

摘要

;Contents: Risk and Protective Factors in Intimate Partner Violence Prevention:Summary of Focus Group Findings; The Transtheoretical Model: A Framework for Understanding Responses to Intimate Partner Violence; Focus Group Data Collection Techiques; Nature of the Violence: Findings; Triggers to Violence: Findings; Early Warning Signs: Findings; Why Women Stay in Violent Relationships: Findings; Why Women Leave Violent Relationships: Findings; The Obstructive Role of Other Relationships and Institutions; The Role of Helping Relationships and Institutions: Findings; What Women Wish They Had known; Advice to Women in Abusive Relationships; Intimate Partner Violence: Implications for the Transtheoretical Model; Implications for Prevention, Intervention and Future Research; Conclusion.