Purpose

Relationship Violence Intervention Programs (RVIPs) increase safety for survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV) by reducing the abusive attitudes and behaviors of their abusive partners. Researchers typically assess RVIP effectiveness by measuring abusive partners’ recidivism, which is limited in capturing partners’ behavior changes and determining whether survivors experience a reduction in abuse. This study explored survivors’ hopes for their partners participating in an RVIP and survivors’ perceptions of the RVIP’s influence on abusive partners’ behavior change.

Method

Twenty-four IPV survivors participated in in-depth, individual interviews about their needs and experiences after their partners entered an RVIP. Interview transcripts were analyzed using reflexive thematic analysis, which inductively identifies themes.

Results

Survivors hoped the RVIP would give their partners tools to manage their anger and learn accountability. Survivors also wanted to give and receive feedback about their partners’ participation. Some survivors described the RVIP as positive while others described it as negative or as having mixed influences on partners’ behavior change. Survivors’ perceptions of the impacts of the RVIP were influenced by how survivors conceptualized abuse, whether partners’ behavior change was sustained and/or felt sufficient, and how survivors’ safety was impacted.

Conclusion

RVIPs should involve survivors in service planning and provide information about program goals, expectations for abusive partners, and ongoing risks to survivors’ safety. Additional implications and recommendations for further research and practice are discussed.

中文翻译：

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幸存者对关系暴力干预计划的看法

目的

关系暴力干预计划 (RVIP) 通过减少虐待伙伴的虐待态度和行为来提高亲密伴侣暴力 (IPV) 幸存者的安全性。研究人员通常通过测量施虐伴侣的累犯来评估 RVIP 的有效性，这在捕捉伴侣的行为变化和确定幸存者是否经历虐待减少方面受到限制。本研究探讨了幸存者对其伴侣参与 RVIP 的希望以及幸存者对 RVIP 对施虐伴侣行为改变的影响的看法。

方法

24 名 IPV 幸存者参加了深入的个人访谈，了解他们的合作伙伴进入 RVIP 后的需求和经历。使用反身主题分析对访谈记录进行分析，该分析归纳地识别主题。

结果

幸存者希望 RVIP 能够为他们的合作伙伴提供工具来管理他们的愤怒和学习问责制。幸存者还希望就其合作伙伴的参与提供和接收反馈。一些幸存者将 RVIP 描述为积极的，而其他人则将其描述为消极的或对合作伙伴的行为改变具有混合影响。幸存者对 RVIP 影响的看法受到幸存者如何概念化虐待、伴侣的行为改变是否持续和/或感觉足够以及幸存者的安全如何受到影响的影响。

结论

RVIP 应让幸存者参与服务计划，并提供有关计划目标、对施虐伙伴的期望以及幸存者安全的持续风险的信息。讨论了进一步研究和实践的其他影响和建议。