Facilitating change in group work with abusive men: Examining stages of change

Social Work with Groups

Volumn 32, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 125-142

  Chovanec, Michael G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST THOMAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Batterer intervention programs; Domestic violence; Process of change

Indexed keywords

EID: 60749118035     PISSN: 01609513     EISSN: 15409481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01609510802413055     Document Type: Article

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