What Attracts Men Who Batter to Their Partners? An Exploratory Study
dc.contributor.author | Saunders, Daniel G. | |
dc.contributor.author | Kurko, Jennifer F. | |
dc.contributor.author | Barlow, Kirsten | |
dc.contributor.author | Crane, Colleen E. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2012-02-28T15:46:06Z | |
dc.date.available | 2012-02-28T15:46:06Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2011-01-30 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Journal of Interpersonal Violence 26(14) 2747– 2763 <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/89970> | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/89970 | |
dc.description.abstract | Men who batter, because of particular personality traits and sense of entitlement, may select partners whom they perceive will be dependent on them, meet their emotional needs, or be “objects” of physical attractiveness. During treatment intake, 181 offenders responded to the question, “What attracted you to her (your partner)?” We explored whether men who mentioned their own needs or her physical traits would engage in more frequent and severe violence and would have specific forms of personality disorder dimensions or personality traits. Six categories of attraction, including “her physical traits” and “his needs,” were derived from the men’s responses. The results showed that men who focused on their partners’ physical attractiveness were more likely to be violent after treatment. Men who cited their own needs for their attraction had higher scores on borderline personality, alcohol abuse, and psychotic thinking and lower scores on compulsive-conforming | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
dc.publisher | Sage | en_US |
dc.subject | Domestic Violence | en_US |
dc.subject | Violent Offenders | en_US |
dc.subject | Batterers | en_US |
dc.title | What Attracts Men Who Batter to Their Partners? An Exploratory Study | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Social Work | |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Social Sciences | |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Peer Reviewed | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | School of Social Work | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationumcampus | Ann Arbor | en_US |
dc.description.bitstreamurl | http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/89970/1/Saunders-Kurko-Barlow-Crane 2011 What Attracts Men Who Batter to Their Partners JIV.pdf | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1177/0886260510390943 | |
dc.identifier.source | Journal of Intepersonal Violence | en_US |
dc.owningcollname | Social Work, School of (SSW) |
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