@article{ref1,
title="Psychological differences between court-referred and self-referred wife assaulters",
journal="Criminal justice and behavior",
year="1994",
author="Dutton, Donald G. and Starzomski, Andrew J.",
volume="21",
number="2",
pages="203-222",
abstract="Assessed on a battery of psychopathology and personality measures were 40 court-referred and 40 self-referred men in treatment for wife assault. Although both groups exhibited high degrees of psychopathology and similar personality profiles, self-referred men scored significantly higher on borderline personality organization, marital conflict, anger, depression, and total trauma symptoms. The two groups exhibited distinct patterns of socially desirable responding. A discriminant function analysis of scores corrected for social desirability correctly classified 88% of the men into court-referred and self-referred groups. Implications of these findings for theory, assessment, and treatment are considered.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0093-8548",
doi="10.1177/0093854894021002002",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0093854894021002002"
}