Program Women's and Gender Studies, DePaul University, 2320 N. Kenmore, Chicago, IL 60614, USA.
Am J Community Psychol. 2010 Mar;45(1-2):107-23. doi: 10.1007/s10464-009-9292-2.
The purpose of this study was to explore the meaning men make of their violence toward intimate partners and to examine if and how these meanings and constructions of violence predicted who drops out of batterer treatment prior to program completion. We used both qualitative and quantitative data collected from 154 men court-mandated to participate in a batterer intervention program. The qualitative findings indicated that the men in this sample minimized and denied responsibility for the violence they used towards their intimate partners while simultaneously rationalizing and justifying their violent behavior. Such findings provide insight into how denial and minimization and, more broadly, men's constructions of masculinity might predict their tendency to drop out of batterer treatment. Furthermore, building upon our qualitative findings, logistic regression analysis revealed that men who were lower income, no longer intimately involved with the women they abused, and who reported lower levels of physical violence and higher levels of hostility were more likely to drop out of the batterer treatment program.
本研究旨在探讨男性对亲密伴侣施暴的意义，并探讨这些意义和暴力建构是否以及如何预测谁会在完成项目之前退出施虐者治疗。我们使用了从 154 名被法庭强制参加施虐者干预项目的男性那里收集的定性和定量数据。定性研究结果表明，该样本中的男性最小化并否认对其亲密伴侣使用暴力的责任，同时为其暴力行为进行合理化和辩解。这些发现提供了深入了解否认和最小化以及更广泛地了解男性的男子气概建构如何预测他们退出施虐者治疗的倾向。此外，基于我们的定性研究结果，逻辑回归分析表明，收入较低、不再与他们虐待的女性有亲密关系、报告较低水平的身体暴力和较高水平的敌意的男性更有可能退出施虐者治疗项目。
