Citation

Deschner JP, McNeil JS. J. Fam. Violence 1986; 1(2): 111-120.

Affiliation

Graduate School of Social Work, University of Texas at Arlington, 76019 Arlington, Texas

Copyright

(Copyright © 1986, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/BF00977247

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

This paper describes progress made by violence-prone spouses and parents in keeping their anger under control and stopping themselves from battering other family members. A total of 134 subjects took part in a 10-week structured group therapy program. All had experienced violence in their family, either as a perpetrator or as a victim. After anger control training 85 % of the families were free of further violence and remained so, according to an independent survey completed 6?8 months later.