Personality Disorder Symptoms in Women as a Result of Chronic Intimate Male Partner Violence |
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Authors: | Maria A. Pico-Alfonso Enrique Echeburúa Manuela Martinez |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Psychobiology, Faculty of Psychology, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain;(2) Department of Personality and Psychological Treatment, Faculty of Psychology, University of the Basque Country, San Sebastian, Spain;(3) Stress Physiology Lab, Department of Evolutionary and Functional Biology, University of Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze, 11/a, 43100 Parma, Italy |
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Abstract: | This study explores the personality disorder symptoms of women victims of intimate male partner violence (IPV), after controlling for the contribution of experiences of childhood abuse. Victims of both physical and psychological violence (n = 73) or psychological violence alone (n = 53) were compared with non-abused control women (n = 52). Information about sociodemographic characteristics, childhood abuse, and personality characteristics (MCMI-II) was obtained through face-to-face structured interviews. Women victims of IPV had higher scores than controls in schizoid, avoidant, self-defeating personality scales, as well as in the three pathological personality scales (schizotypal, borderline and paranoid). Both physical and psychological IPV were strongly associated with personality disorder symptomatology, regardless of the effects of childhood abuse. These findings underscore the need to screen for personality disorder symptoms in women victims of IPV when dealing with therapeutic interventions. |
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Keywords: | Intimate male partner violence Women Personality disorder symptoms MCMI-II profiles |
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