Web resource:	http://jiv.sagepub.com/content/early/2010/05/21/0886260510365853.short
Type:	Journal Article
Title:	Subtyping male perpetrators of intimate partner violence
Other Titles:	Journal of interpersonal violence
Authors:	Fowler, Katherine A Westen, Drew
Keywords:	Perpetrators
Year:	2011
Publisher:	Sage Publications
Citation:	26 (4), March 2011
Notes:	Domestic violence is a serious problem with far-reaching consequences. This study applies a new methodology to derive subtypes of male perpetrators of intimate partner violence. As part of a larger National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)—funded study, a national sample of randomly selected psychologists and psychiatrists describe 188 adult male patients (59 with a history of partner violence, 97 with a history of arrests but not partner violence, and 57 with neither partner violence nor arrests), using the Shedler—Westen Assessment Procedure-II (SWAP-II), a Q-sort procedure for assessing personality pathology. Using Q-factor analysis, the authors identify three personality constellations among the partner-violent men, two of which strongly resembled subtypes identified using different methods in prior research: psychopathic, hostile/controlling, and borderline/dependent. The authors compare these subtypes with each other and with nonarrested/ nonviolent men and men with arrests but no partner violence on Axis I and II diagnoses, adaptive functioning, etiological variables, and response to treatment, providing initial validity data. [?2011 SAGE Publications. All rights reserved. For further information, visit SAGE Publications link.]
URI:	https://anrows.intersearch.com.au/anrowsjspui/handle/1/12368
ISSN:	0886-2605
Appears in Collections:	Journal Articles

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