@article{ref1,
title="Client personality disorders affecting wife assault post-treatment recidivism",
journal="Violence and victims",
year="1997",
author="Dutton, Donald G. and Bodnarchuk, M. and Kropp, R. and Hart, Stephen D. and Ogloff, J. P.",
volume="12",
number="1",
pages="37-50",
abstract="Previous evaluations of wife assault treatment outcome have focused generically on whether groups &quot;succeed&quot; 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.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0886-6708",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}