@article{ref1,
title="The impact of short-term counseling at a domestic violence shelter",
journal="Research on social work practice",
year="2008",
author="Pelletier-Walker, Suzanne and Thmanini, Kevin and McNamara, John R.",
volume="18",
number="2",
pages="132-136",
abstract="Objective: Women who received counseling at a domestic violence shelter were evaluated with several measures to determine the impact of the services they received. Method: A pretest and posttest design using clinical measures for life functioning and coping ability along with posttest-only measures of satisfaction and helpfulness of service were used to assess the outcomes of their counseling and other social work services at the agency. Results: Significant improvement on clinical measures of life functioning as well as coping ability along with a sense of being helped and satisfied with the social work services received are noted. Conclusions: Counseling along with a supportive agency milieu prove beneficial to women seeking services for partner abuse. Limitations of this study are also noted.<p />",
language="",
issn="1049-7315",
doi="10.1177/1049731507307790",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1049731507307790"
}