TY - JOUR PY - 2008// TI - Therapist perceptions of intimate partner violence: A replication of Harway and Hansen's study after more than a decade JO - Journal of aggression, maltreatment and trauma A1 - Dudley, Desreen Raphael A1 - McCloskey, Kathy A1 - Kustron, Debora A. SP - 80 EP - 102 VL - 17 IS - 1 N2 - More than a decade ago, Hansen, Harway, and Cervantes (1991) and Harway and Hansen (1993) examined mental health providers’ ability to accurately perceive violence within couples presenting for therapy and to intervene in a manner that reduces risk. Alarmingly, 40% of therapists sampled failed to identify the presence of intimate partner violence (IPV) and none predicted lethality. Over a decade later, the present replication of Harway and colleagues’ study was completed with the expectation that today’s therapists are better prepared to identify IPV within a clinical vignette. Results show that therapists have indeed improved their ability to identify IPV. However, only one therapist accurately predicted lethality in the present study. Implications concerning IPV training for therapists are discussed. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) (journal abstract)

LA - SN - 1092-6771 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10926770802251031 ID - ref1 ER -