An advocacy intervention program for women with abusive partners: Six‐month follow‐up

Cris M. Sullivan; Rebecca Campbell; Holly Angelique; Kimberly K. Eby; William S. Davidson

doi:10.1007/bf02506819

journal article Feb 01, 1994

An advocacy intervention program for women with abusive partners: Six‐month follow‐up

Cris M. Sullivan

Rebecca Campbell

Holly Angelique Kimberly K. Eby William S. Davidson

American Journal of Community Psychology Vol. 22 No. 1 pp. 101-122 · Wiley

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Abstract

AbstractPresented the 6‐month follow‐up findings of an experimental intervention designed to provide postshelter advocacy services to women with abusive partners. The intervention involved randomly assigning half the research participants to receive the free services of an advocate, 4 to 6 hours per week, for the first 10 weeks postshelter. One hundred forty‐one battered women were interviewed about their experiences immediately upon their exit from a domestic violence shelter: 95% of the sample were interviewed 10 weeks thereafter (postintervention), and 93% were successfully tracked and interviewed 6 months later. At the 6‐month follow‐up, participants in both groups reported increased social support, increased quality of life, less depression, less emotional attachment to their assailants, and an increased sense of personal power. Although women in both groups reported some decrease in physical abuse over time, there were no statistically significant differences between those with and those without advocates, and abuse continued to be a problem for many women. Those who were still involved with their assailants continued to experience higher levels of abuse and had been more economically dependent upon the men prior to entering the shelter. Women who had worked with advocates continued to report being more satisfied with their overall quality of life than did the women in the control group.

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Published: Feb 01, 1994
Vol/Issue: 22(1)
Pages: 101-122
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Cris M. Sullivan

Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA

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Cris M. Sullivan, Rebecca Campbell, Holly Angelique, et al. (1994). An advocacy intervention program for women with abusive partners: Six‐month follow‐up. American Journal of Community Psychology, 22(1), 101-122. https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02506819

An advocacy intervention program for women with abusive partners: Six‐month follow‐up

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