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“Strength at Home” Group Intervention for Military Populations Engaging in Intimate Partner Violence: Pilot Findings

  • RESEARCH AND INTERVENTIONS FOR VICTIMS OF INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
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In this brief report, we present information on the Strength at Home intervention to treat male active duty or military veteran perpetrators of intimate partner violence (IPV) as well as preliminary pilot study findings. Strength at Home is a 12-session cognitive-behavioral group intervention developed by the authors that is based on a social information processing model of IPV perpetration. Six men referred to two intervention groups and five collateral female partners participated in this pilot study. Findings indicated large reductions for most indices of physical and psychological IPV from pre-treatment to 6-month follow-up. These initial results are promising though the small sample size and other study limitations preclude our ability to draw firm conclusions.

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  1. Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System (116B-4), 150 South Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA, 02130, USA

    Casey T. Taft, Alexandra Macdonald & Patricia A. Resick

  2. Boston University, Boston, MA, USA

    Casey T. Taft, Alexandra Macdonald & Patricia A. Resick

  3. Ryerson University, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Candice M. Monson

  4. Fresno Pacific University, Fresno, CA, USA

    Sherry M. Walling

  5. University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA

    Christopher M. Murphy

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Casey T. Taft, National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System, and Department of Psychiatry, Boston University School of Medicine; Alexandra Macdonald, National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System, and Department of Psychiatry, Boston University School of Medicine; Candice M. Monson, Department of Psychology, Ryerson University; Sherry M. Walling, Department of Psychology, Fresno Pacific University; Patricia A. Resick, National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System, and Departments of Psychiatry and Psychology, Boston University; Christopher M. Murphy, Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, Baltimore.

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Taft, C.T., Macdonald, A., Monson, C.M. et al. “Strength at Home” Group Intervention for Military Populations Engaging in Intimate Partner Violence: Pilot Findings. J Fam Viol 28, 225–231 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10896-013-9496-y

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