Childhood maltreatment and intimate partner violence in dissociative disorder patients

Childhood maltreatment and intimate partner violence in dissociative disorder patients

Background: Childhood maltreatment (CM) is a risk factor for subsequent intimate partner violence (IPV) in adulthood, with high rates of retrospectively reported CM among IPV victims and perpetrators. A theorized mechanism of the link between CM and IPV is dissociation. Dissociation may allow perpet...

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Main Authors: Aliya R. Webermann, Bethany L. Brand, Gregory S. Chasson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2014-09-01
Series:European Journal of Psychotraumatology
Subjects:
Dissociation
dissociative identity disorder
dissociative disorders
intimate partner violence
domestic violence
childhood maltreatment
childhood abuse
Online Access:http://www.ejpt.net/index.php/ejpt/article/download/24568/pdf_1

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