Adopting a Stages of Change Approach for Individuals Who Are Violent with Their Intimate Partners

Begun, Audrey L.; Shelley, Gene A.; Strodthoff, Terri; Short, Lynn M.

doi:10.1300/j146v05n02_07

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“…The results of the study would give some weight to the proposal presented by Prochaska, DiClemente, and Begun and colleagues that a change to one's life circumstances may not be readily achievable in the short-term, despite a young person's readiness to change (Begun et al, 2001;Prochaska & Di Clemente, 1982). It may be that the need for three to seven change cycles before long-term maintenance of the desired change is achieved allows time for the realisation of very short-term goals.…”

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confidence: 74%

Readiness for Change: Case Studies of Young People with Challenging and Risky Behaviours

Carroll

Ashman

Bower

et al. 2012

Aust. j. guid. couns.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 74%

Readiness for Change: Case Studies of Young People with Challenging and Risky Behaviours

Carroll

Ashman

Bower

et al. 2012

Aust. j. guid. couns.

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“…The transtheoretical model of behavior change (TMBC) has been applied in assessing batterer readiness to change IPV behavior and evaluating treatment effectiveness (Begun, Shelley, Strodthoff, & Short, 2001;Eckhardt, Babcock, & Homack, 2004;Levesque, Gelles, & Velicer, 2000). Identifying individuals' readiness to change and their processes of change may allow clinicians to match perpetrators of IPV with appropriate levels of treatment .…”

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“…The original and revised Safe at Home instruments have been used to facilitate identification of client readiness to change their IPV behaviors. In turn, these tools could allow clinicians to explore the change process with clients, to use this information to place clients into appropriately staged treatments, and to evaluate change over time (Begun et al, 2001;Eckhardt et al, 2004;Heather, Rollnick, & Bell, 1993;Norcross, Krebs, & Prochaska, 2011;Prochaska & Velicer, 1997).…”

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“…The stage of preparation often fails to appear as a distinct stage in self-report measures but shows up as an amalgam of elements from action . Using the four stages of change (precontemplation, contemplation, preparation/action, and maintenance), it is possible to discern client readiness to change their perpetration of IPV and to use this variable in evaluating treatment effectiveness (Begun et al, 2008;Begun et al, 2001;Eckhardt et al, 2004;Levesque et al, 2000). The original Safe at Home instrument does not include a maintenance scale, whereas the Revised Safe at Home instrument does (Begun et al, 2008;Begun et al, 2003).…”

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Expanding Knowledge Concerning the Safe at Home Instrument for Assessing Readiness to Change Among Individuals in Batterer Treatment

Sielski

Begun

Hamel³

2015

Partner Abuse

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The Revised Safe at Home instrument (Begun et al., 2008) is based on application of the transtheoretical model of behavior change (TMBC) and offers clinicians and clients an assessment tool to measure client readiness for changing intimate partner violence (IPV) behaviors. Scale scores from this tool can be used to assess client readiness to change and evaluate treatment program outcomes. The purposes of this study are to relate patterns in scale scores with those obtained in previous studies, across the treatment cycle, and for women as well as men. This cross-sectional study engaged 246 participants from 6 IPV batterer treatment programs. Analyses consisted of computing scale totals and means for 5 scales (precontemplation, contemplation, preparation/action, maintenance, and overall readiness), comparing scores for men and women, and drawing comparisons with reports at treatment intake only (Begun et al., 2008;Begun et al., 2003). Findings indicated similar scores on precontemplation and contemplation but significantly higher scores on preparation/action, maintenance, and overall readiness compared to the previous study. No differences related to phase of treatment and no gender differences were significant. The potential impact of self-versus clinical interview administration of the instrument is discussed, along with additional implications for clinical practice and directions for future research using this instrument.

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“…During the last two decades, SCM has been applied to counseling the victims of intimate partner violence (Zink, Elder, Jacobson & Klostermann, 2004), and to abuser programs aimed at intervening and preventing IPV. Several researchers have seen SCM as offering a promising means to identify individual differences within abusers, and further, to support offenders' motivation to participate, decreasing their resistance, and improving the match between individual needs and program content (Babcock, Canady, Senior & Eckhardt, 2005;Begun, Shelley, Strodthoff & Short, 2001;Eckhardt et al, 2004;Levesque et al, 2008;Murphy & Baxter, 1997).…”

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Dialogues in Partner Abusive Clients’ Group Treatment: Conversational Tools Used by Counselors With Differently Motivated Clients

Räsänen¹,

Holma²,

Seikkula

2014

Violence Vict

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Abstract:This qualitative study investigated talk and interaction as process factors potentially influencing outcomes in abuser group intervention. The findings showed that (a) abusers participate in group programs with considerably different degrees of motivation; (b) the interaction in abusers' various stages of change is characterized by different qualities; and (c) group counselors face a challenge in adapting their ways of working to abusers' various needs and backgrounds. The findings demonstrate the importance of attending to the interactional elements in abuser treatment programs, and show the value of matching an abuser's needs and degree of motivation with the timing of interventions. It is argued that attention to all these matters could help in making abuser programs more effective.Author Comments: 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 attention to all these matters could help in making abuser programs more effective. Powered by Editorial Manager® and Preprint Manager® from Aries Systems Corporation

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Adopting a Stages of Change Approach for Individuals Who Are Violent with Their Intimate Partners

Cited by 22 publications

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Readiness for Change: Case Studies of Young People with Challenging and Risky Behaviours

Readiness for Change: Case Studies of Young People with Challenging and Risky Behaviours

Expanding Knowledge Concerning the Safe at Home Instrument for Assessing Readiness to Change Among Individuals in Batterer Treatment

Dialogues in Partner Abusive Clients’ Group Treatment: Conversational Tools Used by Counselors With Differently Motivated Clients

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