Ending intimate partner violence: an application of the transtheoretical model.
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.
Burke
Jessica G
JG
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
Denison
Julie A
JA
Gielen
Andrea Carlson
AC
McDonnell
Karen A
KA
O'Campo
Patricia
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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