%0 Journal Article
%T Recovery in Peer Support Groups for Batterers¡ªA Qualitative Study
%A Angelique Vendrig-de Ron
%A Arno van Dam
%J Psychology
%P 414-432
%@ 2152-7199
%D 2024
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/psych.2024.153026
%X <p>
	<span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\">The effects of IPV treatment programs appear to be modest. A possible
explanation for the mediocre results may be that the problems for a subgroup of
batterers have a more chronic character. Chronic vulnerabilities require other
interventions</span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\">,</span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\"> such as peer support and self-help groups. These interventions <span>have the advantage that they enable more
identification between caregive</span>r and <span>client,
may take longer and are more flexible than regular care. </span></span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\">Since 2015</span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\">,</span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\"> several self-help groups for batterers based on the
12</span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\">-</span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\">step program were established in the Netherlands.</span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\"> The aim of this qualitative study was to investigate to what extent the
peer support group contributes to personal recovery, based <span>on the CHIME model, from the perspective of the
(former) participants o</span>f the peer support group. </span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\">Aggression regulation problems are regarded by <span>the participants as chronic condition</span></span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\">s</span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\">. Participation in the peer
suppor</span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\">t group increased their
ability to control their aggression, but also improved their qual<span>ity of life. The recovery process described by the
participating batterers fits </span>well with the concepts of the CHIME model. </span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\">Batterer intervention programs <span>may
therefore benefit from shifting to a recovery paradigm adopted from</span> programs for chronic conditions.</span></span></span><span></span><span></span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\"></span> 
</p>
%K Domestic Violence
%K Batterers
%K Peer Support
%K Recovery
%K Aggression
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=132217