Citation

Gondolf EW. J. Interpers. Violence 1988; 3(3): 275-289.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1988, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/088626088003003002

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

This study investigates the services related to a woman's decision to return to her batterer or not when leaving a shelter. A discriminant analysis is used to assess the relationship of eight service-related variables to the shelter outcome. Whether a batterer is in counseling is the most influential predictor, along with three variables associated with economic independence. The inclusion of twenty-four background and abuserelated variables contribute very little to the shelter outcome. These findings imply that women return to their batterers because the women think that their batterers will change, and that shelters need to monitor batterer counseling programs.

Language: en