Women's Health Issues
Volume 16, Issue 5 , Pages 262-274 , September 2006

The process of change for victims of intimate partner violence: Support for a Psychosocial Readiness Model

  • Patricia A. Cluss, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Patricia A. Cluss, PhD, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, 3811 O’Hara Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213; Phone. (412) 647-2933; fax, (412) 647-4252.
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  • Judy C. Chang, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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  • Lynn Hawker, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Counseling Services, Women’s Center & Shelter of Greater Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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  • Sarah Hudson Scholle, DrPH

      Affiliations

    • Research and Analysis, National Committee on Quality Assurance, Washington, DC
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  • Diane Dado, MSW, LSW

      Affiliations

    • Department of Social Work, Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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  • Raquel Buranosky, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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  • Sheri Goldstrohm, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Child and Adolescent Inpatient Services, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Received 23 January 2006 ,Revised 10 June 2006 ,Accepted 20 June 2006.

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 Partial support for this research was provided by a grant from the Scaife Family Foundation.

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doi: 10.1016/j.whi.2006.06.006

Women's Health Issues
Volume 16, Issue 5 , Pages 262-274 , September 2006

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