Dutton D G
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
Violence Vict. 1988 Spring;3(1):5-29.
A review of the experimental literature on wife assault causation indicates that differing "profiles" of wife assaulters have been developed by different research strategies. Profiles based on interviews with victims suggest a tyrannical, personality-disordered type of wife assaulter. Clinical assessments reveal several profiles, only one of which is consistent with this view. Other types of wife assaulters are dependent and unassertive. By comparing the emerging data on wife assaulters with the initial clinical descriptions, an assessment is made of the contribution of empirical studies to date. While the potential for a major contribution to our understanding of wife assaulters exists through use of systematic empirical methods, it is concluded that this potential has not yet been fulfilled. Some suggestions are made for future research strategies to improve empirical capabilities in furthering this understanding, including a more thorough assessment of early trauma as a major causative factor affecting a large subcategory of wife assaulters and greater attention to the self-selection of wife assault samples.
一项关于妻子受虐成因的实验文献综述表明，不同的研究策略得出了不同类型的妻子施暴者“特征”。基于对受害者访谈的特征显示，存在一种专横跋扈、人格障碍型的妻子施暴者。临床评估揭示了几种特征，其中只有一种与这种观点一致。其他类型的妻子施暴者具有依赖性且不够坚定自信。通过将关于妻子施暴者的新数据与最初的临床描述进行比较，对迄今为止实证研究的贡献进行了评估。虽然通过使用系统的实证方法有可能对我们理解妻子施暴者做出重大贡献，但得出的结论是，这一潜力尚未实现。针对未来研究策略提出了一些建议，以提高在增进这一理解方面的实证能力，包括更全面地评估早期创伤作为影响很大一部分妻子施暴者的主要致病因素，以及更多地关注妻子受虐样本的自我选择情况。
