Citation

Grusznski RJ, Carrillo TP. J. Fam. Violence 1988; 3(2): 141-150.

Affiliation

Domestic Abuse Project, 204 W. Franklin Ave., 55404 Minneapolis, Minnesota; Community University Health Care Center, 2016 16th Ave. South, 55404 Minneapolis, Minnesota

Copyright

(Copyright © 1988, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/BF00994031

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate differences that could discriminate among batterers who completed a violence treatment program and batterers who dropped out after intake, but prior to or during treatment. A discriminant analysis of a variety of demographic and psychological variables showed a significant difference between the completers group and the other two groups of batterers. Men who completed treatment reported fewer indirect threats of violence, had a higher level of education, were more likely to be employed full time, witnessed abuse more often in their family of origin, were less likely to be victims of child abuse, scored higher on the FIRO-B subscale of expressed control and had more children. Further research needs to be done to assess how these variables influence the batterers during treatment and to help dropouts successfully complete treatment.