Preventing intimate partner violence via the Internet: A randomized controlled trial of emotion-regulation and conflict-management training for individuals with aggression problems

Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 1163-1177

  Hesser, Hugo ^a   Axelsson, Sandra ^a   Bäcke, Victoria ^a   Engstrand, Jonna ^a   Gustafsson, Tina ^a   Holmgren, Elin ^a   Jeppsson, Ulrika ^a   Pollack, Maria ^a   Nordén, Kjell ^b   Rosenqvist, Dan ^b   Andersson, Gerhard ^a,c  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Alternative to Violence   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cognitive Behaviour Therapy; Emotion Regulation; Mediation Analysis; Randomized Controlled Trial; Situational Couple Violence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONFLICT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TELEMEDICINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE; MALE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TELEMEDICINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 85014455363     PISSN: 10633995     EISSN: 10990879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cpp.2082     Document Type: Article

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