Citation

Hamilton B, Coates J. J. Fam. Violence 1993; 8(4): 313-324.

Affiliation

Department of Social Work, St. Thomas University, E3B 5G3 Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada

Copyright

(Copyright © 1993, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/BF00978096

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Many abused women use professional and community services and begin to talk to professionals about the abuse they have endured. This article presents and discusses results of a study of 270 abused women who used the services of professionals and service agencies. The article presents information on the frequency of contact and the perceived helpfulness of different professions. Also presented are the types of responses which were considered to be useful and ineffective. This study revealed that the most frequently contacted professions were not necessarily perceived to be the most helpful. Further, certain responses of the service providers were more frequently reported to have value.