@article{ref1,
title="Unique outcomes in the narratives of young adults who experienced dating violence as adolescents",
journal="Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association",
year="2016",
author="Draucker, Claire Burke and Smith, Carolyn and Mazurczyk, Jill and Thomas, Destini and Ramirez, Patricia and McNealy, Kim and Thomas, Jade and Martsolf, Donna S.",
volume="22",
number="2",
pages="112-121",
abstract="BACKGROUND: Narrative therapy, an approach based on the reauthoring of life narratives, may be a useful psychotherapeutic strategy for youth who have experienced dating violence. <br><br>OBJECTIVE: A cornerstone of narrative therapy is the concept of unique outcomes, which are moments that stand in contrast to a client's otherwise problem-saturated narratives. The purpose of this study was to identify and categorize unique outcomes embedded in narratives about adolescent dating violence. <br><br>DESIGN: Text units representing unique outcomes were extracted from transcripts of interviews with 88 young adults who had experienced dating violence and were categorized using standard content analytic techniques. <br><br>RESULTS: Six categories of unique outcome stories were identified: facing-facts stories, standing-up-for-myself stories, cutting-it-off stories, cutting-'em-loose stories, getting-back-on-track stories, and changing-it-up stories. <br><br>CONCLUSION: This typology of unique outcomes can inform clinicians who work with clients who have a history of adolescent dating violence.<br><br>© The Author(s) 2015.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1078-3903",
doi="10.1177/1078390315621062",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1078390315621062"
}