Theoretical perspectives underlying hypotheses about the nature and etiology of intimate partner violence are important as they inform professionals how they should best respond to reduce or eliminate this social problem. Therefore, it is crucial that practice led initiatives are driven by theory that is supported by good quality empirical evidence. This review aims to provide a synthesis of methodologically sound research to understand how intimate partner violence is best conceptualized, and what the implications of this evidence based theory hold for practice and policy. A wealth of evidence supporting the need to further explore and respond to the spectrum of partner violence from a gender inclusive perspective is demonstrated. Implications of the evidence for multidisciplinary work, prevention, assessment, treatment, and policy related to intimate partner violence are discussed.

Understanding the nature and etiology of intimate partner violence and

هدف این پژوهش مطالعه رابطه میان طرحواره­های غیرانطباقی اولیه یانگ با نیمرخ علامت شناختی SCL-90-R بود. برای این منظور 100 نفر از دانشجویان دانشکده علوم تربیتی و روانشناسی دانشگاه تبریز به­شیوه نمونه­گیری در دسترس انتخاب شدند و به پرسشنامه طرحواره­های غیرانطباقی YSQ-LS و پرسشنامه فهرست  وارسی علائم 90 تجدیدنظر شده SCL-90-R پاسخ دادند. یافته­های پژوهش از طریق رگرسیون گام به گام و همچنین آزمون T گروه­های مستقل مورد تحلیل قرار گرفتند و یافته­ها نشان داد طرحواره­های غیرانطباقی در پیش­بینی شاخص­های SCL-90-R سهم معنادار دارند (01/0P<). طرحواره­های آسیب­پذیری نسبت به ضرر و بیماری، اطاعت، رهاشدگی/­بی­ثباتی و محرومیت هیجانی بر روی هم 53 درصد از واریانس سلامت روانی کلی را به­طور معنادار پیش­بینی می­کند. در بین طرحواره­های بی­اعتمادی/ بدرفتاری با نشانه­های اندیشه­پردازی پارانوئیدی رابطه معنادار وجود دارد، بنابراین می­توان گفت طرحواره­های غیرانطباقی اولیه سهم معناداری در پیش­بینی اختلالات روانی دارند.

http://journals.tabrizu.ac.ir/article_4384_1ba95f646c2be1902d0602f9b7490565.pdf

ارتباط طرحوارههای غیرانطباقی اولیه یانگ با نیمرخ علامت شناختی scl-90-r

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OBJECTIVE Treatment compliance and motivation to change are among the main challenges to improving batterer intervention program (BIP) effectiveness. This study examined whether adding an individualized motivational plan (IMP) to a standard BIP (SBIP) increased intervention effectiveness relative to BIP alone. METHOD One hundred sixty males convicted of intimate partner violence were randomly assigned to receive 70 hr of either SBIP or SBIP plus IMP. The IMP is based on motivational interviewing, stages of change, and strength-based theory principles. We collected the data at baseline, at the end of the 9-month program and at 6-month follow-up. Final outcome was recidivism (recidivism data obtained from official databases, self-reported recidivism, and therapists' assessment of recidivism risk), and proximal outcomes included treatment compliance (dropout and intervention dose), and stage of change. We analyzed the results using both intent-to-treat (ITT) and per-protocol (PP) approaches. RESULTS Findings indicated that the SBIP plus IMP participants received significantly more intervention dose (R² = .08), finished the intervention in a more advanced stage of change (ITT, R² = .17; PP, R² = .22), reported less physical violence after treatment (ITT, odds ratio = .63; PP, odds ratio = .34), and had a higher reduction in recidivism risk (ITT, R² = .64; PP, R² = .56) than SBIP participants. CONCLUSIONS These results highlight the relevance of alternative approaches, including strategies to increase treatment compliance and motivation for change, in BIPs. (PsycINFO Database Record

Individualized motivational plans in batterer intervention programs: A randomized clinical trial.

Intimate partner violence offenders often use victim-blaming attributions to explain their own violent behavior. These attributions represent an important challenge for intervention programs for intimatepartner violence offenders. The main objectives of this study were to analyze both the influence of social support and stressful life events on the psychological adjustment (self-esteem and depressive symptomatology) of intimate partner violence offenders and the relationship between offenders’ psychological adjustment and their victim-blaming attributions. The sample consists of 314 men convicted of intimate partner violence who were referred to a community-based intervention program. Results from a structural equation model showed that social support and stressful life events were related to psychological adjustment. Psychological adjustment also was related to victim-blaming attributions among intimate partner violence offenders. A better understanding of the relationships between psychological adjustment of intimate partner violence offenders and its determinants, as well as its impact on victimblaming attributions, may provide support to new intervention strategies. Implications of these results for improving the effectiveness of intervention programs are discussed.

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Psychological adjustment and victim-blaming among intimate partner violence offenders: The role of social support and stressful life events

The present study aimed to cross-validate Holtzworth-Munroe and Stuart's typology in a Spanish sample of court-referred intimate partner violence batterers. The study also analyzed the typology's capability to predict treatment attendance, completion, and IPV recidivism two years after the treatment. The sample consisted of 210 batterers court referred to a batterer intervention program. Using cluster analysis, three batterer subtypes were identified in accordance with the original typology: family-only batterers, borderline/dysphoric, and generally violent-antisocial. The typology predicted program attendance, completion, and recidivism. Batterers from the generally violent-antisocial group attended a significantly lower number of sessions, presented the highest dropout levels, and had the highest recidivism rate followed by borderline/dysphoric and family-only batterers. These findings suggest that in order to increase the effectiveness of batterer intervention programs, batterers’ different needs and risk profiles should be taken into account.

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Differences in treatment adherence, program completion, and recidivism among batterer subtypes

Difficulties, skills and therapy strategies in interventions with court-ordered batterers in Spain

This article aims to identify different personal characteristics in treatment-responsive and treatment-resistant perpetrators of intimate partner violence who completed a batterer intervention program (BIP). The sample consists of 105 perpetrators of intimate partner violence who were court-mandated to a community-based cognitive behavioral program. Perpetrators were classified by professionals as resistant or responsive to treatment based on the stage of change they reached upon completion of the program. The results show that before starting the intervention program, treatment-resistant perpetrators scored higher than treatment-responsive perpetrators in external responsibility attributions and attitudes toward violence in intimate relationships. No differences were found in personality disorders or psychological symptoms between the groups. However, longer program participation correlates with increasing differences between the two groups. The results suggest that targeting the personal characteristics which differentiate treatment-responsive perpetrators from treatment-resistant ones may help to increase the efficacy of BIPs.

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Responsive versus Treatment-Resistant Perpetrators in Batterer Intervention Programs: Personal Characteristics and Stages of Change

https://scielo.isciii.es/pdf/inter/v27n2/1132-0559-inter-27-2-0095.pdf

Taxonomía de los homicidios de mujeres en las relaciones de pareja

https://scielo.isciii.es/pdf/inter/v22n2/08.pdf

Pablo Carbajosa

Papers

Differences in treatment adherence, program completion, and recidivism among batterer subtypes

Difficulties, skills and therapy strategies in interventions with court-ordered batterers in Spain

Responsive versus Treatment-Resistant Perpetrators in Batterer Intervention Programs: Personal Characteristics and Stages of Change

Taxonomía de los homicidios de mujeres en las relaciones de pareja

Estado actual y retos futuros de los programas para hombres condenados por violencia de género en España