Difficulties, skills and therapy strategies in interventions with court-ordered batterers in Spain

Aggression and Violent Behavior

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 118-124

  Carbajosa, Pablo ^a   Boira, Santiago ^b   Tomás Aragonés, Lucía ^b  

^a Almería Penitentiary Institutions ^*  (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Court mandated intervention programs; Intimate partner violence; Male batterers; Therapeutic alliance; Therapist skills

Indexed keywords

BATTERING; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTROSPECTION; JURISPRUDENCE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MOTIVATION; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONALISM; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; PSYCHOSOCIAL REHABILITATION; PSYCHOTHERAPIST; REVIEW; SPAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84871487751     PISSN: 13591789     EISSN: 18736335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.avb.2012.11.005     Document Type: Review

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