This article presents the results of a statewide survey of domestic violence (DV) service providers that focused on the needs, background characteristics, and opinions of service providers related to research. The survey included an examination of service providers’ motivation for working in the field, research background and training, and perceptions of research as well as the topics they believe are important for researchers to study, the resources they consult to learn about DV, and their suggestions to help researchers learn more about the nature of their work. The results are integrated into a preliminary agenda for future DV research that accounts for the needs and insight of service providers.
Abrahamson, D.J. ( 1992). A scientist-practitioner organization responds to the challenges of managed mental health care. Psychotherapy in Private Practice, 11, 21-27.
2.
Bancroft, L. ( 2003). Why does he do that? Inside the minds of angry and controlling men. New York: Berkley Trade.
3.
Dillman, D. ( 2007). Mail and Internet surveys: The tailored design method . Indianapolis, IN: Wiley.
4.
Edleson, J.L., & Bible, A.L. ( 2001). Collaborating for women’s safety: Partnerships between research and practice. In C. M. Renzetti , J. L. Edleson, & R. K. Bergen (Eds.), Sourcebook on violence against women (pp. 73-95). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
5.
Gilfus, M.E., Fineran, S., Cohan, D.J., Jensen, S.A., Hartwick, L., & Spath, R. ( 1999). Research on violence against women: Creating survivor-informed collaborations. Violence Against Women, 5, 1194-1212.
6.
Gondolf, E.W., Yllö, K., & Campbell, J. ( 1997). Collaboration between researchers and advocates. In G. K. Kantor & J. L. Jasinski (Eds.), Out of darkness: Contemporary perspectives on family violence (pp. 255-267). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
7.
Hamberger, L.K. ( 2001). Musings of a state standards committee chair. Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment, & Trauma, 5, 265-286.
8.
Hamel, J. ( 2007). Domestic violence: A gender-inclusive conception. In J. Hamel & T. L. Nichols (Eds.), Family interventions in domestic violence: A handbook of gender-inclusive theory and treatment (pp. 3-26). New York: Springer.
9.
Jacobson, M., & Rugeley, C. ( 2007). Community-based participatory research: Group work for social justice and community change. Social Work With Groups , 30, 21-39.
10.
Kilpatrick, D.G., Resick, P.A., & Williams, L.M. (2001). Fostering collaborations between violence against women researchers and practitioners. Social Insight, 6, 29-36.
11.
Levin, R. ( 1999). Participatory evaluation: Researchers and service providers as collaborators versus adversaries. Violence Against Women , 5, 1213-1227.
12.
Mears, D.P., & Visher, C.A. ( 2005). Trends in understanding and addressing domestic violence . Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 20, 204-211.
13.
Mowery, R. ( 2007). Tragedy in tin can holler. Global Authors Publishers.
14.
Murray, C.E. ( 2009). Diffusion of innovation theory: A bridge for the research-practice gap in counseling. Journal of Counseling and Development, 87, 108-116.
15.
Murray, C.E., & Welch, M.L. ( 2009). The diffusion of domestic violence research: A statewide survey of service providers. Unpublished manuscript.
16.
National Violence Against Women Prevention Research Center. (2001, May). Fostering collaborations to prevention violence against women: Integrating findings from practitioner and researcher focus groups. Charleston, SC: Author . Retrieved August 29, 2008, from http://www.musc.edu/vawprevention/research/Report.pdf
17.
Quindlen, A. ( 2000). Black and blue. New York: Random House.
18.
Rogers, E.M. ( 2003). Diffusion of innovations (5th ed.). New York: Free Press.
19.
Stemler, S. ( 2001). An overview of content analysis. Practical Assessment, Research,& Evaluation, 7. Available from http://PAREonline.net/
20.
Sullivan, M., Bhuyan, R., Senturia, K., Shiu-Thornton, S., & Ciske, S. ( 2005). Participatory action research in practice: A case study in addressing domestic violence in nine cultural communities. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 20, 977-995.
21.
Williams, L.M. ( 2004). Researcher-advocate collaborations to end violence against women: Toward liberating methodologies for action research. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 19, 1350-1357.
