| Description |
xxv, 294 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- What is Intimate Partner Violence? -- How Serious is the Problem of Intimate Partner Violence? -- Worldwide Intimate Partner Violence Statistics -- Intimate Partner Violence Statistics in the United States and Canada -- Pregnancy and Intimate Partner Violence -- Latinos in the United States -- Other Ethnic Groups and IPV -- Immigrant Women and IPV -- Intimate Partner Violence in Latin America -- About the Men whose Voices are Heard in this Book -- The Interview Participants -- Meet the Participants -- Summary -- Why do men assault their partners? -- Theoretical Perspectives on the Etiology of Partner Abuse -- Ecological Approach -- Sociocultural Approach -- Social Learning Approach -- Cognitive-Behavioral Approach -- Clinical Model/Psychopathology -- Typologies of partner abusive men Attachment Theory and its Application to the Violent Man -- Psychodynamic/Self Psychology Approach -- Theories of Etiology of IPV among Latinos -- What puts men at risk to be violent in the home? Risk Factors -- Childhood Violence -- Low Socioeconomic Status, Unemployment, and Low Educational -- Achievement -- Alcohol Use and Abuse -- Alcohol in Latino Populations -- Other Risk Factors in Partner Abuse -- Behavioral deficits Insecure or Avoidant Attachment -- Psychopathology -- Age -- Anger -- Stress -- Depression and Low Self-Esteem -- High Levels of Marital Conflict -- Generalized Aggression/Antisocial Traits -- Traditional Gender Roles, a Non-risk Factor? -- Acculturation/ immigration and cultural change Protective Factors -- Latino Culture: Approaches to Therapy -- Definition of Culture -- Interdependence -- Familismo -- Values in Interpersonal Relations: Respeto, Personalismo, and Simpatía -- Importance of Religious Beliefs -- Gender Roles -- Gender Schemas and Immigration -- Socioeconomic Status versus Race -- The Immigration Experience -- Acculturation and Acculturation Stress -- Perception of Mental Illness and Attitudes towards Treatment -- Ecological Context -- Family Organization -- Migration History and Acculturation -- Effective Therapeutic Modes for Latinos -- Effective Therapeutic Techniques -- Characteristics of the Culturally Aware Therapist -- Therapist Credibility -- Treatment of Partner Abusive Men -- Does treatment for partner abusive men work? -- Latino Men and Treatment for IPV -- Who are the men being treated for IPV? Results of a Survey -- Ethnicity of survey respondents Urban versus rural origin Number of children in family of origin History of abuse and neglect History of Witnessing IPV -- Father's alcohol abuse or alcoholism Mother's status in the family of origin Religious identification Marital status Particulars of the IPV incident Children Witnessing IPV -- Low socioeconomic status Low academic achievement Employment status and unemployment Alcohol abuse by respondents Age of respondents Depression -- Relationship conflict Generalized aggression Extended family and social support Level of acculturation Summary of survey findings Additional Findings from the Survey -- Major Risk Factors -- Why Use Qualitative Methods to Research this Topic? -- Qualitative In-Depth Interviews -- Sample -- Development of the Interview schedule Translation and back translation of the interview schedule Pilot study of the interview schedule Data Collection -- Transcription of the interview Data Analysis Using the Constant Comparative Method -- Communication of the Outcome of the Study -- Violence as a Way of Life -- Traditional Gender Roles as the Bedrock of Violence towards Women -- Today's Perpetrator is often Yesterday's Victim: Child Abuse and Neglect in the Family of Origin -- Childhood Abuse -- Witnessing Abuse -- Childhood Trauma and Abandonment leading to a Fragile Sense of Self -- Maladaptive Coping Skills -- Alcoholism -- Father's Alcohol Abuse or Alcoholism -- Alcohol Abuse and Dependence as a Risk Factor for Intimate Violence -- Lack Of Relationship Skills -- Uncontrolled Anger -- Environmental Stressors -- Financial Stress -- Being an Immigrant, Often Unwelcome: Acculturation Stress -- Immigration difficulties Discrimination -- Protective factors. What is it about Latino culture that makes partner violence unacceptable in theory? -- Positive Aspects of Male Gender Roles -- Familismo -- The Nuclear Family -- Extended Family -- Spirituality -- Importance of Spiritual Values -- Spiritual Teaching and IPV -- What was it like for the Men to be in Treatment for Partner Abuse? -- The Experience of Group Therapy: What Made Treatment Work -- The Latino Group -- Use Of Spanish Videos -- Ethnicity Of Therapist -- Thoughts and Feeling about Group Therapy -- Self-Disclosure -- The Decision to Change -- Empowerment -- Learning from the group Feelings about treatment Learning through content taught Contributing to the group Group Behaviors -- Helpful Aspects of the Group -- Negative Group Behaviors -- Respeto in the Group -- Therapist Interventions -- Effective Teaching Style: Clarity And Structure -- Effective Therapeutic Style: Simpatía and Empathy -- Ineffective Teaching Style: Authoritarian and Unfocused -- Ineffective Therapeutic Style: Confrontation and Blaming -- Organizational Factors -- The Setting -- Making Decisions about Personal Change and Healing: Outcomes of Treatment -- Treatment Outcomes -- Changes in attitude and behavior Change of Attitudes and Behaviors towards Others -- Healing from past trauma Contributions to the Group Experience -- Overcoming Substance Abuse and Dependence -- The Need for Public Education -- Knowing the Legal Consequences of IPV -- Knowing about IPV Prevention and Treatment -- Dissemination of Knowledge about IPV in Mexico and Latin America -- Personal Transformation: redefining self as person, husband and father Changes in gender role perceptions Appreciation of Gender Equality -- Importance of family and new parenting skills Learning to be a Father -- Sharing the Information they have Received -- Culturally Specific Topics Identified as Helpful Treatment Components -- Emphasis on Parenting Education -- Extensive discussion of rigid male gender roles, especially machismo Acknowledgment of Discrimination against Immigrants and Women -- Discussion of difficulties stemming from immigration Open Discussion of Sexual Abuse in Relationships -- Inclusion of Spirituality Related to the Prevention of IPV -- Partner Abusive Latino Men on a Journey to Redefine their Masculinity for the XXI Century -- Cultural Adaptation of Treatment for Latino Partner Abusive Men -- Adaptations to the Program -- Implementation of Cultural Additions and Adaptations -- Cultural Stories -- Teaching Method -- Appendices -- Masculinity/Machismo and Human Rights -- Sexual Abuse in Relationships -- Discrimination -- Immigration and Marital Conflict -- Parent Education -- Spirituality and Violence Prevention -- The Pilot Program -- Where do we go from here? |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-284) and index. |
| Subject |
Marital violence -- United States.
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Hispanic American men -- Psychology.
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Abusive men -- Behavior modification -- United States.
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| Added Author |
Ribner, Neil.
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| ISBN |
9780826124777 alkaline paper |
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0826124771 alkaline paper |
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