Kistenmacher Barbara R, Weiss Robert L
University of Oregon, USA.
Violence Vict. 2008;23(5):558-70. doi: 10.1891/0886-6708.23.5.558.
The present study reports on the potential effectiveness of motivational interviewing (MI) in changing the way batterers think about their violent behavior. Thirty-three domestic violence offenders who were court-mandated to treatment were randomly assigned to MI or a control condition before attending their first mandated treatment group. Consistent with predictions, the MI group demonstrated generally more improvement on stages of change subscales than the control group. Further, the MI group demonstrated a significantly greater decrease in the extent to which they blamed their violence on external factors. Current data indicate that MI has the potential to increase batterers' motivation to change, although validation trials with larger sample sizes and more refined measures are required.
本研究报告了动机性访谈（MI）在改变殴打者对其暴力行为看法方面的潜在效果。33名被法院强制要求接受治疗的家庭暴力罪犯在参加首个强制治疗小组之前，被随机分配到MI组或对照组。与预测一致，MI组在改变阶段子量表上的总体改善程度通常高于对照组。此外，MI组在将暴力行为归咎于外部因素的程度上有显著更大幅度的下降。目前的数据表明，MI有潜力增强殴打者改变的动机，不过还需要更大样本量和更精细测量方法的验证试验。
