Describes and contrasts five different treatment approaches to battering men. Includes discussion of each model's modalities and techniques. Also available in Spanish. Doctoral Dissertation, Counseling Psychology Department, Northeastern University. Research study compares the fifteen husbands to an equal number of nonabusive husbands on attitudes toward women and expectations of their wives.
Study also includes extensive data from the abused and nonabused wives.
Study finds significant differences between abusive and non-abusive husbands on empathy and entitlement. More detailed description of the pro-feminist educational approach to battering men. Describes various group techniques used by proponents of this model with a particular emphasis on confrontation of the abuse's excuses. Includes criteria for evaluating the impact of batterer's programs on victims, perpetrators, and the community. Provides guidelines for physicians on identifying, educating and referring their patients who batter.