Advancing domestic violence program evaluation: Development and validation of the Measure of Victim Empowerment Related to Safety (MOVERS)

Psychology of Violence

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 355-366

  Goodman, Lisa A ^a   Cattaneo, Lauren Bennett ^b   Thomas, Kristie ^c   Woulfe, Julie ^b   Chong, Siu Kwan ^b   Smyth, Katya Fels ^d  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SIMMONS COLLEGE   (United States)

^d Full Frame Initiative   (United States)

Author keywords

community based participatory research; domestic violence; empowerment; evaluation; intimate partner violence; outcome measure; safety

Indexed keywords

EID: 84943248385     PISSN: 21520828     EISSN: 2152081X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0038318     Document Type: Article

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