Citation

Dutton DG, Bodnarchuk M, Kropp R, Hart SD, Ogloff JP. Violence Vict. 1997; 12(1): 37-50.

Affiliation

University of British Columbia.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1997, Springer Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

9360287

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.

Language: en