I Feel Your Pain: Do Batter Intervention Programs Impact Perpetrators' Empathy for Victims?
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2016
Keywords
empathy, accountability, feminist theory, intimate partner violence
Abstract
This article explores the interpersonal dynamic of empathy with intimate partner violence. Given that lack of empathy seems to be related to intimate partner violence and an increase in the capacity for empathy could be a deterrent to future commission of violence, this study examined if there was any change in empathy over a 26-week partner abuse intervention program. In addition, this study examined if increases in empathy correlated with a decrease in aggression.
Recommended Citation
Zosky, Diane L., "I Feel Your Pain: Do Batter Intervention Programs Impact Perpetrators' Empathy for Victims?" (2016). Faculty Publications - Social Work. 11.
https://ir.library.illinoisstate.edu/fpswk/11
Comments
This article was originally published as Zosky, D. (2016). I feel your pain: Do batter intervention programs impact perpetrator’s empathy for victims? Partner Abuse,7(1), 70-86.