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The European Journal of Psychology Applied to Legal Context
versión On-line ISSN 1989-4007versión impresa ISSN 1889-1861
Resumen
CARBAJOSA, Pablo; CATALA-MINANA, Alba; LILA, Marisol y GRACIA, Enrique. Differences in treatment adherence, program completion, and recidivism among batterer subtypes. The European Journal of Psychology Applied to Legal Context [online]. 2017, vol.9, n.2, pp.93-101. ISSN 1989-4007. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejpal.2017.04.001.
The present study aimed to cross-validate Holtzworth-Munroe and Stuart's typology in a Spanish sample of court-referred intimate partner violence batterers. The study also analyzed the typology's capability to predict treatment attendance, completion, and IPV recidivism two years after the treatment. The sample consisted of 210 batterers court referred to a batterer intervention program. Using cluster analysis, three batterer subtypes were identified in accordance with the original typology: family-only batterers, borderline/dysphoric, and generally violent-antisocial. The typology predicted program attendance, completion, and recidivism. Batterers from the generally violent-antisocial group attended a significantly lower number of sessions, presented the highest dropout levels, and had the highest recidivism rate followed by borderline/dysphoric and family-only batterers. These findings suggest that in order to increase the effectiveness of batterer intervention programs, batterers’ different needs and risk profiles should be taken into account.
Palabras clave : Typologies; Batterer intervention programs; Intimate partner violence; Perpetrators.