Group therapy intervention for male batterers: A microethnographic study

Health and Social Work

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 47-55

  Pandya, Varsha ^a   Gingerich, Wallace J ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY EAST   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Batterers; Change process; Group therapy; Microethnography; Practice evaluation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; ETHNOLOGY; EVALUATION; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL WORK; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; CULTURE; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIAL WORK, PSYCHIATRIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036483305     PISSN: 03607283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hsw/27.1.47     Document Type: Article

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