Lee J Author

Research Article Open Access

Evaluating a Brief Group Program for Women Victims of Intimate Partner Abuse

Author(s):

Lee J and Fruzzetti AE

Study background
Despite the established utility of a 12-week dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) group program for women victims of intimate partner abuse (IPA), the dropout rate between initial contact and program completion has been as high as 50%, largely due to chaos in participants’ lives.
Methods
To establish better treatment engagement and retention, and thus to help more women, a two-day DBT group program was developed and evaluated. In addition, psychological measures including general distress, depression, hopelessness, and post-traumatic stress disorder severity were administrated to 72 abused women
victims of intimate partner violence to see the effectiveness of the intervention.
Results
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DOI: 10.4172/2324-8947.1000174

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