title: Ending intimate partner violence: an application of the transtheoretical model.
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.
authors.affiliation: Johns 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
authors.forename: Jessica G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Burke
authors.forename: Julie A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Denison
authors.forename: Andrea Carlson
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Gielen
authors.forename: Karen A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: McDonnell
authors.forename: Patricia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: O'Campo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology; D015142:Baltimore; D018585:Battered Women / Q000523:psychology*; D001521:Behavior Therapy; D003071:Cognition; D003657:Decision Making; D017579:Domestic Violence / Q000208:ethnology / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008875:Middle Aged; D008960:Models, Psychological; D036301:Qualitative Research; D020377:Self Efficacy; D012647:Self-Assessment; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014505:Urban Population