TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2012//
TI  - The Efficacy of an Intimate Partner Violence Prevention Program with High-Risk Adolescent Girls: A Preliminary Test
JO  - Prevention science
A1  - Langhinrichsen-Rohling, Jennifer
A1  - Turner, Lisa A.
SP  - 384
EP  - 394
VL  - 13
IS  - 4
N2  - This study examined the efficacy of a brief (four session) intimate partner violence (IPV) prevention program (Building a Lasting Love, Langhinrichsen-Rohling et al. 2005) that was designed to reduce the relationship violence of predominantly African American inner-city adolescent girls (n = 72) who were receiving teen pregnancy services. These high-risk girls were randomly assigned to the prevention program (n = 39) or waitlist control (n = 33) conditions. Implementation fidelity was documented. As predicted, girls who successfully completed the program (n = 24) reported significant reductions in their perpetration of psychological abuse toward their baby's father as compared to the control (n = 23) participants. They also reported experiencing significantly less severe IPV victimization over the course of the program. Preliminary analyses indicated that avoidant attachment to one's partner may be associated with less program-related change. These findings support the contention that brief IPV prevention programs can be targeted to selected groups of high-risk adolescents.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1389-4986
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11121-011-0240-7
ID  - ref1
ER  -