Women Arrested for IPV Offenses: Abuse Experiences Yet Low Trauma Pathology |
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Authors: | Catherine A Simmons Peter Lehmann Sarah W Craun |
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Institution: | (1) College of Social Work, University of Tennessee, 711 Jefferson Street, Room E605B, Memphis, TN 38163, USA;(2) School of Social Work, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX, USA |
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Abstract: | The purpose of this study is to explore how abuse experienced from a current partner and history of childhood abuse perpetrated
by a parent are related to trauma symptomalogy in a sample of 82 women adjudicated for Intimate Partner Violence related offenses.
Findings are mixed. Although a majority of the participants report some abuse from their partner and/or parent, both the degree
of this violence and the presence of trauma pathology are lower than expected. Additionally, correlations between the three
scales of partner abuse and the degree of posttraumatic sequelae are either low or did not meet significance. However, level
of childhood abuse perpetrated by a mother is highly correlated with traumatic sequelae while childhood abuse from father
is not. A number of reasons for these findings, which have implications for practice and future research, are discussed. |
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Keywords: | Intimate partner violence Trauma Women survivors Women offenders |
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