title: Exploring barriers to leaving violent intimate partner relationships.
abstract: This article discusses the barriers abused partners may have for not leaving the violent relationship. The authors discuss procedures they will use in testing two clinical screening tools: the HARASS tool and the Pitts-Williams Inquiry tool.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, North Carolina, USA.
authors.forename: Shiphrah A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Williams-Evans
authors.forename: Daniel J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Sheridan
mesh_terms: D018585:Battered Women / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D002649:Child Abuse / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D015399:Nursing Research / Q000379:methods*; D012107:Research Design; D014481:United States