TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2013//
TI  - Psychological adjustment and victim-blaming among intimate partner violence offenders: the role of social support and stressful life events
JO  - European journal of psychology applied to legal context
A1  - Lila, Marisol
A1  - Gracia, Enrique
A1  - Murgui, Sergio
SP  - 147
EP  - 153
VL  - 5
IS  - 2
N2  - Intimate partner violence offenders often use victim-blaming attributions to explain their own violent behavior. These attributions represent an important challenge for intervention programs for intimate partner violence offenders. The main objectives of this study were to analyze both the influence of social support and stressful life events on the psychological adjustment (self-esteem and depressive symptomatology) of intimate partner violence offenders and the relationship between offenders' psychological adjustment and their victim-blaming attributions. The sample consists of 314 men convicted of intimate partner violence who were referred to a community-based intervention program. <br><br>RESULTS from a structural equation model showed that social support and stressful life events were related to psychological adjustment. Psychological adjustment also was related to victim-blaming attributions among intimate partner violence offenders. A better understanding of the relationships between psychological adjustment of intimate partner violence offenders and its determinants, as well as its impact on victim blaming attributions, may provide support to new intervention strategies. Implications of these results for improving the effectiveness of intervention programs are discussed.    Key words        Intimate partner violence offenders; Psychological adjustment; Social support; Stress; Victim-blaming    Palabras clave        Ajuste psicológico; Apoyo social; Culpabilización de la víctima; Estrés; Maltratadores<p />
LA  - en
SN  - 1889-4007
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.5093/ejpalc2013a4
ID  - ref1
ER  -