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Characteristics of Men and Women Completing Cognitive/Behavioral Spouse Abuse Treatment

NCJ Number
132379
Journal
Journal of Family Violence Volume: 6 Issue: 3 Dated: (September 1991) Pages: 243-254
Author(s)
K K Faulkner; R Cogan; M Nolder; G Shooter
Date Published
1991
Length
12 pages
Annotation
Although abuse in relationships is widespread and often escalates without intervention, the scant extant data indicate that people in abusive relationships often fail to complete treatment programs.
Abstract
We compared demographic characteristics, Male-Female Relations Inventory scores (MFRI), and selected Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory I (MCMI-I) scale scores of men and women who did and did not complete an 8-session, 4-week cognitive/behavioral group treatment program. The 16 completer men had lower scores on MCMI-I scales related to drug abuse as compared with the 18 noncompleter men. Court-referred men completed more often than other men. The 23 completer women also had lower scores on MCMI-I scales related to drug abuse than the 17 noncompleter women. Fewer of the completer women were employed, and fewer had children than the noncompleter women. Scores on the MFRI were not different for completer or noncompleter men or women. Implications for intervention are discussed. Table and 33 references (Publisher abstract)