TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1997//
TI  - Client personality disorders affecting wife assault post-treatment recidivism
JO  - Violence and victims
A1  - Dutton, Donald G.
A1  - Bodnarchuk, M.
A1  - Kropp, R.
A1  - Hart, Stephen D.
A1  - Ogloff, J. P.
SP  - 37
EP  - 50
VL  - 12
IS  - 1
N2  - 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.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0886-6708
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -