Cognitive-behavioral interventions with men's authors of violence against women

integrative literature review

Abstract

Interventions with male perpetrators of violence against women become fundamental to the confrontation of the phenomenon. However, the evaluation, monitoring and systematization of these interventions are controversial. This study aims to analyze the published literature referring to the cognitive-behavioral interventions used with men authors of violence. For this purpose, an integrative review of articles published between 2000-2017 was carried out in the databases Scielo, VHL and Scopus. As a result, thirteen studies were selected that met the defined inclusion criteria, divided between publications from Brazil, Canada, Spain and the USA. Cognitive-behavioral interventions have shown great promise in reducing violent behaviors, as well as possible restructuring agents of stereotyped gender beliefs and facilitators of motivational engagement in intervention adherence.