Differential Intervention Outcomes Among Fathers Who Commit Domestic and Family Violence: The Influence of Parental Relationship Status

IF 2.7 3区心理学 Q1 FAMILY STUDIES

Journal of Family Violence Pub Date : 2024-04-04 DOI:10.1007/s10896-024-00687-y

Emma Gatfield, Patrick O’Leary, Menka Tsantefski, Silke Meyer, Kathleen Baird

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Abstract

Background

In Western contexts, the behavior of domestically violent men is largely addressed through legal sanctions and standardised men’s behavior change programs. When domestically violent fathers remain together or in contact with their families, safety is an ongoing concern. However, program evaluations have failed to provide clear evidence for their effectiveness in addressing family violence in relation to parenting status. Part of the problem in developing efficacious programs has been the challenge of targeting them to typologies or socio-cultural needs of participants.

Purpose

The Caring Dads (CD) program supports father-change through leveraging men’s motivation to be positive parents, promoting child-centred fathering and cessation of family abuse. The aim of this study was to investigate whether participating fathers improved their co-parenting interactions, family functioning and wellbeing, and considered father characteristics and relationship statuses that coincided with positive outcomes.

Methods

This mixed method Australian study investigating a CD pilot incorporated psychological measures and semi-structured interviews at pre-, post- and 10 months post-intervention. Participants were fathers who attended CD in South-East Queensland, 2017–2019, and their co-parents.

Results

All fathers experienced improvements in parenting and family functioning by post-intervention, with greatest improvements for partnered fathers’ families. Partnered fathers also experienced improved parental alliance, unlike most separated fathers, although results must be viewed with caution due to small sample size and attrition across the study duration.

Conclusion

This study provides early support for improvements in CD participants’ fathering, parental alliance, and family functioning, most substantially for partnered fathers, though findings should be further investigated with larger cohorts.

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对实施家庭暴力的父亲的不同干预结果：父母关系状况的影响

背景在西方国家，对有家庭暴力行为的男性的处理方式主要是通过法律制裁和标准化的男性行为改变计划。当有家庭暴力行为的父亲仍然与家人在一起或与家人保持联系时，安全问题就一直是个令人担忧的问题。然而，项目评估未能提供明确的证据来证明其在解决与养育子女状况相关的家庭暴力方面的有效性。目的 "关爱爸爸"（CD）项目通过激发男性成为积极父母的动力、促进以儿童为中心的父爱和停止家庭虐待来支持父亲的改变。本研究的目的是调查参与的父亲是否改善了共同养育子女的互动、家庭功能和福祉，并考虑与积极成果相吻合的父亲特征和关系状态。方法这项澳大利亚混合方法研究调查了一项 CD 试点项目，其中包括干预前、干预后和干预后 10 个月的心理测量和半结构式访谈。结果所有父亲在干预后的养育子女和家庭功能方面都有所改善，其中有伴侣的父亲的家庭改善最大。与大多数分居的父亲不同，有伴侣的父亲在父母联盟方面也有所改善，但由于样本量较小，且在整个研究期间有自然减员，因此必须谨慎看待研究结果。

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Journal of Family Violence Multiple-

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7.00

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121

期刊介绍： The Journal of Family Violence (JOFV) is a peer-reviewed publication committed to the dissemination of rigorous research on preventing, ending, and ameliorating all forms of family violence. JOFV welcomes scholarly articles related to the broad categories of child abuse and maltreatment, dating violence, domestic and partner violence, and elder abuse. Within these categories, JOFV emphasizes research on physical violence, psychological violence, sexual violence, and homicides that occur in families. Studies on families in all their various forms and diversities are welcome. JOFV publishes studies using quantitative, qualitative, and/or mixed methods involving the collection of primary data. Rigorous systematic reviews, meta-analyses, and theoretical analyses are also welcome. To help advance scientific understandings of family violence, JOFV is especially interested in research using transdisciplinary perspectives and innovative research methods. Because family violence is a global problem requiring solutions from diverse disciplinary perspectives, JOFV strongly encourages submissions from scholars worldwide from all disciplines and backgrounds.