Dutton D G
Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia.
Violence Vict. 1986 Fall;1(3):163-75.
This study represents an attempt to assess the effectiveness of court-mandated treatment for wife assault. A quasi-experimental design examined post-conviction recidivism rates for men convicted of wife assault. Fifty men who completed a 16-week treatment program had a 4% recidivism rate for a posttreatment period of up to 3 years. A comparable group who were not treated had a 40% recidivism rate in the same period. Hence, the "success" rate of treatment was 36% according to police records (Rosenthal, 1983). Straus Conflict Tactics Scale scores reported both by the treated men and their wives demonstrated significant posttreatment decreases from pretreatment levels. Treated husbands' average annual use of severe violence dropped from 10.6 to 1.7 times per year (p less than 0.01). Eighty-four percent of wives reported no posttreatment violence. Rates of verbal aggression also dropped significantly from pretreatment levels. Comparison with CTS scores of a group of men who were arrested but not treated for wife assault (Jaffe, Wolfe, Telford, & Austin 1986) revealed significant decreases in the use of Physical Aggression subscale tactics (as reported by their wives) as a result of treatment. Interpretative difficulties with the quasi-experimental design used in this study are discussed and a randomized design with appropriate psychological assessment of subjects is recommended.
本研究旨在评估法庭强制要求对殴打妻子者的治疗效果。采用准实验设计，研究了因殴打妻子而被定罪的男性在定罪后的累犯率。五十名完成了为期16周治疗项目的男性，在长达3年的治疗后期间累犯率为4%。同期未接受治疗的对照组累犯率为40%。因此，根据警方记录，治疗的“成功率”为36%（罗森塔尔，1983年）。接受治疗的男性及其妻子报告的斯特劳斯冲突策略量表得分显示，治疗后较治疗前有显著下降。接受治疗的丈夫每年使用严重暴力的平均次数从每年10.6次降至1.7次（p小于0.01）。84%的妻子报告治疗后没有暴力行为。言语攻击率也较治疗前显著下降。与一组因殴打妻子被捕但未接受治疗的男性的CTS得分进行比较（贾菲、沃尔夫、特尔福德和奥斯汀，1986年）发现，治疗后（妻子报告）身体攻击子量表策略的使用显著减少。讨论了本研究中使用的准实验设计存在的解释困难，并建议采用随机设计并对受试者进行适当的心理评估。
