TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2007//
TI  - The Domestic Violence Survivor Assessment (DVSA): a tool for individual counseling with women experiencing intimate partner violence
JO  - Issues in mental health nursing
A1  - Dienemann, Jacqueline
A1  - Glass, Nel
A1  - Hanson, Ginger C.
A1  - Lunsford, Kathleen
SP  - 913
EP  - 925
VL  - 28
IS  - 8
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0161-2840
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01612840701493493
ID  - ref1
ER  -