Group treatment of men who are abusive : Counsellors' perceptions of what variables impact dropout / Marcel Daniel Sikkema

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dc.contributor.authorSikkema, Marcel Daniel
dc.contributor.authorUniversity of Lethbridge. Faculty of Education
dc.contributor.supervisorMcBride, Dawn L.
dc.date.accessioned2012-02-15T20:41:27Z
dc.date.available2012-02-15T20:41:27Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.degree.levelMasters
dc.descriptionxvii, 174 leaves ; 28 cmen_US
dc.description.abstractThis study examined the perceptions of counsellors who provide group counselling for abusive men regarding what characteristics differentiate program dropouts from program completers. A total of 37 counsellors participated via an online-based or paper-based survey. The respondents rated 44 different client variables from four different categories (demographic, psychological, client-group, and client-therapist) on their impact on a client‟s likelihood to drop out of the program. The results were analyzed using chi square analyses, Mann Whitney U Tests and Kendall‟s tau-b correlations to determine the extent to which these variables were judged to impact dropout and how these results interacted with respondents‟ characteristics including demographic variables as well as experience and training variables. The results confirmed that many of the variables found in previous literature to discriminate between these two groups do operate in this way. Additionally, the results suggest several new sets of variables that could be helpful including batterer typology variables, stages of change variables and stages of group development variables. The implications of the findings are discussed with regards to their application in developing and facilitating group programs for abusive men with a view to identifying and intervening with potential dropout clients such that they are more likely to complete the program. The thesis concludes by discussing future research opportunities in this area and outlining the limitations of the study.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10133/2608
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherLethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Faculty of Education, c2011en_US
dc.publisher.facultyEducationen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesThesis (University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Education)en_US
dc.subjectAbusive men -- Counseling ofen_US
dc.subjectDropout behavior, Prediction ofen_US
dc.subjectGroup psychotherapyen_US
dc.subjectFamily violenceen_US
dc.subjectDissertations, Academicen_US
dc.titleGroup treatment of men who are abusive : Counsellors' perceptions of what variables impact dropout / Marcel Daniel Sikkemaen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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