title: Psychosocial modifiers of psychopathology for domestically violent and nonviolent men.
abstract: Personality characteristics of 99 domestically violent and 71 nonviolent men were studied, using the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory and controlling for premorbid history. Men with poor premorbid backgrounds from 3 groups (ns = 66, 12, and 23) showed more elevations on the Millon inventory than men with good premorbid backgrounds (ns = 33, 20, and 48). However, over-all, batterers showed more Millon elevations than nonviolent men. These findings point to the need to control psychosocial variables when studying personality characteristics of batterers.
authors.affiliation: Psychology Service, Zablocki VA Medical Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Hastings
authors.forename: L K
authors.initials: LK
authors.lastname: Hamberger
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D005783:Gender Identity; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011340:Problem Solving; D011594:Psychometrics; D013179:Spouse Abuse / Q000523:psychology*; D014754:Violence