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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (PV)

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The research paper evaluated is a quasi-experimental paper. It looks at men who have engaged in partner violence (PV). The men recruited into the study have all committed and were directed for treatment by their probation officer and court ordered to participate, this would eliminate those individual who have not committed PV, and therefore the study group is not a randomized group. Women were also not included. Randomization in this situation is impractical (Leedy, 2014). A quasi-experimental study cannot eliminate all variables, when analyzing the data these uncontrolled variables should be taken into account (Leedy, 2014). The treatment models used for this group are combinations of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and psychodynamic

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