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Source: Sandra 1xbet online games login , 785-532-4377, sstith@k-state.edu
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News release prepared by: Erinn Barcomb-Peterson, 785-532-6415, ebarcomb@k-state.edu
Thursday, March 11, 2010
K-STATE EXPERT SAYS RESEARCH SHOWS TREATMENT FOR 1xbet online games login AMONG COUPLES SHOULD CONSIDER BOTH MALE AND FEMALE OFFENDERS, SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND THE CHOICE TO STAY TOGETHER
MANHATTAN -- Effectively treating 1xbet online games login among couples should encompass more than treating men separately for power and control issues, according to a Kansas State University expert.
Sandra Stith, a professor of family studies and human services, is an expert in intimate partner 1xbet online games login . She said research supports treating substance abuse as a means to stopping 1xbet online games login in some situations, while also considering that women can be violent themselves and that some couples choose to stay together regardless of 1xbet online games login in the relationship.
Stith expressed concern about some state standards for domestic 1xbet online games login treatment.
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She's finding that standards often operate on myths, such as that only men are offenders. Stith said that because men are more likely to be arrested for 1xbet online games login against a partner, most treatment programs target them.
&1xbet online games login ;In most of our research we find that although women are more likely to be injured by intimate partner violence, both men and women are often violent,&1xbet online games login ; Stith said. &1xbet online games login ;A lot of communities are just putting female offenders in victim services.&1xbet online games login ;
Although research indicates that many women who are victims are also violent themselves, 1xbet online games login said there's been less research on understanding the risk factors and treatment for violent women.
&1xbet online games login ;If the victim services don't address the woman's use of violence, then the women are not going to be served as well,&1xbet online games login ; she said.
In 2009, Stith and Catherine McMonigle, a former student of Stith's from Virginia Tech, published a study in &1xbet online games login ;Preventing Partner Violence: Foundations, Interventions and Issues,&1xbet online games login ; published by the American Psychological Association, on risk factors for intimate partner violence.
&1xbet online games login ;As a clinician, I do this research because traditional treatment for offenders only focuses on power and control and really doesn't look at domestic violence as having multiple causes,&1xbet online games login ; she said. &1xbet online games login ;If you treat everybody who comes in as having a problem with power and control, you're missing the boat.&1xbet online games login ;
Stith said this is because offenders also struggle with issues like substance abuse, depression, personality disorders and anger issues. She said some research has shown that by treating substance abuse, 1xbet online games login decreases for some offenders.
&1xbet online games login ;We really need to do better screening and target treatments to the known risk factors,&1xbet online games login ; she said.
In 2008, she and Virginia Tech's Eric McCollum published a study in the journal 1xbet online games login and Victims that showed how treating carefully screened violent couples together can be an effective part of a community's larger response, which also includes victim services, offender treatment, law enforcement and the judicial system.
&1xbet online games login ;Sometimes our society's perspective is that all violent couples should separate,&1xbet online games login ; Stith said. &1xbet online games login ;But sometimes the reality is that people don't. They're living together and making decisions together. People think they're doing the couple a favor by saying they won't work with them because there's been violence and they're choosing to stay together. But we try to work with them to develop skills to end the violence rather than assuming they'll separate.&1xbet online games login ;
1xbet online games login leads a program at K-State for high-conflict couples.
&1xbet online games login ;We do know there are skills you can learn, and we have evidence of the positive effect of the work we've done to help couples who want to learn new skills to deal with conflict,&1xbet online games login ; Stith said.
1xbet online games login helps couples improve the way they deal with conflict by teaching them how to take a time out and how to calm themselves down. She also helps them improve their relationships.
&1xbet online games login ;We do a lot of talking about ways you can hear what somebody you care about says and try to understand what's going on for them instead of taking it personally,&1xbet online games login ; she said. &1xbet online games login ;The more personally you take it, the more you're going to want to be violent or hurtful.&1xbet online games login ;
1xbet online games login does the work with advanced graduate student therapists at K-State's Family Center. They prefer to work with couples in groups of six, although they also work with one couple at a time. All participants are screened before joining the Couples Conflict program. For more information about the group, contact The Family Center or 1xbet online games login at 785-532-6984, or contact 1xbet online games login at sstith@k-state.edu.