@article{ref1,
title="The Domestic Violence Survivor Assessment (DVSA): a tool for individual counseling with women experiencing intimate partner violence",
journal="Issues in mental health nursing",
year="2007",
author="Dienemann, Jacqueline and Glass, Nel and Hanson, Ginger C. and Lunsford, Kathleen",
volume="28",
number="8",
pages="913-925",
abstract="The Domestic Violence Survivor Assessment (DVSA) was developed to measure survivor movement toward a violence free life over time. This paper reports our testing of the validity and reliability of the DVSA. Exploratory factor analysis (n = 162) found a single factor explaining 66% of the variance. Hierarchical multiple regression indicated that physical abuse severity, survivor and perpetrator substance abuse, economic and citizenship dependency, and children under 18 at home explained 10% of the variance p > .05. A second model examined the strength of interventions for survivors, controlling for influencing factors; R(2) was.24 (p < .001). The strongest interventions were individual counseling (p < .001) and resource referrals and other services (p < .05). The DVSA was found to have construct validity, sensitivity to change over time, and reliability. A county agency that adopted the DVSA evaluated its programs using the DVSA change scores and used this evaluation for program improvement.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0161-2840",
doi="10.1080/01612840701493493",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01612840701493493"
}