Citation

Johnston JL, Adams R, Helfrich CA. Occup. Ther. Ment. Health 2001; 16(3): 35-52.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2001, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1300/J004v16n03_03

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to determine if occupational therapists possess the ability to identify wife abuse by measuring their knowledge and attitudes about such abuse. A sample of 202 occupational therapists answered an average of 65% of knowledge questions correctly. Respondents were found to have empathic attitudes towards wife abuse and its victims, but were only slightly positive about the role occupational therapy should play in the identification of wife abuse. Knowledge and attitudes regarding wife abuse and the role of occupational therapy in its identification were all found to be significantly positively correlated.