Men’s Gendered Constructions of Intimate Partner Violence as Predictors of Court-Mandated Batterer Treatment Drop Out

摘要: The purpose of this study was to explore the meaning men make their violence toward intimate partners and examine if how these meanings constructions predicted who drops out batterer treatment prior program completion. We used both qualitative quantitative data collected from 154 court-mandated participate in a intervention program. findings indicated that sample minimized denied responsibility for they towards while simultaneously rationalizing justifying violent behavior. Such provide insight into denial minimization and, more broadly, men’s masculinity might predict tendency drop treatment. Furthermore, building upon our findings, logistic regression analysis revealed were lower income, no longer intimately involved with women abused, reported levels physical higher hostility likely