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ON ADVANCING BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS IN THE TREATMENT AND PREVENTION OF BATTERING: COMMENTARY ON MYERS
Author(s) -
Peterson Lizette,
Calhoun Karen
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
journal of applied behavior analysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.1
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1938-3703
pISSN - 0021-8855
DOI - 10.1901/jaba.1995.28-509
Subject(s) - psychology , psychological intervention , marital therapy , psychotherapist , self destructive behavior , applied behavior analysis , suicide prevention , clinical psychology , poison control , criminology , developmental psychology , psychiatry , medicine , medical emergency , autism
Myers offers an important challenge to behavior analysts: eliminating the battering of women. In this commentary, we extend the conceptual model advocated by Myers, urge a bidirectional approach that focuses more on the battered woman and less on the battering man, caution against the indiscriminate use of marital therapy approaches, and argue that the most important contributions in the field may come from behavioral prevention rather than treatment interventions.