Citation

Pickover AM, Lipinski AJ, Dodson TS, Tran HN, Woodward MJ, Beck JG. J. Anxiety Disord. 2017; 52: 95-102.

Affiliation

Department of Psychology, University at Memphis, 400 Innovation Drive, Memphis, TN, 38152, USA. Electronic address: jgbeck@memphis.edu.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.janxdis.2017.07.002

PMID

28803688

Abstract

Intimate partner violence (IPV) is associated with symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and generalized anxiety disorder (GAD). To clarify the influence of a dyadic conflict pattern that has previously been shown to accompany violence in romantic relationships (partner demand/self withdraw) on these mental health outcomes, we examined the associations between three forms of IPV (physical, emotional-verbal, dominance-isolation), partner demand/self withdraw, and PTSD and GAD symptoms, in a sample of 284 IPV-exposed women. Using structural equation modeling, we found significant associations between dominance-isolation IPV, partner demand/self withdraw, and clinician-assessed GAD symptoms. Associations between emotional-verbal IPV and partner demand/self withdraw were also significant. Associations for physical IPV, partner demand/self withdraw, and clinician-assessed PTSD symptoms were not statistically significant. These results underscore the need for research on the mental health outcomes associated with specific forms of IPV and the long-term psychological consequences of the conflict patterns that uniquely characterize violent relationships.

Copyright © 2017. Published by Elsevier Ltd.

Language: en

Keywords

Conflict patterns; Demand withdraw; Generalized anxiety disorder; Intimate partner violence; Posttraumatic stress disorder