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Implicit Attitudes toward Violence among Male Perpetrators of Intimate Partner Violence: A Preliminary Investigation
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Eckhardt, Christopher I.; Samper, Rita; Suhr, Laura; Holtzworth-Munroe, Amy – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2012
Whereas cognitive variables are hypothesized to play an important role in intimate partner violence (IPV) etiology and intervention, cognitive assessment methods have largely targeted offenders' explicit, controlled cognitive processing using paper-and-pencil questionnaires prone to social desirability biases. Using an implicit measure of…
Descriptors: Social Desirability, Association Measures, Etiology, Cognitive Processes
The "Spontaneous" Cessation of Marital Violence: Three Case Examples.
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Margolin, Gayla; Fernandez, Vivian – Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 1987
Despite general trends for violence in marriage to escalate in frequency and intensity, there are some couples who, through their own efforts, stop being violent. Describes three such couples, with particular attention given to spouses' reports on the cessation of their violence. Discusses implications of these couples' experiences for the…
Descriptors: Battered Women, Behavior Modification, Case Studies, Family Violence
Profiles in the Development of Behavior Disorders among Youths with Family Maltreatment Histories
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Desbiens, Nadia; Gagne, Marie-Helene – Emotional & Behavioural Difficulties, 2007
Violent conduct by youths ranks among the types of inappropriate behavior generally originating in difficult family and social contexts. A proper understanding of the development of violent conduct must consider the situation taken as a whole. This article documents the results of a qualitative study which aimed to determine the psychosocial…
Descriptors: Profiles, Intervention, Educational Environment, Sexual Abuse
Marital Violence before and after Alcoholism Treatment.
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O'Farrell, Timothy J.; Murphy, Christopher M. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1995
Assessed the prevalence and frequency of marital violence for 88 male alcoholics and their wives at entry to and 1 year after completing a behavioral marital therapy (BMT) program. Although violence and prevalence decreased significantly after treatment, the alcoholics' drinking outcome status was associated with the extent of violence after BMT.…
Descriptors: Alcoholism, Battered Women, Behavior Modification, Comparative Analysis
A Multidimensional Assessment of a Batterer Treatment Program: An Alert to a Problem?
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Buttell, Frederick P.; Carney, Michelle M. – Research on Social Work Practice, 2004
This study's goals were to (a) evaluate a batterer intervention program by investigating changes in psychological variables related to abuse (i.e., truthfulness, violence, lethality, control, substance use, and coping abilities) between pretreatment and posttreatment assessments of men involuntarily placed in treatment and (b) investigate the…
Descriptors: Intervention, Whites, Social Work, Family Violence
Play Therapy with Children in Crisis: Individual, Group, and Family Treatment. Third Edition
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Webb, Nancy Boyd, Ed. – Guilford Publications, 2007
Now in a completely revised and updated third edition, this widely adopted casebook and text presents effective, creative approaches to helping children who have experienced such stressful situations as parental death or divorce, abuse and neglect, violence in the school or community, and natural disasters. While the book retains the focus on…
Descriptors: Psychotherapy, Educational Change, Sexual Abuse, Play Therapy