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Findings From a Community-Based Program for Battered Women and Their Children

Deborah I. Bybee

Michigan State University

Nicole E. Allen

University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign

The effectiveness of a strengths-and community-based support and advocacy intervention for battered women and their children was examined. The study included a longitudinal, experimental design and employed multimethod strategies to measure children's exposure to abuse and their self-competence over a period of 8 months. Maternal experience of abuse and maternal well-being were also assessed. The experimental intervention involved advocacy for mothers and their children and a 10-week support and education group for the children. Families in the experimental condition received the free services of a trained paraprofessional for 6 to 8 hours per week over 16 weeks. Eighty mothers and their 80 children participated in the study. Findings were modest but promising. Children in the experimental condition reported significantly higher self-competence in several domains compared to children in the control group. The intervention caused improvement in women's depression and self-esteem over time. Policy, practice and research implications are discussed.

Journal of Interpersonal Violence, Vol. 17, No. 9, 915-936 (2002)
DOI: 10.1177/0886260502017009001


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