ERIC Number: EJ837975
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2008-Jan
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A Qualitative Study of Intimate Partner Violence Universal Screening by Family Therapy Interns: Implications for Practice, Research, Training, and Supervision
Todahl, Jeffrey L.; Linville, Deanna; Chou, Liang-Ying; Maher-Cosenza, Patricia
Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, v34 n1 p28-43 Jan 2008
Although a few family therapy researchers and clinicians have urged universal screening for intimate partner violence (IPV), how screening is implemented--and, in particular, client and therapist response to screening--is vaguely defined and largely untested. This qualitative study examined the dilemmas experienced by couples and family therapy interns when implementing universal screening for IPV in an outpatient clinic setting. Twenty-two graduate students in a COAMFTE-accredited program were interviewed using qualitative research methods grounded in phenomenology. Three domains, 7 main themes, and 26 subthemes were identified. The three domains that emerged in this study include (a) therapist practice of universal screening, (b) client response to universal screening, and (c) therapist response to universal screening. Implications for practice, research, training, and supervision are discussed.
Descriptors: Counselor Training, Graduate Students, Qualitative Research, Supervision, Family Counseling, Phenomenology, Therapy, Family Violence, Screening Tests, Clinics, Interviews, Counseling Techniques, Responses
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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