Can a "Psychosocial Model" Help Explain Violence Perpetrated by Female Batterers?

Autor/inn/en	Ferreira, Regardt J.; Buttell, Frederick P.
Titel	Can a "Psychosocial Model" Help Explain Violence Perpetrated by Female Batterers?
Quelle	In: Research on Social Work Practice, 26 (2016) 4, S.362-371 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1049-7315
DOI	10.1177/1049731514543665
Schlagwörter	Females; Family Violence; Dropouts; Predictor Variables; Intervention; Control Groups; Models; Social Desirability; Correlation; Likert Scales; Statistical Analysis; Participant Characteristics; Multiple Regression Analysis; Whites; African Americans; Intimacy; Interpersonal Relationship; Social Systems; Adults; Substance Abuse; Social Work; Racial Differences; Comparative Analysis; Questionnaires; Interviews; South Carolina + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Weibliches Geschlecht; Drop-out; Drop-outs; Dropout; Early leavers; Schulversagen; Prädiktor; Analogiemodell; Soziales Bedürfnis; Korrelation; Likert-Skala; Statistische Analyse; White; Weißer; Afroamerikaner; Intimität; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Social system; Soziales System; Drug use; Drug consomption; Drogenkonsum; Soziale Arbeit; Rassenunterschied; Fragebogen; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik
Abstract	Objective: The purpose of the study was to evaluate the psychosocial predictors of propensity for abusiveness among a large sample of women ordered into a 26-week batterer intervention program (BIP). Method: The study employed a nonequivalent, control group design (comparing program completers to dropouts) in a secondary analysis of 485 women. Results: Analysis indicated that (1) there were no significant differences between program completers and dropouts on their propensity for abusiveness. (2) There are specific family of origin indicators associated with higher levels of propensity for abusiveness among women batterers. (3) Family of origin indicators leading to increased propensity for abusiveness were significantly different among racial groups. Conclusion: These findings reveal characteristics of women batterers, as they relate to the propensity for abusiveness and provide preliminary evidence suggesting exposure to various forms of violence in family of origin helps explain the use of violence by adult women against their intimate partners. (As Provided).
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