TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2017//
TI  - Help-seeking behavior in survivors of intimate partner violence: toward an integrated behavioral model of individual factors
JO  - Violence and victims
A1  - Eubanks Fleming, C. J.
A1  - Resick, Patricia A.
SP  - 195
EP  - 209
VL  - 32
IS  - 2
N2  - This study examined individual behavioral predictors of help-seeking using the frameworks of the Andersen model and thetheory of planned behavior in a sample of help-seeking female survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV). In-person interviews were conducted with 372 women (<em>M</em><sub>age</sub> = 34.41 years, 66% African American). <br><br>RESULTS indicated that variables suggested by the Andersen model, including age, depression, psychological aggression, and posttraumatic stress-related arousal symptoms, were significant predictors of help-seeking. Variables suggested by the theory of planned behavior, including perceived helpfulness of resource and perceived controllability of the violence, were also significantly related to help-seeking. However, a combined model including variables from both theoretical approaches accounted for the most variance in help-seeking behavior. Overall, results suggest that these models are useful conceptualizations of help-seeking in an IPV population and that it is important to consider personal characteristics, need-based variables, and cognitive factors in outreach efforts.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0886-6708
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1891/0886-6708.VV-D-15-00065
ID  - ref1
ER  -