Predictors of attrition in two types of group programs for men who batter

Journal of Family Violence

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 273-292

  Chang, Heesuk ^a,b   Saunders, Daniel G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b SungKongHoe University   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Attrition; Batterers; Group treatment; Predictors

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036292236     PISSN: 08857482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1016057328929     Document Type: Article

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