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- Title
Resistance Among Domestic Violence Offenders.
- Authors
Levesque, Deborah A.; Velicer, Wayne F.; Castle, Patricia H.; Greene, R. Neil
- Abstract
Batterers' resistance to traditional intervention programs has been well documented. Within a Transtheoretical Model of Change (stage of change) framework, a measure of processes of resistance was developed and administered to 346 adult male domestic violence offenders in treatment. The study yielded a 38-item measure that assesses eight dimensions of resistance: (a) System Blaming, (b) Problems with Partner, (c) Problems with Alliance. (d) Social Justification, (e) Hopelessness, (f) Isolation, (g) Psychological Reactance, and (h) Passive Reactance. The relationship between resistance and stage of change, time in treatment, and partner aggression are reported. Results suggest that we look beyond the most common forms of resistance (e.g., denial and victim-blaming) to identify and address other forms of resistance that may be more internally based and difficult to detect. The processes of resistance measure provides a tool for measuring those types of resistance.
- Subjects
DOMESTIC violence; CRIMINALS; MALE offenders; RESISTANCE (Philosophy); RESISTANCE to change; CHANGE (Psychology)
- Publication
Violence Against Women, 2008, Vol 14, Issue 2, p158
- ISSN
1077-8012
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/1077801207312397