Browsing by Subject "Intimate Partner Violence"
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Item Anger-Reactivity and Treatment Adherence among Court-Mandated Partner-Violent Men(2009-01-01) Persampiere, John; Murphy, Christopher M.; Psychology; PsychologyThe primary aims of the present study were twofold: First, to examine the extent to which anger- related cognitions and anger arousal during the Articulated Thoughts During Simulated Situations ( ATSS) cognitive assessment were associated with psychological and physical abuse in a sample of court- mandated partner- violent men before treatment; and second, to examine the extent to which anger- related cognitions and anger arousal predicted treatment process and adherence variables in a sub- sample of these individuals. Results indicate that irrational beliefs had significant and positive relations with psychological and physical abuse at pretreatment. Furthermore, higher anger- reactivity, defined as the change in state anger from pre to post ATSS procedure, predicted lower treatment adherence as measured by homework compliance and treatment attendance. Results also indicated that higher anger- reactivity significantly predicted lower early therapist ratings of the working alliance. Implications for research and clinical practice are discussed.Item Influence of Therapist Response Style on Group Member Interactions and Clinical Outcomes in a Male Intimate Partner Violence Treatment Group(2017-01-01) Sailey, Angela MauraSailey, Angela Maura; Murphy, Christopher; Psychology; PsychologyCurrent research indicates that IPV treatment has limited efficacy in reducing IPV behaviors. Given the damaging impact of IPV, it is essential to improve treatment approaches. The aim of this study was to address the role of the therapists in facilitating change in IPV treatment. Utilizing videos of 16 IPV treatment groups, 6 therapists interpersonal styles in response to key intervention statements where determined based on the CLPOT-R. Findings suggested that specific interpersonal styles influence client'sverbalization of negative relationship beliefs and post treatment IPV behaviors. Specifically, a Friendly-Dominant style was associated with fewer partner reported IPV behaviors 6-months after treatment. This study is a step towards enhancing therapist training and treatment approach to improve the efficacy of IPV treatment.Item The Association between Disengaged Couple Communication and Intimate Partner Violence in Newlywed Couples(2018-01-01) Singh, Rupsha; Barry, Robin A.; Pitts, Steven C.; Psychology; PsychologyRomantic disengagement and intimate partner violence (IPV) are maladaptive forms of couple communication. Attachment theory and research on the demand-withdraw dyadic communication pattern suggest that there is a positive association between disengagement and IPV. The present study examined associations between IPV and disengagement in a sample of newlywed couples over two time points. Couples were assessed during their first (N = 114) and second (N = 90) years of marriage. Results indicated that individuals' disengagement was positively related to their own and their partner's concurrent IPV. Spouses' Time 1 disengagement was not associated with their partners' IPV at Time 2. Wives' Time 1 IPV was associated with husband's higher Time 2 disengagement but husbands' Time 1 IPV was not associated with wives' Time 2 disengagement. Husbands' who were more disengaged at Time 1, were more disengaged at Time 2 when their wives engaged in IPV at Time 1. However, this pattern was not found for wives' disengagement. This research helps to elucidate the functions of disengaged couple communication and IPV early in the marriage.Item The Impact of Coping Self-Efficacy and Event Centrality on PTSD Symptom Severity and Posttraumatic Growth Among Survivors of IPV(2018-01-01) Torres, Steffany; Murphy, Christopher M; Psychology; PsychologyResearch indicates that event centrality has a unique ability to positively predict posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and posttraumatic growth (PTG), concepts that are intuitively opposite. The present study aimed to evaluate whether coping self-efficacy can help explain the distinct associations with growth and distress among a sample of intimate partner violence (IPV) survivors. The following moderations were hypothesized 1) the relation between PTSD and event centrality will be stronger among individuals with low coping self-efficacy, 2) the relation between event centrality and PTG will be weaker among individuals with low coping self-efficacy, and 3) the moderating effect of coping self-efficacy on event centrality and PTG will be stronger among individuals with higher PTSD symptom severity. Forty-six survivors of IPV were recruited and provided data on the study variables. Results indicated that coping self-efficacy was negatively associated with event centrality and PTSD, and positively associated with PTG. PTG was not associated with event centrality, PTSD, or IPV exposure. Additionally, emotional abuse frequency was most strongly associated with PTSD compared to all other forms of IPV exposure. None of the hypothesized moderations were significant. Further results indicated that coping self-efficacy and event centrality account for 73.5% of the variance in PTSD symptoms and 16% of the variance in PTG. These results suggest that event centrality is a strong predictor of PTSD symptom severity; however, they contrast with previous studies that have shown that higher event centrality predicts higher levels of both PTSD and PTG. Instead, the results suggest that coping self-efficacy is a key predictor that may be central to the development of both PTSD and PTG.