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Implications of Personality Profiles for Batterer Treatment

Mid-Atlantic Addiction Training Institute Indiana University of Pennsylvania

EDWARD W. GONDOLF

Mid-Atlantic Addiction Training Institute Indiana University of Pennsylvania

Research on men who batter women has recently given a great deal of attention to personality types of batterers. Treatment recommendations for batterer types have relied primarily on aggregated statistical analyses of the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory (MCMI), but may be misleading because the MCMI is designed to be interpreted using individual profiles. The authors employed a profile analysis with MCMI-III results of 100 batterers randomly drawn from 840 men enrolled in four batterer programs. Case examples are used to illustrate the personality profiles and their treatment implications. The profile analysis suggests six major personality groupings that in part reflect previously established types. However, the majority of batterers exhibit narcissistic or avoidant traits that are well suited for the prevailing cognitive-behavioral group treatment approach. A smaller proportion of men evidence personality problems that may warrant adjunctive psychiatric services or individual psychotherapy. In sum, "one size" of treatment appears to fit most.

Journal of Interpersonal Violence, Vol. 15, No. 5, 467-488 (2000)
DOI: 10.1177/088626000015005002


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