What differentiates batterer men with and without histories of childhood family violence?
| Autor: | Sandra Siria, José Antonio Echauri, María del Carmen Pichardo Martínez, Juana M. Azcárate, Javier Fernández-Montalvo, José Javier López-Goñi |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Universidad Pública de Navarra. Departamento de Ciencias de la Salud, Nafarroako Unibertsitate Publikoa. Osasun Zientziak Saila |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Male
Domestic Violence Batterers Low education Childhood family violence media_common.quotation_subject Immigration Assessment Logistic regression Psychiatric history Prevalence Humans 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Child Abuse Child Crime Victims Applied Psychology media_common Psychopathology 050901 criminology 05 social sciences food and beverages Intimate partner violence Clinical Psychology Domestic violence Female 0509 other social sciences Psychology 050104 developmental & child psychology Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Academica-e: Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Pública de Navarra Universidad Pública de Navarra Academica-e. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Pública de Navarra instname |
| Popis: | Aims: The goals of this study were to explore the prevalence of childhood family violence (CFV) (both suffered and witnessed) among male batterers in treatment, and to analyse the specific psychological profile of these perpetrators with CFV. Method: A sample of 1421 men recruited from a specialized batterer treatment programme was assessed. A description of the sociodemographic, violence and psychopathological characteristics of the sample was carried out. Moreover, a comparison of all the variables studied between batterer men with and those without CFV was conducted. Findings: The results showed that 35.2% (n = 500) of the sample reported having been victims of CFV (67.2% of them directly suffered abuse, and 32.8% witnessed violence between their parents, mainly from father to mother). Batterers with CFV presented with more irrational beliefs both about women and about violence as a strategy to cope with everyday difficulties. Moreover, they had significantly higher scores than batterers without CFV on all psychopathological symptoms as assessed by the SCL-90-R, as well as on most of the STAXI-2 subscales. In the logistic regression analysis, the main variables related to having a history of CFV were low education level, voluntary access to the programme, having a previous psychiatric history, being an immigrant, having children, and presenting a greater number of psychopathological symptoms. Major implications: According to these results, batterers with CFV showed a higher severity in most of the variables studied than those without CFV. Consequently, these findings highlight the importance of tailoring batterer treatment programmes to their specific characteristics, particularly those regarding childhood victimization. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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