Downes, Róisín Esther (2022) Changing for Whom? The Role of Existential Motivation, Couple Participation and Relationship Context Disagreement in Men’s Domestic Violence Perpetrator Programmes. Research Master thesis, Research Master.
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Abstract
In this study, motivation and couples’ relationship context disagreement (about relationship status and relationship hopes) were used to predict emotional violence. Secondary analyses were done on longitudinal data among male participants from European programmes. Perpetrators’ self-reports were compared with (ex-)partner reports about the perpetrators’ behaviour. To assess the value of (ex-)partner participation and relationship context disagreement, treatment impact was compared for perpetrators who participated solo versus perpetrators who participated with an (ex-)partner and (dis)agreed. Finally, patterns of attrition were examined. Results revealed that emotional violence significantly decreased over time. Clients with higher existential motivation had higher baseline scores in emotional violence, but their use of violence also decreased significantly more over time. Clients whose partner participated and who disagreed with their partner about the relationship context had higher average scores on emotional violence than solo participating clients. Results did not support lower treatment impact for clients who disagreed with their partner about the relationship context. Challenges in analysis resulting from attrition and variation in administration, provide directions for improvement and growth. The role of existential motivation and relationship context disagreement deserve further investigation and are suitable for multi-site, multi-country evaluations of perpetrator programmes through multilevel analysis.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Research Master) |
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| Supervisor name: | Veenstra, D.R. and Lichtwarck-Aschoff, A. |
| Degree programme: | Research Master |
| Differentiation route: | Lifespan Development and Socialization [Research Master] |
| Date Deposited: | 01 Apr 2022 07:35 |
| Last Modified: | 01 Apr 2022 07:35 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/366 |
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