TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2002//
TI  - Behavioral couples therapy for drug-abusing patients: effects on partner violence
JO  - Journal of substance abuse treatment
A1  - Fals-Stewart, William
A1  - Kashdan, Todd B.
A1  - O'Farrell, Timothy J.
A1  - Birchler, Gary R.
SP  - 87
EP  - 96
VL  - 22
IS  - 2
N2  - Using data from a previous investigation (Fals-Stewart, Birchler, & O'Farrell, 1996), the purpose of the present study was to examine the effect of Behavioral Couples Therapy (BCT) on the prevalence of partner violence among married or cohabiting substance-abusing men (N = 80). Participants were randomly assigned to receive either BCT or individual-based treatment (IBT). The proportion of couples who engaged in male-to-female physical aggression was not different during the year before treatment for dyads in BCT (n = 17, 43%) and IBT (n = 19, 48%). However, a smaller proportion of couples in the BCT condition reported male-to-female physical aggression during the year after treatment (n = 7, 18%) than those in the IBT condition (n = 17, 43%). Dyadic adjustment, frequency of heavy drinking, and frequency of drug use during the year after treatment mediated the relationship between type of treatment and the prevalence of male-to-female physical aggression. © 2002 Elsevier Science Inc. All rights reserved.<p /> 
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SN  - 0740-5472
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0740-5472(01)00218-5
ID  - ref1
ER  -