Domestic Violence Study for Counselor Education Masters Students

The issue of domestic violence continues to be of great concern to society. It is crucial counselors have an understanding of dynamics of domestic violence and the impact it has on victims. Even with heightened awareness of the past decade, the issue continues to be misunderstood, missed altogether by counselors, and sometimes misdiagnosed. This study was created to explore the level of understanding masters level counseling students have of domestic violence, battering behavior, victimization, socioeconomic preconceptions, and counseling victims. Masters level counseling students from the University of North Texas, Denton, TX and staff members of two battered women's shelters from the Dallas, TX area participated in a survey to identify the level of knowing and sensitivity to the issue of domestic violence. Upon completion, an independent t-test was conducted to measure differences in these areas between the two groups. Results indicate a need for counseling students to better understand this issue and implications for client/victims.

Grantor dc:publisher

University of North Texas

Year dc:date

2004

Author dc:creator

• Beechler, Judith

Contributors dc:contributor

• Kern, Carolyn
• Altekruse, Michael K.
• Gieda, Martin
• Harris, Henry L.

• Counselors -- Training of.
• Family violence.
• socioeconomic preconceptions
• counseling students
• victimization
• battering behavior
• domestic violence

Statement dc:rights

• Public
• Copyright
• Beechler, Judith
• Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

Language dc:language

English

Identifier

oclc: 58426313
https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc4719/
ark: ark:/67531/metadc4719

OAI identifier oai:identifier

info:ark/67531/metadc4719