Mappin Lyndsay, Dawson David L, Gresswell David M, Beckley Kerry
Clinical Psychology, University of Lincoln, Lincoln, UK.
Crim Behav Ment Health. 2013 Oct;23(4):290-303. doi: 10.1002/cbm.1874. Epub 2013 Aug 5.
Recent empirical evidence suggests that women assault their intimate partners at approximately the same rate as men. However, a general historical reluctance to acknowledge women as significant perpetrators of intimate partner violence (IPV) has limited clinical understanding of this phenomenon and the processes by which such behaviour may develop.
The following paper uses multiple sequential functional analysis (MSFA), an idiographic case formulation method based on functional analysis, to explore the development and functional value of IPV in the case histories of three women.
Data from comprehensive clinical interviews, file review and collateral professional interviews are synthesised using MSFA to examine the development and maintenance of IPV across each participant's lifespan.
Although there appeared to be important differences between participants, the analyses broadly indicated that all three participants used violence instrumentally to achieve some aspect of control or coercion over their intimate partners, and to meet their primary intimacy needs.
The MSFA appears to be a useful methodology for understanding female-perpetrated IPV and, importantly, may lend itself more readily to effective formulation-informed interventions than other qualitative-narrative case methods. The strengths and limitations of MSFA as a pragmatic case formulation method are discussed.
最近的实证证据表明，女性攻击亲密伴侣的比率与男性大致相同。然而，历史上普遍不愿承认女性是亲密伴侣暴力（IPV）的主要肇事者，这限制了对这一现象及其行为发展过程的临床理解。
本文采用多重序列功能分析（MSFA），一种基于功能分析的个案描述方法，来探讨三名女性案例中亲密伴侣暴力的发展及功能价值。
综合临床访谈、档案审查和辅助专业访谈的数据，采用多重序列功能分析来考察亲密伴侣暴力在每位参与者整个生命周期中的发展和维持情况。
尽管参与者之间似乎存在重要差异，但分析大致表明，所有三名参与者都将暴力作为手段，以实现对亲密伴侣的某种控制或胁迫，并满足其主要的亲密需求。
多重序列功能分析似乎是理解女性实施亲密伴侣暴力的一种有用方法，重要的是，与其他定性叙事案例方法相比，它可能更容易用于基于有效描述的干预措施。本文讨论了多重序列功能分析作为一种实用案例描述方法的优缺点。
