Client personality disorders affecting wife assault post-treatment recidivism.

Abstract

Previous evaluations of wife assault treatment outcome have focused generically on whether groups "succeed" or not without a clear criterion of what constituted success. The present study examines the question for whom groups generate the greatest reduction in post-treatment abuse and for whom they work least well. It was found that certain types of personality disordered men had the worst post-treatment prognosis. Specifically, men with high scores on borderline personality, antisocial personality, and avoidant personality fared least well after treatment. However, taken as a generic group, men in treatment had significantly reduced post-treatment abusiveness whether reported by themselves or their wives.

• Authors: D G Dutton, M Bodnarchuk, R Kropp, S D Hart, J P Ogloff
• Journal: Violence and victims (Violence Vict) Vol. 12 Issue 1 Pg. 37-50 ( 1997) ISSN: 0886-6708 [Print] United States
• PMID: 9360287 (Publication Type: Journal Article)

Topics

• Adult
• Analysis of Variance
• Antisocial Personality Disorder (psychology)
• Borderline Personality Disorder (psychology)
• British Columbia
• Female
• Follow-Up Studies
• Humans
• Linear Models
• Male
• Personality Disorders (psychology)
• Prognosis
• Recurrence
• Spouse Abuse (psychology, rehabilitation)