Childhood Maltreatment Increases the Risk of Intimate Partner Violence via PTSD and Anger Personality Traits in Individuals Consulting for Sexual Problems |
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| Authors: | Nicolas Berthelot Martine Hébert Natacha Godbout Michel Goulet Sophie Bergeron Sophie Boucher |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Nursing, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canadanicolas.berthelot@uqtr.ca;3. Department of Sexology, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada;4. Department of Psychology, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada |
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| 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 posttraumatic 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. |
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| Keywords: | adult survivor aggression clinical issues intimate partner violence maltreatment sexuality issues trauma |
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