Stith, Sandra M.McCollum, Eric E.Rosen, Karen H.Thomsen, Cynthia J.2013-01-312013-01-312013-01-31http://hdl.handle.net/2097/15280An experimental design was used to determine outcomes of a domestic violence-focused treatment program for couples that choose to stay together after mild-to-moderate violence has occurred. Forty-four couples were randomly assigned to either individual couple or multi-couple group treatment. Nine couples served as the comparison group. Male violence recidivism rates six-months after treatment were significantly lower for the multi-couple group (25%) than for the comparison group (66%). In contrast, men in the individual couple condition were not significantly less likely to recidivate (43%) than those in the comparison group. Likewise, marital satisfaction increased significantly, and both marital aggression and acceptance of wife battering decreased significantly among individuals who participated in multi-couple group therapy, but not among those who participated in individual couple therapy or the comparison group.en-USThis is the pre-peer reviewed version of the following article: Stith, S. M., Rosen, K. H., McCollum, E. E., & Thomsen, C. J. (2004). Treating intimate partner violence within intact couple relationships: Outcomes of multi-couple versus individual couple therapy. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 30(3), 305-318., which has been published in final form at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1752-0606.2004.tb01242.x/abstractDomestic violenceCouples treatment for domestic violenceMulti-couple treatment for domestic violenceIntimate partner violenceArticle (author version)