Desistance From Intimate Partner Violence: A Conceptual Model and Framework for Practitioners for Managing the Process of Change

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Volumn 30, Issue 15, 2015, Pages 2726-2750

  Walker, Kate ^a   Bowen, Erica ^a   Brown, Sarah ^a   Sleath, Emma ^a  

^a Faculty of Health and Life Sciences   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

desistance; intimate partner violence; practical model; process of change; treatment and intervention

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MEN'S HEALTH; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL CHANGE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MEN'S HEALTH; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SOCIAL CHANGE; SPOUSE ABUSE;

EID: 84938919468     PISSN: 08862605     EISSN: 15526518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0886260514553634     Document Type: Article

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