@article{ref1,
title="Childhood maltreatment increases the risk of intimate partner violence via PTSD and anger personality traits in individuals consulting for sexual problems",
journal="Journal of aggression, maltreatment and trauma",
year="2014",
author="Berthelot, Nicolas and Hébert, Martine and Godbout, Natacha and Goulet, Michel and Bergeron, Sophie and Boucher, Sophie",
volume="23",
number="9",
pages="982-998",
abstract="Childhood maltreatment is a significant risk factor for the perpetration of intimate partner violence (IPV) in adulthood. This study tested, in a clinical sample, a conceptual model suggesting that childhood maltreatment contributes to the development of anger personality traits, directly and indirectly via post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and that anger personality traits, in turn, are associated with IPV. Adults consulting for sex therapy (n = 114) completed self-report measures of childhood maltreatment, PTSD, anger, and IPV. Participants were exposed to high rates of childhood maltreatment (83%). Path analysis supported the hypothesized model: exposure to child maltreatment was associated with anger personality traits, and this association was partially mediated by PTSD symptoms. Anger personality traits were highly correlated with IPV.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1092-6771",
doi="10.1080/10926771.2014.960631",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10926771.2014.960631"
}