Dr. Teresa Sabourin is currently completing a two year grant from the University Research Council and the Cincinnati Coalition on Domestic Violence, to examine the affective behavioral change in abusive men as they undergo four weeks of training at the "Amend Program."
       During the first year, this study involved open-ended interviews with a convenience sample of men at the Amend Program. Behavioral changes were measured in terms of whether these men “owned up” to the responsibility for their actions and changed their construction of reality. The interviews were coded as partial concessions, full concessions, or justifications. The study is currently in the data analysis stage.
      By Summer 1999, a paper will be submitted to Communication Monographs for publication. The Amend Program will also receive a report with evaluations and recommendations to be able to restructure their program according to research findings.

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