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Spousal Abuse I: Assessment, Detection, and Intervention Strategies - Test
by William E. Adams, Ph.D.

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1. Counselors should begin the process of assessment and detection for spousal abuse by: Help
Evaluating their own attitudes about spousal abuse
 Evaluating their client's attitudes about spousal abuse
 Conducting an objective behavioral assessment
 Selecting appropriate assessment instruments
2. Which of the following instruments provides measures of the frequency and severity of abusive behavior among couples? Help
The Conflict Resolution Scale
 The Partner Abuse and Evaluation Scale
 The Conflict Tactics Scale
 The Aggressive Behavior Checklist
3. The first consideration in any treatment plan involving spousal abuse should be: Help
Accurate DSM diagnosis
 Victim safety
 Utilization of community resources
 Understanding same-gender abuse dynamics
4. The author of this course defines the primary goal of spousal abuse counseling as: Help
Developing a "corrective" therapeutic relationship
 Helping the abusive client acquire anger management skills
 Enhancing communication between the abusive partner and the victim
 Stopping the abuse
5. According to "The Box" model, tension arises between two partners when they experience: Help
A lack of self-awareness
 Poor communication
 A Problem
 The abusive partner
6. When abusive clients apply "The Box" model, relational tension becomes an affective cue: Help
To take a time-out
 To apply anger management skills
 For verbal or physical aggression
 To begin the problem solving process
7. "Arguing" is acceptable behavior during relational conflict, as long as abusive clients understand where an argument stops and a fight (or abuse) begins. An argument, as operationally defined in this course, does NOT involve: Help
Listening to your partner's point of view
 Verbal abuse or violence
 Feelings of anger
 Proper self-awareness
8. In most instances, the first sign that the abusive client is out of The Box is: Help
Verbally abusive behavior
 Physically abusive behavior
 The fight or flight response
 Emotional withdrawal
9. Which one of the following is NOT suggested as a rule that clients should follow during the time-out procedure? Help
Spend the time-out period alone
 Do not use drugs or alcohol during the time-out period
 Say the words: "Time-out"
 Do not come back until you calm down
10. In time, clients habitually search for warning signs when they start to feel emotional tension. At the first appearance of one of their warning signs, they should: Help
Continue problem solving to get back to the "OK Zone"
 Begin self-monitoring
 Stop and call a time-out
 Take their medication
11. The "I Don't Care" lines confront the notion held by many abusive clients that they behaved abusively because: Help
"I did not do what my partner accused me of doing"
 "I lost control of myself"
 "I did abuse my partner, but only once"
 "What spouses do behind closed doors is no one's business"
12. Techniques such as "the bounce" are sometimes used when clients deny abusive behavior despite strong evidence of abuse. These techniques usually work best when: Help
There is an absence of significant external pressure on the client to participate in spousal abuse counseling
 The pressure on the client to participate in spousal abuse counseling comes from the spouse, but not the court
 The pressure on the client to participate in spousal abuse counseling comes from the court, but not the spouse
 There is significant external pressure on the client to participate in spousal abuse counseling
13. Abusive clients tend to blame their abusive behavior on their ________, and they tend to blame their anger on their ________. Help
Parents; Stress
 Present; Past
 Anger; Spouse
 Mother; Father
14. The author states that while denial, blame, and minimization should be confronted, they may be indicative of: Help
A personality disorder
 A positive prognosis
 Ego-syntonic behavior
 A cry for help
15. In his discussion of the "cognitive set" of the abuser, the author suggests that every abusive act requires: Help
The transfer of personal responsibility away from the abuser to the person who is about to be abused
 The acceptance of personal responsibility prior to the abusive act
 That the abused spouse avoid responsibility for the abuse
 That neither the abuser nor the abused accept responsibility for the impending abuse
16. According to the author the reason why it is so important to understand the cognitive set of the abusive client is because to the degree a person: Help
Experiences dysfunction in their childhood, he or she will abuse
 Is angered by his or her partner, he or she will abuse
 Experiences relational conflict, he or she will abuse
 Thinks like an abuser, he or she will abuse
17. As clients become more proficient in The Box model, they often report a shift from behavioral warning signs to: Help
Cognitive warning signs
 Overt warning signs
 Their partner's warning signs
 Action-oriented warning signs
18. The type of thinking that lacks the insight and understanding that comes with greater life experience, ignores consequences, favors immediate gratification over long-term goals, perceives anger as strong, and overvalues aggression as a way to solve problems is referred to as: Help
Core beliefs
 Adolescent thinking
 Automatic thoughts
 Analytic thoughts
19. Clients who want to live an abuse-free lifestyle have to understand: Help
Their partner's way of thinking
 Their own core beliefs and automatic thoughts
 Their inner child
 How to get control of a situation
20. To change their core beliefs, clients need to be aware of them and expose their core beliefs: Help
To adult reasoning
 To a caring therapist
 To adolescent thinking
 To their spouse
21. Clients minimize the power of problematic core beliefs and automatic thoughts, and increase their chances of staying in The Box by: Help
Applying sound strategies for stress management
 Avoiding interpersonal conflict whenever possible
 Approaching interpersonal conflict directly
 Taking time to think before they react
22. Which of the following is the primary tool used to challenge core beliefs, keep tension below the "I don't care what I say" and the "I don't care what I do" lines, lower anger levels during time-out periods, and increase analytic thinking when deciding how to react to relational conflict? Help
Self-talk
 Self-affirmations
 Problem solving
 Minor tranquilizers

 

 

  
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