Sonkin D J
Violence Vict. 1988 Spring;3(1):65-79.
Since 1977, treatment and education programs for men who are assaultive toward spouses have proliferated across the country. Due to the great risk these men have posed to family members, many of the early intervention strategies were based on clinical intuition, clinical style, and personal understanding of the causes of family violence rather than on research data. These approaches to treatment have fallen into three camps: (1) a cognitive understanding of sexism, power, and control in intimate relationships; (2) behavioral anger management; and (3) family systems. Although service providers argue that their particular approach is the most effective, there is no data that indicate that any one form of treatment is more successful than others. As more empirical data are made available to service providers, treatment interventions can be appropriately modified. A greater dialogue between service providers, social policy makers, and academics is necessary to bridge the gaps in understanding the psychology of men who are assaultive toward intimates. Specific recommendations are made that may lead us to a better understanding of the etiology of spouse abuse as well as to the formulation of more effective intervention and prevention strategies.
自1977年以来，针对殴打配偶男性的治疗和教育项目在全国范围内激增。由于这些男性给家庭成员带来了巨大风险，许多早期干预策略是基于临床直觉、临床风格以及对家庭暴力原因的个人理解，而非研究数据。这些治疗方法分为三个阵营：（1）对亲密关系中的性别歧视、权力和控制的认知理解；（2）行为愤怒管理；（3）家庭系统。尽管服务提供者认为他们特定的方法是最有效的，但没有数据表明任何一种治疗形式比其他形式更成功。随着更多实证数据提供给服务提供者，治疗干预措施可以得到适当修改。服务提供者、社会政策制定者和学者之间需要进行更多对话，以弥合在理解殴打亲密伴侣男性心理方面的差距。文中提出了具体建议，这些建议可能会使我们更好地理解配偶虐待的病因，并制定更有效的干预和预防策略。
