Women Talking: Intimate Partner Violence, Group Discussions, and their Effects on Social and Economic Ties
研究一项物质滥用干预（含小组讨论和咨询）如何增强弱势女性间的社会与经济联系，发现干预后女性更可能互相借钱、每日交谈和参加社区活动，尤其当一方丈夫支持打妻子而另一方丈夫不赞成时效果更显著。
Can a substance abuse intervention lead to sustained social ties between vulnerable women? This study analyzes the results on peer relationship outcomes of a substance abuse intervention, which included group workshops and individual and spousal counseling sessions. Using dyadic estimations, we find evidence that the intervention strengthened relationships between female peers both assigned to the treatment sixteen months post-intervention. Results were especially pronounced between pairs of treatment women in which the first had a husband with highly regressive views (generally supports wife beating) and the second woman's husband did not. Among these dyadic peer links, we find that a woman is significantly more likely to receive money from her peer, speak daily with her peer, and attend a community organization with her peer relative to those in the control. The study contributes to our understanding of methods to improve support among those who have vulnerability to IPV through building links with those less vulnerable.