Readiness to change, partner violence subtypes, and treatment outcomes among men in treatment for partner assault

Violence and Victims

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 446-475

  Eckhardt, Christopher ^a,f   Holtzworth Munroe, Amy ^b   Norlander, Bradley ^c   Sibley, Ashley ^d   Cahill, Melissa ^e  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^d SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Collin County Community Supervision and Corrections Department ^*

^f PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attrition; Batterer intervention; Batterer subtypes; Intimate partner violence; Readiness to change; Recidivism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COUNSELING; COURT; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; DRUG ABUSE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARTNER VIOLENCE; RECIDIVISM; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 49749105174     PISSN: 08866708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/0886-6708.23.4.446     Document Type: Article

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