@article{ref1,
title="Self-harm behaviors among female perpetrators of intimate partner violence",
journal="Partner abuse",
year="2016",
author="Sansone, Randy A. and Elliott, Kenneth and Wiederman, Michael W.",
volume="7",
number="1",
pages="44-54",
abstract="Various psychological aspects of women perpetrators of intimate partner violence have been previously studied, yet to our knowledge, few studies to date have examined the prevalence of various self-harm behaviors among such women. In this study of 23 women court-referred to treatment for the perpetration of intimate partner violence, we encountered relatively high rates of high-lethal self-harm behavior (e.g., 48% had previously attempted suicide), low-risk self-harm behaviors (61% reported self-cutting), medically self-harming behaviors (30% endorsed making medical situations worse), and alcohol abuse (60%). In addition, based on a conservative cutoff score, nearly one-half of the participants in this sample scored in the clinical range for borderline personality symptomatology. <br><br>FINDINGS suggest that women perpetrators of intimate partner violence may harbor histories of intentional self-harm behavior, which suggests treatment implications.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1946-6560",
doi="10.1891/1946-6560.7.1.44",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1891/1946-6560.7.1.44"
}