Journal of consulting and clinical psychology
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J Consult Clin Psychol · Feb 1999
Case Reports Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical TrialReducing violence using community-based advocacy for women with abusive partners.
An intensive community-based advocacy intervention was designed and evaluated by randomly assigning 278 battered women to an experimental or control condition. Participants were interviewed 6 times over a period of 2 years. ⋯ Women who worked with advocates experienced less violence over time, reported higher quality of life and social support, and had less difficulty obtaining community resources. More than twice as many women receiving advocacy services experienced no violence across the 2 years postintervention compared with women who did not receive such services.