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Suvak, Michael K.; Taft, Casey T.; Goodman, Lisa A.; Dutton, Mary Ann – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2013
Objective: We examined 4 separate dimensions of functional social support (tangible, appraisal, self-esteem, and belonging) as predictors of change in depression over 4.5 years in a sample of women reporting intimate partner violence. Method: Participants were recruited as they sought help for violence perpetrated by a current or former male…
Descriptors: Females, Family Violence, Depression (Psychology), Symptoms (Individual Disorders)
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Dutton, Mary Ann; Bermudez, Diana; Matas, Armely; Majid, Haseeb; Myers, Neely L. – Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 2013
In this article, we consider the use of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR; Kabat-Zinn, 1991) as a community-based intervention for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among low-income, predominantly African American women with a history of intimate partner violence (IPV). The results of a pilot randomized clinical trial (RCT) of MBSR as an…
Descriptors: Females, Intervention, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Low Income
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Meyer, Alicia; Wagner, Barry; Dutton, Mary Ann – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2010
This study investigates the relationship between battered women's causal attributions for the violence they experience and their subsequent coping efforts. Causal attributions related to partner blame, excusing the violence, and the combination of partner blame and excusing the violence were regressed on six categories of coping strategies:…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Ethnicity, Family Violence, Females
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Bell, Margret E.; Goodman, Lisa A.; Dutton, Mary Ann – Psychology of Women Quarterly, 2009
Despite assumptions that leaving the batterer offers the best chance for improvement in battered women's lives, few studies provide conclusive data on this issue. Although many women eventually reunite with partners, also unexamined is the influence of relationship course over time. Five waves of data from 206 low-income, largely Black,…
Descriptors: Family Violence, Females, Low Income, Low Income Groups
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Krause, Elizabeth D.; Kaltman, Stacey; Goodman, Lisa A.; Dutton, Mary Ann – Psychological Assessment, 2007
Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) studies have suggested that a model of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) that is characterized by 4 factors is preferable to competing models. However, the composition of these 4 factors has varied across studies, with 1 model splitting avoidance and numbing symptoms (e.g., D. W. King, G. A. Leskin, L. A.…
Descriptors: Patients, Factor Structure, Factor Analysis, Depression (Psychology)
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Dutton, Mary Ann; Green, Bonnie L.; Kaltman, Stacey I.; Roesch, Darren M.; Zeffiro, Thomas A.; Krause, Elizabeth D. – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2006
The high prevalence of adverse health outcomes related to intimate partner violence (IPV) is well documented. Yet we know little about the pathways that lead to adverse health outcomes. Research concerning the psychological, biological, neurological, behavioral, and physiological alterations following exposure to IPV--many of which are associated…
Descriptors: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Family Violence, Victims of Crime, Physical Health