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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
• f 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
• Controlling Behavior
• Quick involvement
• Unrealistjc Expectatjons
• Isolatjon of victjm
• Blames others for

problems

• Blames others for

feelings

• Hypersensitjvity
• Cruelty to animals or

children

• History of past batuering
• Threats of violence
• Breaking or striking
• bjects
• Objectjfjcatjon

Actual Behaviors Cont.

• Any force during an

argument

• Tight control over

fjnances

• Minimizatjon of

violence

• Manipulatjon through

guilt

• Extreme highs and lows
• Expects her to follow his
• rders
• Verbal abuse
• Rigid sex roles
• Jekyll and Hyde

personality

• Use of physical force

Bismarck Batuerers How do they stack up?

• Low Income Jobs:

$0-$39999 – 8 $40000 - $120000 – 9

• Less Educated:

– Did not graduate - 1 – GED - 4 – High School - 7 – College – 2 – VoTech - 3 – Advanced Degree

Bismarck Batuerers cont.

• Other crimes:

– DUI – 7 – Child Abuse – 1 – Burglary – 1 – Terrorizing – 1 – Thefu - 1

• Abused:

– Emotjonally - 2 – Physically – 4 – Sexually - 1