Expert System Intervention--Domestic Violence Offenders

描述(由申请人提供)：男女伴侣之间的暴力会造成 对妇女身心健康的重大威胁。研究 评估法院强制实施的家庭暴力治疗方案的效果 结果令人失望。强制治疗的一个主要问题是 它往往是标准化的，是“一刀切”的，忽视了个人 在动力水平和变革准备方面的差异。我们建议 通过开发和测试跨理论模型(TTM)实现服务个性化 根据个人准备阶段量身定做的干预措施，以结束 暴力。在第一阶段，目标是开发基于阶段的 计算机管理的多媒体专家系统干预和自助 手册旨在作为传统打蛋器的辅助工具进行管理 治疗。在第二阶段，我们的目标是完成 干预材料，将其翻译成西班牙语，并评估其有效性 在一项随机临床试验中。讲英语和西班牙语的家庭暴力 治疗对象将在治疗收治时被随机分配到 实验(n=350)或对照(n=350)。疗效将通过以下方式进行评估 干预组与对照组治疗次数的比较 出席了会议，合作伙伴报告了累犯，重新逮捕了国内 袭击，以及几项次要结果措施。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Male-to-female partner violence poses a major threat to the physical and emotional well being of women. Research assessing the efficacy of court-mandated domestic violence treatment programs has yielded disappointing results. A major problem with mandated treatment is that it tends to be standardized and 'one-size-fits-all,' neglecting individual differences in motivation level and readiness to change. We propose to individualize services by developing and testing a Transtheoretical Model (TTM) based intervention tailored to individual stage of readiness to end the violence. In Phase I the objective was to develop a stage-based computer-administered multimedia expert system intervention and self-help manual designed to be administered as an adjunct to traditional batterer treatment. In Phase II, the objective is to complete development of the intervention materials, translate them into Spanish, and assess their efficacy in a randomized clinical trial. English- and Spanish-speaking domestic violence treatment clients will be randomly assigned at treatment intake to the experimental (n=350) or control condition (n=350). Efficacy will be assessed by comparing the intervention and control groups on number of batterer treatment sessions attended, partner reports of recidivism, re-arrests for domestic assault, and several secondary outcome measures.