Stages of change and the group treatment of batterers: A randomized clinical trial

Violence and Victims

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 571-587

  Alexander, Pamela C ^a   Morris, Eugene ^b   Tracy, Allison ^a   Frye, Alice ^a  

^a Wellesley Centers for Women   (United States)

^b Montgomery County Maryland Abused Persons Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Batterer treatment; Ethnicity; Intimate partner violence; Motivational interviewing; Stages of change

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTACT EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOPERATION; FEMALE; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; CONTACT TRACING; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; RECURRENCE; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SPOUSE ABUSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957040112     PISSN: 08866708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/0886-6708.25.5.571     Document Type: Article

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