Assessment of the Efficacy of a Psychological Treatment for Women Victims of Violence by their Intimate Male Partner

  1. Crespo López, María
  2. Arinero, María
Revista:
The Spanish Journal of Psychology

ISSN: 1138-7416

Año de publicación: 2010

Volumen: 13

Número: 2

Páginas: 849-863

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.1017/S113874160000250X DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR

Otras publicaciones en: The Spanish Journal of Psychology

Información de financiación

This research was supported by a grant 2001/2005 from the Spanish Ministerio de Educación to M. Arinero. We thank to Professors Francisco J. Labrador and Paulina Rincón for their collaboration in its development, for access to the sample, and for performing numerous assessments of the potential participants. We also give our thanks to all the women involved in this study and also the institutions that allowed us to contact them and facilitated the development of the program in their centers: the Council for Women and Elderly of the City Council of Collado-Villalba, the Women’s Council of the City Council of Toledo, the Victims’Assistance Offices of Móstoles and Coslada, the Rosa of Luxemburg Women’s Center of Leganés, and the Social Services Center of Entrevías. Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to María Crespo L. Departamento de Psicología Clínica-Psicología Escolar. Universidad Complutense. Campus de Somosaguas. 28223 Madrid. (Spain). Phone: +34-913943079. Fax: +34-913943189. E-mail: mcrespo@psi.ucm.es

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