%0 Journal Article
%T Lessons in Program Evaluation: The ACTV Batterer Program Study and Its Claims
%A Edward W. Gondolf
%A Eric Mankowski
%A Larry Bennett
%J Violence Against Women
%@ 1552-8448
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/1077801217741994
%X The ˇ°Evaluation of the Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) curriculum for domestic violence offendersˇ± illustrates the methodological issues associated with interpreting program evaluations and applying them to policy. Despite the ˇ°preliminaryˇ± evidence, the authors promote ACTV as more effective in terms of recidivism compared with DU/CBT (cognitive-behavioral therapy) programming. A more critical consideration of the research, however, exposes further limitations that counter the initial speculations and interpretations of the study outcome. Consequently, the effectiveness of ACTV over the DU/CBT option remains in question and raises the need for a broader discourse on program effectiveness
%K acceptance and commitment therapy
%K ACT
%K batterer program evaluation
%K treatment outcomes
%K batterer recidivism
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1077801217741994