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Estudio Meta-Analítico de Características Diferenciales Entre Maltratadores y no Maltratadores: El Caso de la Psicopatología y el Consumo de Alcohol o Drogas

2004; Pontifical Catholic University of Chile; Volume: 13; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.4067/s0718-22282004000100012

0718-2228

Victòria Aurora Ferrer Pérez, Esperanza Bosch Fiol, Esther García, María Antonia Manassero Más, Margalida Gili,

Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes

Domestic violence has been regardedas an important socialproblem duringthe last years. One ofthe questions that have generated more interest is the perpetrator profile, that is the features that differentiate male batterers from male non-batterers. A raisingamount ofliterature exists on this matter, although conclusions seem yet to be provisional.This piece ofresearch offers a meta-analytic review about the literature that compares male batterers and nonbatterers in psychopathologyand use ofalcoholand drugs. These meta-analytic findings offer support for the existence oflimiteddifferences between male batterers andnon-batterers in these variables. The implications and limitations ofthese results are discussed.