英文摘要 |
Binge drinking is one of the risk factors toward intimate partner violence (IPV). According to "The Guidelines of BIP and Parenting Education for Perpetrators of Domestic Violence", alcoholic treatment can be integrated in the Batter Intervention Program (BIP) when the perpetrators present binge drinking. The policy has been for more than a decade, however, there is a paucity of research on the content and the efficacy of the treatment. To clarify these issues, the researcher conducted a research project funded by a county authority located in mid-southern Taiwan. Based on participatory/cooperative paradigm and action research, a court-mandated, open-ended, and semi-structured group counseling program involving 12 sessions was designed and led by the author. This group counseling program was designed based on the rationales of gender equity, cognitive and behavioral therapy, group dynamics, and alcoholic abstinence. Thirty-two perpetrators and their victims participating in this study provided completed data. The results are as follows: Firstly, the therapeutic factors were experienced by the perpetrators while they participated in the group counseling process. Secondly, perpetrators' binge drinking, physical violence, and the injuries of the victims decreased significantly after perpetrators finished the counseling sessions. Finally, the group therapeutic factors, the decrease of binge drinking, and the decrease of IPV were significantly related to one another. Hence, it could be inferred that the therapeutic efficacy could be partially associated with the improvement of perpetrators' binge drinking and IPV. |