The Impact of Short-Term Counseling at a Domestic Violence Shelter  

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McNamara, John R. ; Pelletier-Walker, Suzanne ; Tamanini, Kevin

Jenis: Article from Journal - e-Journal
Dalam koleksi: Research on Social Work Practice vol. 18 no. 2 (Mar. 2008), page 132-136.
Topik: evaluation; counseling; domestic violence shelter
Fulltext: 132.pdf (84.27KB)

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Women who received counseling at a domestic violence shelter were evaluated with several measures to determine the impact of the services they received. Method: A pretest and posttest design using clinical measures for life functioning and coping ability along with posttest-only measures of satisfaction and helpfulness of service were used to assess the outcomes of their counseling and other social work services at the agency. Results: Significant improvement on clinical measures of life functioning as well as coping ability along with a sense of being helped and satisfied with the social work services received are noted. Conclusions: Counseling along with a supportive agency milieu prove beneficial to women seeking services for partner abuse. Limitations of this study are also noted.

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