Objective: Research suggests that many partner abusive men continue in their parenting role within the context of intimate partner violence (IPV) and that some men report an awareness of the negative effects such conflict may have on their children. Further, qualitative research indicates that partner abusive men value their roles as fathers. Therefore, focusing on men’s fathering roles may facilitate increased motivation to change partner abusive behaviors. The current study examined whether fatherhood status served as a predictor of successful IPV treatment engagement. Method: The study was conducted with a sample of men (n = 210) seeking treatment at an abuser intervention program located in a suburb of Maryland. Results: Findings revealed that relative to nonfathers, fathers were more likely to attend their scheduled intake appointment following attendance to the initial orientation session, complete court-mandated treatment requirements, and self-report higher cognitive and behavioral processes of change toward the end of treatment. Likewise, late in treatment clinicians rated fathers somewhat higher on working alliance compared to nonfathers. Conclusions: The current study is the first we are aware of to provide quantitative evidence suggesting that fatherhood is predictive of treatment engagement in a predominantly court-mandated sample of men presenting to IPV treatment. These findings suggest that IPV programing discuss men’s roles as fathers as part of motivational enhancement at the outset of treatment and assess problems related to parenting and coparenting. Additionally, fathers may benefit from IPV programing which offers psychoeducation and parent skills training early in treatment.

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父亲身份是亲密伴侣暴力（IPV）治疗参与度的预测指标。

目的：研究表明，许多虐待伴侣的男人在亲密伴侣暴力（IPV）的背景下继续担任育儿角色，并且一些男人报告说这种冲突可能对其子女产生负面影响。此外，定性研究表明，虐待伴侣的男人看重自己作为父亲的角色。因此，专注于男性的父亲角色可能会促进改变伴侣虐待行为的动机增加。当前的研究检查了父亲身份是否可以作为IPV治疗成功参与的预测指标。方法：该研究是对位于马里兰州郊区的一个虐待者干预计划中寻求治疗的男性样本（n = 210）进行的。结果：研究发现，相对于非父亲，父亲参加初次入学说明会，完成法院规定的治疗要求以及在治疗结束时自我报告较高的认知和行为变化过程后，更有可能参加其预定的入院预约。同样，在治疗后期，临床医生对父亲在工作联盟中的评价要比非父亲高一些。结论：本研究是我们认识到的第一项提供定量证据的证据，表明父亲身份可预测接受IPV治疗的主要由法院授权的男性样本中的治疗参与。这些发现表明，IPV计划讨论了男性一开始作为父亲的角色，作为治疗开始时动机增强的一部分，并评估了与父母育儿和父母共同抚养有关的问题。另外，