Psychopathological risk factors for partner aggression in a community sample

• Main Authors: María Luisa Factores de riesgo psicopatológicos para la agresión en la pareja en una muestra comunitaria Psychopathological risk factors for partner aggression in a community sample Cuenca, José Luis Graña
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Colegio Oficial de Psicólogos de Madrid 2016-06-01
• Series: Clínica y Salud. Investigación Empírica en Psicología
• Online Access: http://www.copmadrid.org/webcopm/publicaciones/clinica/cl2016v27n2a3.pdf

The present study examines the predictive value of certain psychopathological variables for physical aggression, from the developmental and dyadic perspectives, in a sample of 2,032 heterosexual couples from the Madrid Region, through the Conflict Tactics Scale (CTS-2). The results showed a higher prevalence of psychological aggression than of physical aggression, and significant differences in low level physical aggression in the case of women, 13% vs. 10%, chi;2(1, N=4.064)=7.43, p less than.001. The results confirm that symptoms of hostility, impulsive, borderline, and antisocial personality traits, alcohol consumption, and the experience of victimization have a greater impact on younger men and women (18-29 years). The implications of the results for prevention of partner violence and for couple therapy are discussed.