中華心理衛生協會

This research was conducted to gain a better understanding of batterers enrolled through court judgment in alcohol rehabilitation therapy as part of domestic violence intervention programs. Data were collected on their history of drinking, their perspective about the correlation between alcohol and violence, their self-identification as ”alcoholics,” as well as their expectations towards the rehabilitation groups. The study found that most of the interviewees had a long history of drinking, however they did not consider themselves to be ”alcoholics” and furthermore, they believed that quitting an addiction was a question of individual desire and willpower, in other word, imposed rehabilitation therapies remains ineffective. However, interviewees expressed diverging opinions in terms of the correlation between alcohol and violence. Some interviewees insisted that there was no correlation whatsoever between alcohol and violence, while some advanced that although alcohol does not have a direct relation to violence, it nonetheless has a catalytic effect on violent behaviors and lowers one's ability to act rationally. The research paper concludes with observations and discussions on the topic of the study, as well as its findings.