RT Article
T1 Psychological Intimate Partner Violence and Childhood Cumulative Trauma: The Mediating Role of Affect Dysregulation, Maladaptive Personality Traits, and Negative Urgency
JF Journal of interpersonal violence
VO 36
IS 11/12
SP 5101
OP 5121
A1 Dugal, Caroline
A1 Girard, Marianne
A1 Bélanger, Claude
A1 Sabourin, Stéphane
A1 Bates, Elizabeth A.
A1 Godbout, Natacha
A2 Girard, Marianne
A2 Bélanger, Claude
A2 Sabourin, Stéphane
A2 Bates, Elizabeth A.
A2 Godbout, Natacha
LA English
YR 2021
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1760354074
AB The current study examined the mediating role of affect dysregulation, maladaptive personality traits, and negative urgency in the association between childhood cumulative trauma (CCT) and psychological intimate partner violence (IPV). A total of 241 men and women from the general population answered self-report questionnaires assessing these variables. Results indicated that 70% of participants reported at least two different types of childhood trauma, while, over the past year, 80% indicated having perpetrated or experienced psychological IPV. Path analyses of a sequential mediation model confirmed that the CCT–IPV association is explained by affect dysregulation, maladaptive personality traits, and negative urgency. These findings support the need to assess affect regulation and personality traits in CCT survivors. Psychosocial interventions should aim to increase self-soothing skills and decrease negative urgency to prevent psychological IPV.
K1 Adverse Childhood Experiences
K1 childhood interpersonal trauma
K1 Intimate Partner Violence
DO 10.1177/0886260518801022