EFFECTIVENESS OF DIALECTICAL BEHAVIORAL THERAPY WITH RELIGIOSITY APPROACH AS TREATMENT FOR INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE COMMITTED BY MEN, IRAN, URMIA, 2006-7

According to reports, intimate partner violence is a serious threat to public
health. While the most of therapies focus on the victims, it seems necessary to study viable therapies
for offenders.
Materials & Methods: To survey the effectiveness of dialectical behavioral therapy with a religiosity
approach on intimate partner violence, 38 men who had committed physical violence against their
partners were assessed in a randomized controlled trial. Blocking randomized allocation was used to
divide the sample study into intervention and comparison groups. The therapy used in the intervention
group was dialectical behavioral with religiosity approach. Cognitive therapy was used for the
comparison group. Violence and religiosity has marked two months before and after treatment with a
validated intimate partner violence questionnaire of Iran Medical University and modified religiosity
project scale of Boston University.
Result: According to this study dialectical behavioral therapy with religiosity approach in treatment of
physical or psychic violence is more effective than cognitive therapy (p=0.018 for physical violence
and p=0.011 for psychic violence). Our results have also shown that religiosity has a negative
correlation with intimate partner violence.
Conclusion: Dialectical behavioral therapy with religiosity approach should be considered as the
effectual method for treatment of intimate partner violence. Religion has a strong influence on
preventing of violence among partner.