TY - JOUR
T1 - Relationship Between Intimate Partner Violence, Depressive Symptomatology, and Personality Traits
AU - Torres, Anna
AU - Garcia-Esteve, Lluïsa
AU - Navarro, Purificación
AU - Tarragona, Maria Jesús
AU - Imaz, Maria Luisa
AU - Ascaso, Carlos
AU - Gelabert, Estel
AU - Plaza, Anna
AU - Subirà, Susana
AU - Valdés, Manuel
AU - Martín-Santos, Rocío
PY - 2013/3/25
Y1 - 2013/3/25
N2 - The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between intimate partner violence (IPV) and personality disorder symptoms controlling for depressive state. Victims of IPV (n = 176) and non-abused women (n = 193) completed the Dimensional Assessment of Personality Pathology-Basic Questionnaire (DAPP-BQ), Index of Spouse Abuse (ISA), and Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II). IPV victims scored higher than non-abused women on Intimacy Problems, and scored lower on Rejection traits, after adjustment for depressive symptoms. Severity of the IPV was related to Cognitive Distortion, Suspiciousness, Restricted Expression, and Intimacy Problems, and the length of the IPV was negatively associated with Rejection. The current study suggests only modest differences in personality traits between IPV and non-abused women. The DAPP-BQ traits associated with severity of IPV, in a dose-response manner, would partially reflect the symptoms of complex post-traumatic stress disorder (CPTSD), although this possibility deserves further study. © 2013 Springer Science+Business Media New York.
AB - The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between intimate partner violence (IPV) and personality disorder symptoms controlling for depressive state. Victims of IPV (n = 176) and non-abused women (n = 193) completed the Dimensional Assessment of Personality Pathology-Basic Questionnaire (DAPP-BQ), Index of Spouse Abuse (ISA), and Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II). IPV victims scored higher than non-abused women on Intimacy Problems, and scored lower on Rejection traits, after adjustment for depressive symptoms. Severity of the IPV was related to Cognitive Distortion, Suspiciousness, Restricted Expression, and Intimacy Problems, and the length of the IPV was negatively associated with Rejection. The current study suggests only modest differences in personality traits between IPV and non-abused women. The DAPP-BQ traits associated with severity of IPV, in a dose-response manner, would partially reflect the symptoms of complex post-traumatic stress disorder (CPTSD), although this possibility deserves further study. © 2013 Springer Science+Business Media New York.
KW - Complex PTSD
KW - DAPP-BQ
KW - DESNOS
KW - Intimacy problems
KW - Intimate partner violence
U2 - https://doi.org/10.1007/s10896-013-9502-4
DO - https://doi.org/10.1007/s10896-013-9502-4
M3 - Article
SN - 0885-7482
VL - 28
SP - 369
EP - 379
JO - Journal of Family Violence
JF - Journal of Family Violence
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