@article{ref1,
title="Evaluation of a decision-making curriculum designed to empower women with mental retardation to resist abuse",
journal="American journal on mental retardation",
year="2005",
author="Khemka, Ishita and Hickson, Linda and Reynolds, Gillian",
volume="110",
number="3",
pages="193-204",
abstract="The effectiveness of an abuse-prevention curriculum, designed to empower women with mental retardation to become effective decision-makers able to protect themselves against abuse was examined. Thirty-six women with mental retardation were randomly assigned to either an intervention or a control group. Results indicate that the performance of the women in the intervention group was superior to that of the women in the control group on measures of knowledge, decision-making, and empowerment but not on a measure of stress management. The findings suggest that women with mental retardation can acquire effective decision-making strategies and apply them to situations of abuse in their lives.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0895-8017",
doi="10.1352/0895-8017(2005)110<193:EOADCD>2.0.CO;2",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1352/0895-8017(2005)110<193:EOADCD>2.0.CO;2"
}