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Publication Date: 2006-Apr
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An Experimental Examination of Two Career Interventions for Battered Women
Chronister, Krista M.; McWhirter, Ellen Hawley
Journal of Counseling Psychology, v53 n2 p151-164 Apr 2006
The authors tested the effectiveness of 2 group career interventions for 73 battered women who were randomly assigned to 1 of 2 treatment conditions or a wait-list control group. Both interventions included the 5 most effective career intervention components identified by S. D. Brown and N. E. Krane (2000), and 1 of the interventions also was designed to enhance critical consciousness (i.e., empowerment for self-protection and awareness of domestic violence impact; P. Freire, 1970; I. Martin-Baro, 1994). Relative to controls, standard participants had higher career-search self-efficacy, and standard-plus participants had higher critical consciousness at posttest. At followup, standard-plus participants had higher critical consciousness scores and made more progress toward goal achievement than standard participants.
Descriptors: Intervention, Careers, Family Violence, Control Groups, Self Efficacy, Followup Studies, Females, Clinical Diagnosis, Program Effectiveness, Psychological Studies
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Language: English
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