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.
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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)
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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)
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