Towards empowerment of women victims of gender violence: a psycho-social intervention model in Romania

TitleTowards empowerment of women victims of gender violence: a psycho-social intervention model in Romania
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2012
AuthorsBucuta MDana, Dima G, Katalin Z, Delia ADalma, Pătracu C
JournalInterdisciplinary Journal of Family Studies
Volume17
Issue2
Pagination282-292
Date Published12/2012
PublisherPadova University Press
Place PublishedPadova, IT
ISSN Number2282-2011
Keywordscrises intervention, ecological model, gender violence, psychodrama, Romania
Abstract

This paper aims to disseminate the country-specific results and
experience of professionals working within a multinational research study on
women victims of gender violence. A description of the two partner organizations –
Romanian Association of Classical Psychodrama and Home of Hope - which
worked with the abused women and the domestic violence context in Romania are
briefly provided. The main objective presented in this paper is the evaluation of the
effectiveness of the ecological approach combined with psychodrama intervention
in a group of 36 women victims of intimate partner violence: there were 16 women
in the psychodrama group(PG) and 20 women in the Ecological Model group
(EM). The results of psychodrama and the ecological intervention are discussed.
To conclude, some lessons were learned for future application in the field of
gender-based and family violence.