Treatment-Induced Changes in Undercontrolled and Overcontrolled Anger Subtypes of Perpetrators of Intimate Partner Violence and 5-Year Recidivism

This study examines different types of partner-violent males based on anger profiles. A cluster analysis of 483 self-reports completed by partner-violent men using the State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory (STAXI-2) identified two clusters of Undercontrolled and Overcontrolled anger profiles. The U...

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Published inCriminal justice and behavior Vol. 46; no. 12; pp. 1700 - 1718
Main Authors Redondo, Natalia, Cantos, Arthur L., Graña, Jose Luis, Muñoz-Rivas, Marina J., O’Leary, K. Daniel
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.12.2019
SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
Subjects
Aggressiveness
Alcohol abuse
Alcohol use
Anger
Antisocial personality disorder
Cognitive behavioral therapy
Cognitive-behavioral factors
Domestic violence
Hostility
Impulsivity
Intervention
Intimate partner violence
Men
Perpetrators
Personality traits
Psychic assault
Psychopathology
Recidivism
Subtypes
Tactics
Verbal aggression
intimate partner violence
typology
treatment
recidivism
women victims
anger
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Summary:This study examines different types of partner-violent males based on anger profiles. A cluster analysis of 483 self-reports completed by partner-violent men using the State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory (STAXI-2) identified two clusters of Undercontrolled and Overcontrolled anger profiles. The Undercontrolled men presented with higher pre-intervention scores than Overcontrolled men on Borderline Personality Organization, psychopathic traits, impulsiveness, physical aggression, verbal aggression, alcohol use, and partner-abusive behavior. Following completion of a cognitive-behavioral therapy program, there was a significant reduction in intimate partner violence for both subtypes, although Undercontrolled individuals continued to present more frequent psychological aggression and dominant and jealous tactics. Recidivism was predicted by pretreatment levels of hostility and treatment completion. Men with greater pretreatment to posttreatment changes in anger control were less likely to recidivate at 1, 3, and 5 years after treatment. The results suggest that perpetrators with different profiles would benefit from different types of intervention.
ISSN:0093-8548
1552-3594
DOI:10.1177/0093854819879201