Individual relationship education program as a prevention method for intimate partner violence

Intimate partner violence (IPV) can have detrimental effects on the lives of partners and children. The authors examined the effectiveness of a relationship education program, titled Within My Reach (WMR), to prevent IPV in a naturalistic nonrandomized adult sample. The sample included participants...

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Published inJournal of family social work Vol. 20; no. 5; pp. 457 - 469
Main Authors Owen, Jesse, Antle, Becky, Quirk, Kelley
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York Routledge 20.10.2017
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
Children
Controlling behaviors
Domestic violence
Educational programs
Intimate partner violence
PREP
Prevention
Prevention programs
relationship education
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Summary:Intimate partner violence (IPV) can have detrimental effects on the lives of partners and children. The authors examined the effectiveness of a relationship education program, titled Within My Reach (WMR), to prevent IPV in a naturalistic nonrandomized adult sample. The sample included participants who endorsed no physical violence in their relationship and no to very low controlling behaviors at pretest. At 6-month follow-up the participants in the WMR group reported statistically significant fewer controlling behaviors than the comparison group (d = .45). Although there were no statistically significant differences between the WMR and comparison group in physical violence at 6-month follow-up, the findings were in still favor of the WMR group (d = .15).
ISSN:1052-2158
1540-4072
DOI:10.1080/10522158.2017.1300112