Currently, few intervention programs for maltreating fathers exist and even fewer of them have been evaluated for effectiveness. The current study examined the effectiveness of a community-based group treatment program for domestically violent and child abusing fathers by looking at reliability, magnitude, and clinical significance of changes in variables associated with maltreatment risk mechanisms in a group of 98 participants. The intervention was found to be largely successful in producing statistically significant changes in fathers’ overreactivity to children’s misbehaviour, ability to co-parent with children’s mothers, and their ability to prioritize their children’s needs. However, a closer look at individual change (using measures of clinical significance), showed variability in fathers’ responses to treatment, with some men making changes across measures and some remaining in the clinically concerning range despite treatment efforts. The implications of these findings for intervention and maltreatment prevention are discussed.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:TORONTO/oai:tspace.library.utoronto.ca:1807/27319 |
| Date | 24 May 2011 |
| Creators | Lishak, Victoria |
| Contributors | Scott, Katreena |
| Source Sets | University of Toronto |
| Language | en_ca |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
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