Crane Cory A, Schlauch Robert C, Eckhardt Christopher I
Biomedical Sciences Department, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY, USA.
Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Canandaigua, NY, USA.
Crim Behav Ment Health. 2015 Dec 10;25(4):287-98. doi: 10.1002/cbm.1977.
Although readiness to change is associated with mandated partner violence treatment compliance and subsequent violent behaviour among male offenders (e.g. Scott and Wolfe, 2003; Eckhardt et al., 2004), our understanding of the factors associated with pretreatment change remains limited. Offender research indicates that individual and dyadic violent behaviour are highly variable and that such variability may provide insight into levels of pretreatment change (Holtzworth-Munroe and Stuart, 1994; Archer, 2002).
AIMS/HYPOTHESES: We sought to examine the associations between indicators of change and individual as well as dyadic violence frequency in a sample of male partner violence offenders.
To determine whether severity and perceived concordance in the use of violence among male offenders and their female partners influenced readiness to change at pretreatment, 82 recently adjudicated male perpetrators of intimate partner violence were recruited into the current study and administered measures of readiness to change violent behaviour (Revised Safe at Home Scale; Begun et al., 2008) as well as partner violence experiences (Revised Conflict Tactics Scale; Straus et al., 1996).
Analyses revealed an interaction between offender-reported male and female violence in the prediction of pretreatment readiness to change such that greater male violence was associated with greater readiness to change among males who reported that their female partners perpetrated low, but not high, levels of violence. Consistently, greater female violence was associated with lower readiness to change only among the most violent male offenders.
Results provide support for the assertion that the most violent offenders may be the most resistant to partner violence intervention efforts, particularly when they perceive themselves to be victims as well. Enhanced motivational and couples programming may facilitate treatment engagement among the high-risk group of male offenders who report concordant relationship violence.
尽管改变的意愿与男性罪犯强制伴侣暴力治疗的依从性以及随后的暴力行为相关（例如，斯科特和沃尔夫，2003年；埃克哈特等人，2004年），但我们对与治疗前改变相关因素的理解仍然有限。罪犯研究表明，个体和二元暴力行为具有高度变异性，这种变异性可能有助于深入了解治疗前改变的程度（霍兹沃思 - 门罗和斯图尔特，1994年；阿彻，2002年）。
目的/假设：我们试图在男性伴侣暴力罪犯样本中研究改变指标与个体及二元暴力频率之间的关联。
为了确定男性罪犯及其女性伴侣在暴力使用方面的严重程度和感知一致性是否会影响治疗前改变的意愿，本研究招募了82名最近被判定为亲密伴侣暴力的男性罪犯，并对他们进行了改变暴力行为意愿的测量（修订后的《在家安全量表》；贝根等人，2008年）以及伴侣暴力经历的测量（修订后的《冲突策略量表》；斯特劳斯等人，1996年）。
分析显示，在预测治疗前改变意愿时，罪犯报告的男性和女性暴力之间存在交互作用，即对于报告其女性伴侣实施低水平而非高水平暴力的男性，男性暴力程度越高，改变意愿越强。同样，只有在最暴力的男性罪犯中，女性暴力程度越高与改变意愿越低相关。
研究结果支持了这样一种观点，即最暴力的罪犯可能对伴侣暴力干预措施最具抵抗力，尤其是当他们认为自己也是受害者时。强化动机和夫妻治疗方案可能有助于促进那些报告存在一致关系暴力的高危男性罪犯群体参与治疗。
