Citation

Calvete E, Estévez A, Corral S. Psicothema 2007; 19(3): 446-451.

Vernacular Title

Trastorno por estres postraumatico y su relacion con esquemas cognitivos

Affiliation

Facultad de Psicologia, Universidad de Deusto, Bilbao, Spain. ecalvete@fice.deusto.es

Copyright

(Copyright © 2007, Departamento de Psicología de la Universidad de Oviedo, Publisher Colegio Oficial de Psicológicas de Asturias)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

17617984

Abstract

This study assessed the association between Posttraumatic Stress Disorder symptoms (PTSD) and maladaptive cognitive schemas among intimate partner violence victims. The sample comprised 114 women from specialized services for victims, who completed measures of physical aggression, sexual abuse, psychological abuse, PTSD, and cognitive schemas. Results showed that 67.54% of women met the diagnostic criteria of PTSD. These women endorsed higher levels of schemas related to mistrust/abuse, vulnerability to harm, defectiveness, shame, enmeshment, abandonment and dependence. A structural equation model showed that the relationship between violence and cognitive schemas was fully mediated by the PTSD symptoms. Finally, the clinical implications of the results are discussed.

Language: es