What is the role of 'relational influence' in behaviour change work with domestic abuse perpetrators?

家庭暴力是一个全球性和全国性的危机。行为改变计划，如家庭暴力犯罪者计划（DAPPs），已被发现在帮助男性家庭暴力犯罪者摆脱虐待方式方面是有用的。“关系影响”是指处于亲密关系中的人们影响彼此的思想、情感和行为的人际过程（休斯顿，1983）。迄今为止，还没有关于关系影响在施虐男子行为改变方案中的作用的研究。该研究与儿童中心（DAPP的主要提供者）和Respect （DAPP的国家认证机构）合作，将采用对DAPP促进者的全国调查，然后对DAPP项目进行民族志观察，并对同一DAPP中12-15名家庭施虐者进行12-15次访谈，这些家庭施虐者在某种程度上改变了虐待行为。为了研究关系影响在施虐男性行为改变中的作用，访谈组将包括对施虐者本人、他们的DAPP促进者以及那些与施虐者关系密切并帮助他们改变的人的访谈（总共约45次访谈）。了解DAPP促进者和受虐者生活中的人是如何帮助他们停止虐待的，将照亮实践中改变的道路，并填补关于其他人如何帮助男性摆脱伤害妇女和儿童的霸权男性主义塑造方式的学术知识空白。

Domestic abuse is a global and national crisis. Behaviourchange programmes such as Domestic Abuse PerpetratorProgrammes (DAPPs) have been found to be useful insupporting male domestic violence perpetrators to move awayfrom abusive ways of being."Relational influence" is the interpersonal process by whichpeople in close relationships affect each other's thoughts,emotions, and behaviour (Huston, 1983). To date, there hasbeen no research on the role of relational influence inbehaviour change programmes with abusive men.Working in collaboration with a Children's Centre, a leadingDAPP provider, and Respect, the national accreditation bodyfor DAPPs, this study will employ a national survey of DAPPfacilitators, followed by ethnographic observations of a DAPPprogramme, and 12-15 interview clusters surrounding 12-15domestic abusers in the same DAPP who have experiencedsome change away from abusive behaviour. In order to studythe role of relational influence in abusive men's behaviourchange, the interview clusters will consist of interviews withthe perpetrators themselves, their DAPP facilitators, andthose close to the perpetrators who helped them change(approximately 45 interviews in all).Understanding how DAPP facilitators and people in abusivemen's lives help them desist from abusing would illuminatepathways toward change in practice and fill gaps in academicknowledge about how others can help men move away fromways of being shaped by hegemonic masculinities that harmwomen and children.