Deck 11: Adult Intimate Partner Violence: Practice, Policy and Prevention

Question 1

Which of the following statements about social isolation of battered women is TRUE?

A) Severely battered women received the most social support from family and friends.
B) Severely battered women experienced the highest degree of isolation from family and friends.
C) Severely battered women received no social support from family members.
D) Battered women do not receive financial help from family members.

Answer 1

Severely battered women experienced the highest degree of isolation from family and friends.

Question 2

Which is NOT considered one of the generally-named types of social support?

A) Instrumental
B) Physical
C) Emotional
D) Informational

Answer 2

Physical

Question 3

Which of the following is likely to decrease the distress of battered women?

A) Advising a woman to stay with her abuser.
B) Giving mixed messages.
C) Providing a low level of social support.
D) Listening to the woman's problems.

Answer 3

Listening to the woman's problems.

Question 4

Which statement is FALSE about social support?

A) It may help a victim redefine marriage as not including violence.
B) It eliminates feelings of anger and grief generated by IPV.
C) It may help a victim become a self-saver rather than a partner-saver.
D) It increases a victim's ability to hold down a job.

Question 5

In the Martin et al. (2008) study, how many programs had no policies covering alcohol/drug problems?

A) 25%
B) 30%
C) 50%
D) 75%

Question 6

Which of the following is NOT helpful behavior of social service agency staff?

A) Acknowledging client's intelligence
B) Respecting client's choices
C) Sharing one's own relevant experiences
D) Faking concern

Question 7

Victimized mothers may:

A) Be less consistent in their discipline practices
B) Spoil their children
C) Avoid contact with their children
D) Have high self-esteem

Question 8

Counselors of battered women should avoid:

A) "Sobriety first" models of dealing with battering.
B) "Safety first" counseling approaches to battering.
C) Referring battered women for AA treatment.
D) Recognizing alcohol misuse as a method of coping with IPV.

Question 9

Counselors working with female victims should help their clients do all of the following EXCEPT:

A) Define the meaning of male partner violence.
B) Remake their belief system.
C) Leave their abusive partner immediately.
D) Address their attachment and grief issues.

Question 10

Which emotional situation makes it especially difficult for a battered woman to leave?

A) Fears that her male child will have no role model.
B) Powerful desires to please her parents.
C) Feeling humiliated by other congregants at her church.
D) Strong attachment to her abusive partner.

Question 11

Empowerment strategies for battered women are broadly and precisely defined as:

A) Developing insight and implementing hunches.
B) Solving problems and improving memory.
C) Gaining power and taking action.
D) Gathering angry feelings to show resistance.

Question 12

A frequently overlooked element for improving community services is to:

A) Ask battered women to help guide policy.
B) Hire consultants from several disciplines,
C) Focus on changing the medical school curriculum
D) Inaugurate a special tax to build more safe housing

Question 13

The "one size fits all" approach may be _________ in reducing IPV.

A) Effective
B) Ineffective
C) Occasionally effective
D) One of many factors

Question 14

Cummings (1990) suggests that, along with other types of competency training, shelters should offer IPV victims:

A) Child care classes
B) Self defense training
C) Financial training
D) Cooking classes

Question 15

In the Penley et al. (2002) study, it was found that _______________ are positively correlated with good health outcomes.

A) Problem-focused coping styles
B) Counseling sessions
C) Family/friend interactions
D) Escape-avoidance coping styles

Question 16

When ruling in cases regarding female victims of partner violence, judges ordered child support in _____ of cases.

A) About 9%
B) About 78%
C) About 26%
D) About 13%

Question 17

Which of the following is a legal right that battered women have already achieved?

A) Better policies addressing stalking and threats.
B) Confidentiality about their whereabouts.
C) Rights to leave their jobs for safety.
D) Obtaining a new social security number.

Question 18

An American Association of University Women study revealed that as early as one year post graduation, women graduates earn ____ as much as men do.

A) 60%
B) 70%
C) 80%
D) 90%

Question 19

Economic support is important because it helps the female IPV victim:

A) End her absorption with her own problems.
B) Progress toward self-sufficiency.
C) Obtain some freedom from child care.
D) Provide a way to become a stay-at-home mom.

Question 20

Which was NOT a challenge about relocation of IPV victims?

A) Abusers may file a missing persons report or hire a detective.
B) Victim's decision to move into a shelter.
C) Difficulty proving their educational attainment and possessions of professional licenses.
D) The length of time it may take to relocate successfully (3-10 months).

Question 21

Corporations need to:

A) Advise coworkers about the problems of specific IPV victims.
B) Pay battered women a stipend until they are free from the abuser.
C) Institute safety measures in the work setting to protect battered women.
D) Promote IPV victims quickly so that they have greater status at work.

Question 22

All of the following economic support strategies can help female IPV victims become more economically independent EXCEPT:

A) Raising minimum wage
B) Establishing an earned income tax credit
C) Providing after-school programs
D) Providing welfare for only the unemployed

Question 23

Health care providers:

A) Have taken on the task of advising teen victims to seek protection orders.
B) Should respect patients' privacy by asking no questions about IPV or sexual assault.
C) Usually advise battered women to leave home as soon as they can.
D) Are the professional group that battered women disclose their abuse to most frequently.

Question 24

Within the medical health care system, which recommendation was NOT stated in the text?

A) Doctors need more training in what to tell police about violent husbands.
B) Should adopt routine IPV screening for women in medical offices and clinics.
C) Medical professionals need training in recognizing nonphysical injury health repercussions of MFIPV.
D) An accrediting group has passed rules requiring ERs to identify battered women.

Question 25

Which statement is TRUE about health care providers?

A) All research supports the need for IPV screening in health care settings.
B) Screening has uniformly positive outcomes as reported by IPV victims.
C) Hospital ERs must identify battered women according to accreditation rules.
D) Medical psychologists have had little impact on IPV training given to medical professionals.

Question 26

Medical professionals need training to avoid which of the following?

A) Confronting the abuser
B) Blaming the victim
C) Incorrectly reporting IPV
D) Ineffectively screening victims

Question 27

Which of the following is NOT a prevention strategy for IPV?

A) PREVENT program
B) College classes
C) Public awareness programs
D) Community classes

Question 28

Which of the following is NOT information needed to classify violent men?

A) Jealousy
B) Attachment style
C) Number of previous relationships
D) Anger and hostility

Question 29

Which statement is TRUE?

A) Men in the Duluth program need to unlearn socially/culturally reinforced violent behavior directed toward women.
B) Few MFIPV perpetrators need medications such as antianxiety/antidepressant drugs.
C) It may be better to treat men with serious psychopathology while incarcerated.
D) Women arrested for FMIPV are likely to have assaulted a male partner only when raped.

Question 30

Dutton (1994) considers the feminist approach to batterer treatment to be:

A) The broadest based of all batterer counseling programs.
B) Too demanding in terms of the large number of sessions required.
C) Less effective than 12-step programs used in alcoholism programs.
D) More of a political statement than a psychological treatment.

Question 31

Which is the second most common treatment in working with batterers?

A) Intensive probation.
B) Incarceration.
C) Cognitive-behavioral therapy.
D) Psychodynamic psychotherapy.

Question 32

A major problem with couples/family systems therapy for MFIPV is that:

A) It overlooks the importance of marital dynamics.
B) Family preservation goals are overshadowed by legal issues.
C) Children's viewpoints are considered invalid.
D) Therapists fail to pre-assess its appropriateness.

Question 33

Studies on substance abuse treatment have generally shown that:

A) The hospitalization program for alcoholic batterers and their partners was unsuccessful.
B) The hereditary component for alcoholism is much stronger than the learning component.
C) Most men in society are prone to commit MFIPV only when intoxicated.
D) Spouse abusers have alcohol- and drug-related problems.

Question 34

Which of the following is a challenge in evaluation of program effectiveness?

A) Attrition
B) Lack of cooperation from abusers
C) Lack of cooperation from victims
D) Researchers skewing results

Question 35

Which is NOT a factor predicting re-assault?

A) Mental disorders
B) Stalking
C) Drug use
D) Previous emotional abuse

Question 36

All of the following problems of male socialization are linked with partner violence EXCEPT?

A) Masculine gender role stress.
B) Patriarchy.
C) Intense demands to uphold gender role.
D) Uninvolvement in fatherhood.

Question 37

Which statement is TRUE of specialized IPV prosecution units?

A) They accept belief that marital violence is a private matter
B) They show higher conviction rates
C) They are under-involved, delayed, and too often inactive
D) The belief that marital violence is usually mild and noninjurious.

Question 38

Which statement is FALSE about court involvement in the treatment of batterer?

A) Courts do not routinely apply sanctions to men who fail to comply.
B) Court mandated treatment of male offenders reduces recidivism.
C) Specialized domestic violence courts do a good job monitoring batterers' compliance with court orders.
D) Even if the abuser is under control of the court, a new trial is necessary for re-sentencing.

Question 39

Which statement is TRUE of batterers' treatment and involvement by the court?

A) Diversion into counseling before a plea is entered produces good results.
B) The court must remain involved to ensure treatment compliance.
C) Court-ordered batterers are quite similar to those not court involved.
D) Longer jail sentences should not be given just to achieve treatment compliance. Ordering batterers to treatment serves no obvious function in reducing battering.

Question 40

What has research shown about practices among immigrants and ethnic/racial groups' victims of violence?

A) Cultural competence of service providers has finally been achieved.
B) Batterer groups rarely "fake good" on tests of personality.
C) Even culturally competent treatment for Latinas does not reduce depression.
D) Immigrants batterers are more likely to complete treatment programs than non-immigrants.

Question 41

Which statement about IPV treatment is TRUE?

A) Nearly all batterer intervention programs take a completely eclectic approach.
B) Operationalizing the concept of cultural competence into specific guidelines is still evolving.
C) Only a few states advocate separate treatment for FMIPV perpetrators.
D) About 2% of states advise separate interventions for gay/lesbian perpetrators.

Question 42

What three primary issues about social support have been identified as being problematic?

Question 43

What types of attitudes and actions have researchers ascertain as being helpful to abused partners?

Question 44

What are some best practices strategies that shelter services can adopt to improve the services offered?

Question 45

Discuss how parenting classes can be beneficial to abused mothers.

Question 46

Discuss the need to provide alcohol and drugs services to MFIPV abused partners.

Question 47

What are some of the issues needing to be covered by psychotherapists when working with battered women?

Question 48

How does the issue of discrimination affect battered women in ways that make their efforts to achieve independence more difficult?

Question 49

What are some of the challenges faced by battered women in their efforts to achieve independence? How can social services help these women achieve self-sufficiency?

Question 50

Describe some of the issues that welfare programs need to change in their efforts to assist battered women.

Question 51

What are some effective methods for stopping male violence?

Question 52

How does the Duluth psychoeducational treatment address the issue of patriarchy when working with abusive partners?

Question 53

Explain some of the strategies used in cognitive-behavioral therapy to modify batterers' behavior?

Question 54

What is the importance of alcohol and substance abuse treatment when working with abusive partners?

Question 55

Are batterer programs effective?

Question 56

Discuss the need for evidence-based practices in the treatment of abusive partners.

Question 57

What are some ideas that have been developed for preventing male violence against their partners?

Question 58

What unique treatment techniques should counselors adopt when treating female-to-male IPV perpetrators?

Question 59

Why do some advocates consider male-to-female IPV to be a human rights issue?

Question 60

Why is it difficult to establish practices that can be applied internationally?

Question 61

Why is the culture competence of service providers important in the area of minority counseling?

Question 62

What are some of the special challenges faced by rural battered women? How can social agencies help battered women overcome those challenges?

Question 63

Discuss the issues involved in prevention services for same-sex IPV victims.

Question 64

What are some of the treatment needs specific for military personnel facing IPV?

Question 65

What recommendations would you give to health care providers when working with battered women?

Question 66

Should corporations make special accommodations for battered women in the workplace?

Question 67

Should female victims assume some responsibility if they continue to remain in an abusive relationship?

Question 68

Can a batterer ever change his abusive behaviors?

Question 69

How would you modify the criminal justice system's response to handling IPV cases?

Question 70

How do you think judges should change their behavior in handling IPV cases? What should happen to incompetent judges?

Question 71

How would you go about changing the patriarchal, gender-biased beliefs and attitudes that support violence against women?

Question 72

Why should social agencies work cooperatively to help battered victims?

Question 73

Discuss the need for specialized prosecutor units to deal with IPV perpetrators.

Question 74

What policy and practice changes should the criminal justice system make to respond to battering?

Question 75

How do you think the welfare system should change their practices in handling IPV cases?

Question 76

What societal barriers make it difficult for battered women to leave MFIPV perpetrators?

Question 77

If you lived in a rural area and were being battered, what might you do to escape?

Question 78

If you were being battered would you prefer to be in the military, live in a rural area, or be the victim of same-sex violence? Explain your choice.