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Spousal Abuse II: Cognitive Behavioral Treatment - Test
by William E. Adams, Ph.D.

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1. The primary treatment goal of spousal abuse counseling is to: Help
Resolve relational conflict.
 Provide effective anger management strategies.
 Help the client maintain an egalitarian relationship with his/her partner.
 End abusive behavior.
2. The "Duluth Model" was one of the first treatment models for spousal abuse. Which of the following issues were emphasized by this model? Help
Communication issues
 Psychodynamic issues
 Power and control issues
 Developmental issues
3. When the client reports new incidents of abusive conduct, the counselor should: Help
Evaluate with the client which of the directives in The Box were ignored, and reinforce their importance.
 Determine whether counseling should continue with this client.
 Consider individual rather than group counseling.
 Consider couples counseling rather than group counseling.
4. Clients attain "Pro" status when they: Help
Resolve their relational problems successfully.
 Demonstrate their ability to maintain a safe environment wherein specific problems can be resolved.
 Limit "Out of The Box" behaviors to verbal aggression only.
 Accept responsibility for prior acts of abuse.
5. The author suggests that once a client stops verbally or physically abusive behaviors towards his/her partner, Help
The counselor should begin post-treatment planning.
 The spouse should join the abusive client in counseling.
 The affective tension between spouses over specific problems remains high.
 Such behavior is unlikely to occur again.
6. Once abusive clients demonstrate their ability to consistently avoid abusive behavior (Stay in The Box), more attention can be given to: Help
Resolving specific points of disagreement within their relationship
 Addressing the issue of alcohol abuse
 Correcting dysfunctional communication patterns
 Developing empathy for the victim
7. Effective problem solving requires that clients create a relational environment that is conducive to problem by avoiding: Help
Taking time-out too frequently
 Blame, control, and hurtful statements
 The tendency to internalize their anger
 The fight-flight response
8. Blaming, controlling, and hurtful verbalizations turn partners who should be allies into: Help
Ex-partners
 More understanding partners
 Adversaries
 Assertive partners
9. The non-violent problem-solving strategy used by the author suggests that establishing who is to blame for a problem is: Help
A critical first step in problem resolution
 The primary goal
 No fun, but usually necessary
 Unnecessary
10. When attempting non-violent problem solving, it is more important that the spouses ____________ than resolve a specific point of disagreement. Help
Be sure they have all the facts
 Stay on the same team
 Set firm limits with their spouses
 Avoid difficult issues
11. An important concept for abusive clients to understand is that attempts to control their partners usually results in a: Help
Rebellious response
 Cooperative response
 Physically violent response
 Letter from the partner's attorney
12. Counselors should remind abusive clients that when they succeed in forcing their partners to do something against their will: Help
Their solution may not be the best of all possible solutions
 Their partners will resent them for it
 Their partners will know that the clients' motives were good
 They should thank their partners for doing what they were told to do.
13. Many clients fight about problems rather than resolving them. To become more effective problem solvers, clients are encouraged to: Help
Accept blame for most of their relational problems, let their partners be in control for a change, and accept the hurtful things said by their partners because they are probably true.
 Avoid blame, unless their partners are blameworthy; avoid controlling behavior, unless they are sure what their partners should do; and avoid hurtful statements, unless they are acting in self-defense.
 Avoid blame, even when their partners are blameworthy; avoid controlling behavior, even when they know what their partners should do; and avoid hurtful statements, even when their partners have it coming.
 Accept blaming, controlling, and hurtful verbalizations as a fact of life, and do not get all worked up about it.
14. Clients can monitor their own blaming, controlling, and hurtful statements by: Help
Using self-talk
 Getting in touch with their "inner child"
 Staying in "The Box"
 Watching a partner's reaction to what is said
15. Encouraging clients to become "leaders" in their homes can be a powerful strategy, but counselors should: Help
Explain that being the boss around the house is a lot of work
 Address their clients' inherent insecurities about their ability to lead
 Be very clear and explicit in explaining what they mean by "leadership"
 Clarify appropriate gender roles in the home
16. As leaders, a client must learn that he does not control what his partner says or does, but he always chooses: Help
Whether the partner continues to say or do hurtful things
 To reward or punish such behaviors
 The outcome
 His own response
17. Clients are encouraged to ask their spouses if they feel blamed, controlled, or hurt when discussing a problem. If the spouse answers "yes," clients ask their spouses to: Help
Keep their opinions to themselves
 Advise their spouses to seek counseling
 Consider whether such feelings are really justified
 Tell them the next time the spouse feels blamed, controlled or hurt
18. In the treatment model presented by the author, problem solving is the primary vehicle by which clients: Help
Get their way
 Remove tension and get back to the "OK Zone" of The Box
 Show genuine remorse
 Maintain authoritarian control in times of relational conflict
19. The problem-solving area of The Box is: Help
Six steps wide
 Twelve steps wide
 Too wide for most clients
 Not wide enough for most clients
20. Clients are taught to attack the problem, not: Help
Themselves
 The system
 Their partners
 The whole world
21. To avoid stepping on the "blame mine," clients are encouraged to avoid using the words such as: Help
You
 We
 Oh, Damn!
 My
22. Non-abusive problem solving strategy is most effective when partners choose solutions to their problems: Help
By rationally selecting the "best" solution
By limiting themselves to one solution at a time
 Through negotiation and compromise
 After consulting with an experienced counselor
23. The letter writing exercise in this course is designed to: Help
Get clients and their partners talking again
 Solve problems
 Generate solutions to everyday points of disagreement
 Identify the issues to be addressed in counseling
24. The author suggests that a poorly written letter from a client to his or her partner: Help
Is better than no letter at all
 Has a lot in common with a letter that is well written
 Should be accepted by the counselor in a non-judgmental manner
 Can make things worse rather than better
25. The "Big Picture" helps clients to: Help
Know when it is time to end a relationship
 Stay focused on long-term relationship goals
 Identify their "warning signs"
 Resolve their guilt about past incidents of abuse
26. Clients should bring the "Big Picture" to mind: Help
When tension starts to build, and during a time-out period
 When setting financial goals
 If they are ever arrested for spousal abuse
 Before reporting child abuse
27. Some authors, such as Eve and Carl Buzawa (2003), express the opinion that female-on-male violence is: Help
Unimportant
 An accurately reported phenomenon
 A widely underreported phenomenon
 A widely over-reported phenomenon
28. The author suggests that spousal abuse is a/an: Help
Gender issue
 Racial issue
 Issue of sexual orientation
 Human issue
29. When it comes to social pressure to act like a "real man," the author suggests that the strongest influence on adolescents comes from: Help
Parents
 Peers
 Movies and sports idols
 School
30. One reason that the adolescent ideals of being tough, strong, and aggressive fail is because: Help
No person can be tough all the time and eventually, it will be emotionally draining.
 Such ideals leave people unprepared to handle the complex problems and issues that adults must face in their relationships
 People will see through the façade and confront him with the truth
 There is always someone tougher and so the bar keeps getting higher
31. Rather than asking, "Am I tough enough?" clients are encouraged to ask themselves: Help
Is tough enough?
 Am I tough enough often enough?
 Am I really as tough as my partner?
 Is anyone really as tough as they should be?
32. When it comes to fear and respect, clients learn that: Help
One can be feared and respected
 One can be feared, but only if they are also respected
 Fear engenders respect
 One cannot be both feared and respected
33. To change the "no-hostility rule," the other partner must accept the invitation by giving in to "the pull" and participating in the hostility, or by: Help
Adopting an assertive response to the other partner's verbal hostility
 Calling for a time-out, and refusing to discuss the problem further
 Passively accepting the other person's hostility without objecting to it in a meaningful way
 Adopting an aggressive response to the other partner's verbal hostility
34. Straus & Gelles (1990) suggested that how many children are subjected to severe physical abuse each year at the hands of their parents? Help
At least 1.5 million children
 At least 40 million children
 500,000 children
 50,000 children
35. Many researchers agree that there is a relationship between alcohol and substance abuse and domestic violence. Which of the following statements are most accurate in describing the nature of this proposed relationship? Help
The relationship is a causal one. For example, alcohol abuse may cause spousal abuse.
 The relationship suggests that a correlation may exist. For example, alcohol abuse may correlate with spousal abuse.
 Recent studies have conclusively demonstrated that there is no association between the two, as once believed.
 The association between spousal abuse and substance abuse is valid for men, but not for women.
36. One purpose of "Choices Chains" is to challenge an abusive client's perception that he/she: Help
Is the victim
 Is in control
 His/her choices matter
 Is solely responsible for his/her abusive behavior

 

 

  
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