The Importance of Male Batters’ Attributions in Understanding and Preventing Domestic Violence |
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Authors: | Helene S Wallach Tsipi Sela |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Psychology, University of Haifa, Haifa, 31905, Israel;(2) The Max Stern Academic College of Emek Yezreel, Emek Yezreel, Israel |
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Abstract: | The present article reviews the literature regarding the importance of taking into account male batters’ attributions in order
to understand and to curtail their violence. Many treatment programs have been devised to stop domestic violence (DV); however,
little comparative research exists. Therefore, we are unable to determine which techniques are effective and which are not.
We contend that uncovering battering men’s attributions is important in understanding DV, and specifically, that these attributions
are the key to curtailing DV. We present a typology of battering men’s attributions. What is common to these attribution styles
is the evasion of responsibility for commission of, and for the need to take affirmative action to stop, the violence. These
attribution styles have been found to increase battering men’s hostility and stress, their risk for engaging in violent behavior,
as well as enabling battering men to continue their violence unchecked. Therefore, attributions are a crucial ingredient in
DV and must be addressed directly and intensely in DV treatment programs in order to increase their (as yet limited) effectiveness. |
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Keywords: | Attributions Domestic violence Battering men Domestic violence— causes Domestic violence— treatment |
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