Sinnemestring Brøset Modellen

Background: Even though domestic violence is a major problem, only a few studies have examined the long term sustainability of treatment for men who voluntarily seek help to stop their violent
behavior towards intimate partners. Women are exposed to a much greater degree of serious violence and sexual abuse compared to men. Objective: The aim of this study was to identify which elements of the treatment program batterers found most useful four to seven years after programcompletion. Design: The participants consisted of a sample of men who had gone through anger management therapy four to seven years previously. Data on violence were collected through selfreport
before and four to seven years after treatment, using a modified version of the Conflict Tactics Scales. Results: The decrease in physical violence was statistically significant: t (36) = 8.43, p <
0.001 with a large effect size (eta squared = 0.66). Psychological violence also decreased significantly:
t (36) = 9.21, p < 0.001 with a large effect size (eta squared = 0.7). The results indicate that the most important anger management techniques were extensively applied in former patients of the anger management treatment program. In total, about two out of three patients still used the techniques after ending treatment four to seven years earlier.

Over a period of four years, 269 men completed the Cognitive behavioral group-treatment “Brøsetmodellen”(see below). A randomized sample of 85 men were selected and asked by mail to respond to a questionnaire aspart of a follow-up study, concerning their current use of violence and use of the techniques from their treatment sessions. Ten of the eighty-five men were not traceable. Of the remaining seventy-five, four were unwilling to participate. From this sample (n = 71) 37 (52.1%) participated and 34 (47.9%) did not. A demographic comparison between the responders and the non-responders did not confirm any   differences in age, education, income or violence before treatment. The mean age of the responders was 41.8 (27 to 63). Most of them (67.6%) had the equivalent of a college education of 12 to 13 years , 27% had an academic education, 5.4% had no education after primary school (10years), 91.9% lived in a spousal partnership, and 78.3% were fathers with one to three children (Mean = 1.9). At the follow-up, 62.9% lived in the same relationship as before treatment.