@article{ref1,
title="Evaluating predictors of program attrition among women mandated into batterer intervention treatment",
journal="Research on social work practice",
year="2012",
author="Buttell, Frederick P. and Powers, Dolores and Wong, Asia",
volume="22",
number="1",
pages="20-28",
abstract="Objective: The purpose of the present study was to evaluate pretreatment differences between treatment completers and dropouts among a large sample of women ordered into a 26-week batterer intervention program (BIP). Method: The study employed a nonequivalent, control-group design (comparing program completers to dropouts) in a secondary analysis of 485 women mandated into a BIP. Results: Analysis indicated that (a) there are specific psychosocial risk factors associated with an increased probability of program attrition in both women and men batterers; (b) these risk factors increase attrition rates for women in treatment programs; and (c) the level of supervision dictated by the referral source is correlated to program completion for women in this study. Conclusion: These findings reveal characteristics of women batterers as they relate to the likelihood of completing treatment programs.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1049-7315",
doi="10.1177/1049731511413473",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1049731511413473"
}