Effectiveness of Culturally-Focused Batterer Counseling for African American Men in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 2001-2004

This study used an experimental clinical trial to test the effectiveness of culturally-focused batterer counseling against conventional cognitive-behavioral counseling in African American men. A total of 503 men, including all African American men mandated by the domestic violence court in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to batterer counseling between November 2001 and May 2004, were randomly assigned to one of three counseling options: culturally-focused counseling in an all African American group, conventional counseling in an all African American group, or conventional counseling in a racially mixed group. All three counseling options required a minimum of 16 weekly group sessions. At program intake, the men completed a background questionnaire, the Short Michigan Alcoholism Screening Test (SMAST) and the Racial Identity Scale (RAIS), contained in Part 1, Men's Intake Questionnaire Data. The men later completed a survey of past experiences of violence, contained in Part 2, Men's Past Violence Survey Data. The men were interviewed once at five months after program intake about their impressions of and ratings of the counseling. Results of those interviews are in Part 3, Men's Five-Month Follow-up Data. A female partner was interviewed for 399 of the male subjects at program intake. Their responses are contained in Part 4, Women's Background Data. Female partners (both initial victims and new partners) were interviewed at 3, 6, 9, and 12 months after the initial interview at the time of the men's program intake (Parts 5-8). The follow-up interviews asked about the women's relationship status, abusive behavior and its circumstances, help seeking, and additional intervention.

本研究采用实验性临床试验设计，对比聚焦文化适配的施暴者咨询与传统认知行为咨询针对非裔美国男性群体的干预有效性。研究纳入2001年11月至2004年5月期间，由宾夕法尼亚州匹兹堡市家庭暴力法庭强制要求参与施暴者咨询的全部非裔美国男性，共计503名。所有受试者被随机分配至三种咨询方案之一：全非裔美国人群体的文化适配型咨询、全非裔美国人群体的传统认知行为咨询，或种族混合群体的传统认知行为咨询。三种咨询方案均要求每周开展1次团体咨询，共计至少16次课程。
项目入组阶段，受试者需填写背景问卷、密歇根酒精筛查简表（Short Michigan Alcoholism Screening Test, SMAST）以及种族认同量表（Racial Identity Scale, RAIS），相关数据收录于第一部分：男性入组问卷数据。后续受试者需完成一份暴力过往经历调查问卷，相关数据收录于第二部分：男性过往暴力调查数据。
在入组后5个月，研究人员对受试者开展一次访谈，了解其对咨询项目的观感与评分，访谈结果收录于第三部分：男性5个月随访数据。399名男性受试者的女性伴侣在男性入组阶段接受了访谈，相关数据收录于第四部分：女性背景数据。女性伴侣（包括初始受害者与后续新伴侣）分别在男性入组初始访谈后的第3、6、9、12个月接受随访访谈，相关数据分别收录于第五至第八部分。随访访谈内容涵盖女性的伴侣关系状态、虐待行为及其发生场景、求助行为与额外干预措施情况。