Psychological characteristics and motivation for change in men convicted of intimate partner violence

Knowledge about men who are violent with their partners is essential to reduce the risk of the victims, as well as to design treatment programs. This paper examines some of the psychological characteristics of the offenders and their motivation to change. We present a descriptive study of a group of...

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Autores principales:	Santiago Boira, Lucía Tomás Aragonés
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Lenguaje:	EN ES
Publicado:	Universidad de San Buenaventura 2011
Materias:	Intimate partner violence male batterers court-mandated intervention programs stage of change Psychology BF1-990
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:b332519002b64da483dbc162501e5e182021-11-25T02:23:34ZPsychological characteristics and motivation for change in men convicted of intimate partner violence10.21500/20112084.7782011-20842011-7922https://doaj.org/article/b332519002b64da483dbc162501e5e182011-12-01T00:00:00Zhttps://revistas.usb.edu.co/index.php/IJPR/article/view/778https://doaj.org/toc/2011-2084https://doaj.org/toc/2011-7922Knowledge about men who are violent with their partners is essential to reduce the risk of the victims, as well as to design treatment programs. This paper examines some of the psychological characteristics of the offenders and their motivation to change. We present a descriptive study of a group of men who participated in a program designed to treat men convicted of domestic violence crime. We analysed data from the following questionnaires: URICA, HADS, SCL-90-R, BDHI, IRI and IPD. The results show that the men in the study sample were mostly in the contemplation stage regarding their willingness to change. Concerning psychological characteristics, the results show low scores in depression, anxiety and hostility, with moderate scores regarding empathy towards the victim and the presence of distorted thinking. Finally, no statistically significant differences were found between the initial predisposition of the subjects to change and the other variables studiedSantiago BoiraLucía Tomás AragonésUniversidad de San BuenaventuraarticleIntimate partner violencemale battererscourt-mandated intervention programsstage of changePsychologyBF1-990ENESInternational Journal of Psychological Research, Vol 4, Iss 2 (2011)
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spellingShingle	Intimate partner violence male batterers court-mandated intervention programs stage of change Psychology BF1-990 Santiago Boira Lucía Tomás Aragonés Psychological characteristics and motivation for change in men convicted of intimate partner violence
description	Knowledge about men who are violent with their partners is essential to reduce the risk of the victims, as well as to design treatment programs. This paper examines some of the psychological characteristics of the offenders and their motivation to change. We present a descriptive study of a group of men who participated in a program designed to treat men convicted of domestic violence crime. We analysed data from the following questionnaires: URICA, HADS, SCL-90-R, BDHI, IRI and IPD. The results show that the men in the study sample were mostly in the contemplation stage regarding their willingness to change. Concerning psychological characteristics, the results show low scores in depression, anxiety and hostility, with moderate scores regarding empathy towards the victim and the presence of distorted thinking. Finally, no statistically significant differences were found between the initial predisposition of the subjects to change and the other variables studied
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author	Santiago Boira Lucía Tomás Aragonés
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title	Psychological characteristics and motivation for change in men convicted of intimate partner violence
title_short	Psychological characteristics and motivation for change in men convicted of intimate partner violence
title_full	Psychological characteristics and motivation for change in men convicted of intimate partner violence
title_fullStr	Psychological characteristics and motivation for change in men convicted of intimate partner violence
title_full_unstemmed	Psychological characteristics and motivation for change in men convicted of intimate partner violence
title_sort	psychological characteristics and motivation for change in men convicted of intimate partner violence
publisher	Universidad de San Buenaventura
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Psychological characteristics and motivation for change in men convicted of intimate partner violence

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