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First published on October 16, 2007, doi:10.1177/1049731507307790

Research on Social Work Practice 2008;18:132.

A more recent version of this article appeared on March 1, 2008

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The Impact of Short-Term Counseling at a Domestic Violence Shelter

John R. McNamara1*, Kevin Tamanini1, and Suzanne Pelletier-Walker2

1 Ohio University
2 The Lighthouse, Inc., Athens, Ohio

* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: mcnamara{at}ohio.edu.


  Abstract
Objective: Women who received counseling at a domestic violence shelter were evaluated with several measures to determine the impact of the services they received. Method: A pretest and posttest design using clinical measures for life functioning and coping ability along with posttest-only measures of satisfaction and helpfulness of service were used to assess the outcomes of their counseling and other social work services at the agency. Results: Significant improvement on clinical measures of life functioning as well as coping ability along with a sense of being helped and satisfied with the social work services received are noted. Conclusions: Counseling along with a supportive agency milieu prove beneficial to women seeking services for partner abuse. Limitations of this study are also noted.
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