Short Term Change in Attitude and Motivating Factors to Change Abusive Behavior of Male Batterers after Participating in a Group Intervention Program Based on the Pro-Feminist and Cognitive-Behavioral Approach |
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Authors: | Michele Cranwell Schmidt Jane M Kolodinsky Gwyneth Carsten Frederick E Schmidt Mark Larson Cate MacLachlan |
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Institution: | (1) Center for Rural Studies, University of Vermont, 207 Morrill Hall, Burlington, Vermont 05405, USA;(2) Domestic Abuse Education Project, Spectrum Youth and Family Services, Burlington, Vermont, USA |
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Abstract: | The Domestic Abuse Education Project (DAEP), in Burlington, Middlebury, and St. Albans, Vermont, is a group based domestic
abuse intervention program, based in a pro-feminist and cognitive-behavioral approach for domestic violence intervention and
prevention. A pre and post-test instrument was developed and implemented to determine short-term change in attitude of participants
and motivating factors to change behavior, after completing the twenty-seven session program. After the program, participants
reported a positive change in attitudes regarding their abusive behavior and stereotypical beliefs about women. Participants
were also more motivated to change their behavior by the effect abuse has on their family relationships. However, many participants
continued to agree that insecurity, jealousy, and alcohol and drug use can cause violence. The positive changes in attitude
and motivational factors show that this is an effective model in changing underlying batterer attitudes that provide rationale
for abusive behavior. |
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Keywords: | Attitude Domestic violence Cognitive-behavioral Batterer intervention Group intervention |
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