Erschienen in:
01.10.2008 | Original article
Personality Disorder Symptoms in Women as a Result of Chronic Intimate Male Partner Violence
verfasst von:
Maria A. Pico-Alfonso, Enrique Echeburúa, Manuela Martinez
Erschienen in:
Journal of Family Violence
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Ausgabe 7/2008
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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.