Citation

Roffman RA, Edleson JL, Neighbors C, Mbilinyi L, Walker D. Violence Against Women 2008; 14(5): 589-605.

Affiliation

University of Washington.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2008, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1077801208315526

PMID

18408174

Abstract

Batterer intervention programs primarily work with individuals mandated to participate. Commonly, attrition is high and outcomes are modest. Motivational enhancement therapy (MET), most widely studied in the substance abuse field, offers a potentially effective approach to improving self-referral to treatment, program retention, treatment compliance, and posttreatment outcomes among men who batter and who abuse substances. A strategy for using a catalyst variant of MET (a"check-up") to reach untreated, nonadjudicated perpetrators is described in detail. Unique challenges in evaluating the success of this approach are discussed, including attending to victim safety and determining indicators of increased motivation for change.

Language: en