Advisors: Sofya Bagdasaryan Committee members: Tasha Willis; Evaon C. Wong-Kim.
Özet:
This current research project reviewed the risk factors associated with intimate partner violence (IPV). Some risk factors for IPV included demographics, developmental characteristics, relationship influences and interactional patterns. Existing program interventions designed to assist survivors of IPV are explored. This project also explored if the interventions' impact on factors that could lead to IPV reoccurrence. Implications for social work practice and policy, limitations of this research project, and suggestions for future research are discussed.