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Jessica G Burke¹, Julie A Denison, Andrea Carlson Gielen

¹Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health, Department of Population Family Health Sciences, 615 N. Wolfe Street, 4th Floor, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA. jburke@jhsph.edu

American Journal of Health Behavior

|April 3, 2004

Abstract

Objective:

To examine the application of the transtheoretical model (TM) to women's experiences of ending intimate partner violence (IPV).

Methods:

Qualitative interviews were conducted with 23 abused women.

Results:

Women use 7 traditional processes of change. Women in early stages of change use cognitive processes. Women in later stages use behavioral processes. Consciousness-raising and social liberation appear in both early and later stages. Helping relationships are critical throughout. Decisional balance and self-efficacy are also related.

Conclusions:

Women ending IPV do use the TM processes and constructs of change. These findings support the development and evaluation of a TM stage-based IPV intervention.

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