The impact of community-based outreach on psychological distress and victim safety in women exposed to intimate partner abuse

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology
Anne P DePrinceAngela R Gover

Abstract

Using a longitudinal, randomized controlled trial, this study assessed the impact of a community-based outreach versus a more traditional criminal justice system-based referral program on women's distress and safety following police-reported intimate partner abuse (IPA). Women (N = 236 women) with police-reported IPA were randomly assigned to 1 of 2 interdisciplinary community-coordinated response program conditions: Outreach (community-based victim advocate outreach) or Referral (criminal justice system-based victim advocate referrals to community-based agencies). Participants were interviewed 3 times over a 1-year period: within 26 (median) days of police-reported IPA, 6 months later, and 12 months later. Primary outcome measures included posttraumatic stress disorder and depression symptom severity (Posttraumatic Stress Diagnostic Scale; Beck Depression Inventory-II), fear appraisals (Trauma Appraisal Questionnaire), IPA revictimization (Revised Conflict Tactics Scale), and readiness to leave the relationship with the abuser. One year after the initial interview, women in the Outreach condition reported decreased PTSD and depression symptom severity and fear compared with women in the Referral condition. Although both condit...Continue Reading

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Sep 20, 2012·Journal of Trauma & Dissociation : the Official Journal of the International Society for the Study of Dissociation (ISSD)·Rebecca L Babcock, Anne P DePrince
Apr 22, 2015·Journal of Affective Disorders·Claire L HebenstreitAnne P DePrince
Aug 5, 2014·Aggression and Violent Behavior·Ryan C ShoreyGregory L Stuart
Oct 25, 2016·Journal of Trauma & Dissociation : the Official Journal of the International Society for the Study of Dissociation (ISSD)·Kerry L Gagnon, Anne P DePrince
Jan 24, 2015·Trauma, Violence & Abuse·Shannon HackettSusan Lesher
Dec 26, 2012·Journal of Interpersonal Violence·Rebecca L Babcock, Anne P Deprince
Feb 13, 2014·Journal of Interpersonal Violence·Anne P DePrinceTejaswinhi Srinivas
Mar 17, 2015·Violence and Victims·Tejaswinhi Srinivas, Anne P DePrince
Jun 30, 2019·The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews·Carol RivasLucia Yeo
Jul 1, 2016·Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology : the Official Journal for the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, American Psychological Association, Division 53·Ernest N JourilesVictoria Mueller
Oct 28, 2019·Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect·Anne P DePrinceJennifer Labus
Sep 22, 2020·Trauma, Violence & Abuse·Laura Johnson, Amanda M Stylianou

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