An Examination of Psychopathology Among Men who have Suspended the Use of Violence in Their Intimate Relationships

Kate Walker; Erica Bowen; Sarah J Brown; Emma Sleath

doi:10.1007/s10896-015-9694-x

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An Examination of Psychopathology Among Men who have Suspended the Use of Violence in Their Intimate Relationships

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An Examination of Psychopathology Among Men who have Suspended the Use of Violence in Their Intimate Relationships

Kate Walker, Erica Bowen, Sarah J Brown and Emma Sleath

Journal of Family Violence, Vol.30(5), pp.539-554

2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10896-015-9694-x

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Abstract

desistance

domestic violence

intimate partner violence

MCMI-III

personality

It is well established that personality pathology has been associated with the onset and continued perpetration of intimate partner violence, yet if and how this relates to the cessation of such behaviours remains unclear. The aim of this study was to determine whether personality pathology differentiated 37 intimate partner violent men who had suspended the use of violence against their intimates ('desisters'), 50 persisters, and 49 non-violent controls using the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory-III subscales. Cluster A and Cluster B disorders at a diagnostic level were more often reported in men who had used violence against intimates compared to men in the control group. The rates and percentages of clinically meaningful traits and disorders were lower for the desisters than the persisters, with the desisters more like the controls than the persisters. The findings suggest that the initial stage of the desistance process may be related to personality pathology.

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Title: An Examination of Psychopathology Among Men who have Suspended the Use of Violence in Their Intimate Relationships
Authors: Kate Walker (Author) - Coventry University, United Kingdom
Erica Bowen (Author) - Coventry University, United Kingdom
Sarah J Brown (Author) - Coventry University, United Kingdom
Emma Sleath (Author) - Coventry University, United Kingdom
Publication details: Journal of Family Violence, Vol.30(5), pp.539-554
Publisher: Springer New York LLC
Date published: 2015
DOI: 10.1007/s10896-015-9694-x
ISSN: 0885-7482
Organisation Unit: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Law and Society; Sexual Violence Research and Prevention Unit; School of Law and Criminology - Legacy
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99450815202621
Output Type: Journal article

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