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Dynamics of Batuerers North Dakota Counseling Associatjon Winter Conference February 10, 2014 Dennis Larkin LPCC

What we know • -Occurs across racial and ethnic groups • -University of Texas (2000) domestjc violence reported among: • 53% of 358 African-American couples • 38% of 527 Hispanic Couples • 28% of 555 Caucasian Couples

What we know: • Comparable between urban and rural • Highest in groups where violence is socially acceptable • Southern and Western areas have higher frequency of argument related homicides • Ofuen unemployed • Low status job • Less educated

What we know • Most have been abused/neglected as children • Witnessed domestjc violence in homes (75%) • Project blame onto victjm • Tend to express “hard” emotjons, guilt, frustratjon, hurt, etc as anger • Tend to be exclusively dependent on the victjm • Extraordinary fear of losing the relatjonship.

What we know • Have exaggerated jealousy about “their women” having relatjonships with other men • Experience themselves as powerless in the world. • Hold rigid view of the world • Imbalance of power in relatjonship • Behavior is learned can be unlearned.

Holzworth-Munroe and Stuart Typologies of men who are maritally violent • Family Only (FO): engage in least frequency and severity; have passive, dependent personality patuerns. • Dysphoric/borderline (DB): engage in moderate to severe domestjc violence; most depressed, psychologically distressed and emotjonally volatjle; have substance abuse problems; show borderline and schizotypal personality problems

Holzworth-Munroe and Stuart • Generally Violent/Antjsocial (GVA): moderate to severe domestjc violence, and involved in extra familial violence and criminal actjvity • Most likely to externalize blame and have substance abuse issues, demonstrate antjsocial and narcissistjc personality patuerns (Bernard and Bernard, 1984)

Types of violence • Impulsive: fulfjlls an emotjonal need • Instrumental: more calculated used to get one’s way • ABUSE GETS WORSE AND MORE FREQUENT OVER TIME

Actual Behaviors • Jealousy • Hypersensitjvity • Controlling Behavior • Cruelty to animals or children • Quick involvement • History of past batuering • Unrealistjc Expectatjons • Threats of violence • Isolatjon of victjm • Breaking or striking • Blames others for objects problems • Objectjfjcatjon • Blames others for feelings

Actual Behaviors Cont. • Any force during an • Extreme highs and lows argument • Expects her to follow his • Tight control over orders fjnances • Verbal abuse • Minimizatjon of • Rigid sex roles violence • Jekyll and Hyde • Manipulatjon through personality guilt • Use of physical force

Bismarck Batuerers How do they stack up? • Low Income Jobs: • Less Educated: – Did not graduate - 1 $0-$39999 – 8 – GED - 4 $40000 - $120000 – 9 – High School - 7 – College – 2 – VoTech - 3 – Advanced Degree

Bismarck Batuerers cont. • Other crimes: • Abused: – DUI – 7 – Emotjonally - 2 – Child Abuse – 1 – Physically – 4 – Burglary – 1 – Sexually - 1 – Terrorizing – 1 – Thefu - 1