Findings From a Community-Based Program for Battered Women and Their Children

نویسندگان

  • CRIS M. SULLIVAN
  • DEBORAH I. BYBEE
  • NICOLE E. ALLEN
چکیده

The effectiveness of a strengthsand community-based support and advocacy intervention for battered women and their children was examined. The study included a longitudinal, experimental design and employed multimethod strategies to measure children’s exposure to abuse and their self-competence over a period of 8 months. Maternal experience of abuse and maternal well-being were also assessed. The experimental intervention involved advocacy for mothers and their children and a 10-week support and education group for the children. Families in the experimental condition received the free services of a trained paraprofessional for 6 to 8 hours per week over 16 weeks. Eighty mothers and their 80 children participated in the study. Findings were modest but promising. Children in the experimental condition reported significantly higher self-competence in several domains compared to children in the control group. The intervention caused improvement in women’s depression and self-esteem over time. Policy, practice and research implications are discussed.

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تاریخ انتشار 2002