Men's gendered constructions of intimate partner violence as predictors of court-mandated batterer treatment drop out

American Journal of Community Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 107-123

  Catlett, Beth S ^a   Toews, Michelle L ^b   Walilko, Vanessa ^a  

^a DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Batterer treatment; Denial; Domestic violence; Masculinities; Program completion

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BATTERED WOMAN; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MANDATORY PROGRAM; MASCULINITY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BATTERED WOMEN; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MANDATORY PROGRAMS; MASCULINITY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DROPOUTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950594901     PISSN: 00910562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10464-009-9292-2     Document Type: Article

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