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A Qualitative Study of Intimate Partner Violence Universal Screening by Family Therapy Interns: Implications for Practice, Research, Training, and Supervision
Author(s) -
Todahl Jeffrey L.,
Linville Deanna,
Chou LiangYing,
MaherCosenza Patricia
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
journal of marital and family therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.868
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1752-0606
pISSN - 0194-472X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1752-0606.2008.00051.x
Subject(s) - qualitative research , domestic violence , family therapy , psychology , medicine , phenomenology (philosophy) , psychotherapist , medical education , nursing , poison control , suicide prevention , medical emergency , sociology , social science , philosophy , epistemology
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.