Exploring the relevance of interpersonal dependency as a treatment issue in batterer intervention
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A study aims to investigate the pretreatment levels of interpersonal dependency and violence among men entering a 16-week, court-mandated, batterer intervention program (BIP) and to determine if there were any associations between interpersonal dependency and violence. Findings suggest that men who assault women and are court ordered into treatment are excessively dependent on their intimate partners prior to beginning treatment, and that the BIP did not alter the level of interpersonal dependency among those who completed treatment.
Publication Name: Research on Social Work Practice
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 1049-7315
Year: 2006
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A large sample evaluation of a court-mandated batterer intervention program: Investigating differential program effect for African American and Caucasian men
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A study was conducted to evaluate a 26-week batterer intervention program by examining psychological changes for men affected by domestic violence, placed in treatment by court-order and for African American and Caucasian batterers. The findings show that court-ordered batterers demonstrate improvement in the desired direction on psychological variables as a result of undergoing treatment with no significant difference in terms of change in African American and Caucasian batterers.
Publication Name: Research on Social Work Practice
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 1049-7315
Year: 2006
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An evaluation of a court-mandated batterer intervention program: Investigating differential program effect for African American and White women
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Women are increasingly seen to be part of batterer treatment programs and studies have explored the nature of female violence as well as the difference in motives for violence between men and women. A court-mandated batterer intervention program was evaluated to judge the changes that occurred in psychological variables related to domestic violence and the difference in the effectiveness of the program on African American and White women batterers.
Publication Name: Research on Social Work Practice
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 1049-7315
Year: 2006
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