TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2005//
TI  - An application of attachment theory to court-mandated batterers
JO  - Journal of family violence
A1  - Buttell, Fred
A1  - Muldoon, John
A1  - Carney, Michelle
SP  - 211
EP  - 217
VL  - 20
IS  - 4
N2  - The purpose of this study was to investigate levels of interpersonal dependency, an indicator of insecure attachment in adulthood, among batterers court-mandated into domestic violence treatment. The study collected data from 158 batterers beginning treatment and 25 nonviolent men. Analysis indicated that batterers demonstrated significantly elevated levels of interpersonal dependency, relative to the nonviolent comparison group. These findings indicate that more research is needed before the role of interpersonal dependency in the etiology and maintenance of domestic violence can be understood.<p />
LA  - en
SN  - 0885-7482
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10896-005-5984-z
ID  - ref1
ER  -