TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2016//
TI  - Unique outcomes in the narratives of young adults who experienced dating violence as adolescents
JO  - Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association
A1  - Draucker, Claire Burke
A1  - Smith, Carolyn
A1  - Mazurczyk, Jill
A1  - Thomas, Destini
A1  - Ramirez, Patricia
A1  - McNealy, Kim
A1  - Thomas, Jade
A1  - Martsolf, Donna S.
SP  - 112
EP  - 121
VL  - 22
IS  - 2
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 1078-3903
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1078390315621062
ID  - ref1
ER  -