Relation Between Childhood Maltreatment and Severe Intrafamilial Male‐Perpetrated Physical Violence in Chinese Community: The Mediating Role of Borderline and Antisocial Personality Disorder Features |
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| Authors: | Na Liu Yalin Zhang Heward John Brady Yuping Cao Ying He Yingli Zhang |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Mental Health Institute, Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, , Hunan, People's Republic of China;2. Department of Clinical Psychology, Nanjing Brain Hospital, Nanjing Medical Hospital, , Jiangsu, People's Republic of China;3. School of Medicine, Yale University, , New Haven, Connecticut |
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| Abstract: | This study investigates the role of borderline personality disorder (BPD) and antisocial personality disorder (ASPD) features as mediators of the effects of childhood maltreatment on severe intrafamilial physical violence amongst Chinese male perpetrators. A cross‐sectional survey and face‐to‐face interview were conducted to examine childhood maltreatment, personality disorder features, impulsivity, aggression, and severe intrafamilial physical violence in a community sample of 206 abusive men in China. The results suggest that ASPD or BPD features mediate between childhood maltreatment and intimate partner violence perpetration in Chinese abusive men. These findings may yield clinical and forensic implications for assessing the psychopathology of abusive men, and may steer the intervention of intimate partner violence. Aggr. Behav. 38:64‐76, 2012. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. |
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| Keywords: | antisocial personality disorder borderline personality disorder severe intrafamilial physical violence child maltreatment mediating analysis |
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