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White, Katherine; Wood, Maria – Journal of Community Psychology, 2011
This study examined the psychosocial factors impacting upon the rule-following behaviour of residents of a hostel providing crisis accommodation to women who are homeless. After their arrival, residents of a women's hostel (N=83) completed questionnaires assessing the theory of planned behaviour constructs of attitude, subjective norm, perceived…
Descriptors: Homeless People, Females, Questionnaires, Statistical Data
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Bennett, Larry; Riger, Stephanie; Schewe, Paul; Howard, April; Wasco, Sharon – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2004
The authors report the results of an evaluation of services provided by 54 Illinois domestic violence agencies. In collaboration with the University of Illinois at Chicago evaluation team, domestic violence advocates identified services to be evaluated, specified desired outcomes of those services, and participated in developing measures of those…
Descriptors: Family Violence, Community Information Services, Females, Program Evaluation
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Hendy, Helen M.; Eggen, Doreen; Gustitus, Cheryl; McLeod, Kelli C.; Ng, Phillip – Psychology of Women Quarterly, 2003
The 30-item Decision to Leave Scale (DLS) was developed with 631 college women and 420 college women and women in shelters. Seven DLS subscales emerged for concerns in deciding to stay or leave: Fear of Loneliness, Child Care Needs, Financial Problems, Social Embarrassment, Poor Social Support, Fear of Harm, Hopes Things Change. Mean internal…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Violence, Interpersonal Relationship, Reliability