Evaluation of a stage-based, computer-tailored adjunct to usual care for domestic violence offenders

Psychology of Violence

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 368-384

  Levesque, Deborah A ^a   Ciavatta, Mary Margaret ^a   Castle, Patricia H ^a   Prochaska, Janice M ^a   Prochaska, James O ^b  

^a Pro Change Behavior Systems Incorporated   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

batterer treatment; computer tailored intervention; domestic violence offenders; stages of change; transtheoretical model of behavior change

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869464297     PISSN: 21520828     EISSN: 2152081X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0027501     Document Type: Article

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