@article{ref1,
title="Demand/withdraw communication in the context of intimate partner violence: Implications for psychological outcomes",
journal="Journal of anxiety disorders",
year="2017",
author="Pickover, Alison M. and Lipinski, Alexandra J. and Dodson, Thomas S. and Tran, Han N. and Woodward, Matthew J. and Beck, J. Gayle",
volume="52",
number="",
pages="95-102",
abstract="Intimate partner violence (IPV) is associated with symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and generalized anxiety disorder (GAD). To clarify the influence of a dyadic conflict pattern that has previously been shown to accompany violence in romantic relationships (partner demand/self withdraw) on these mental health outcomes, we examined the associations between three forms of IPV (physical, emotional-verbal, dominance-isolation), partner demand/self withdraw, and PTSD and GAD symptoms, in a sample of 284 IPV-exposed women. Using structural equation modeling, we found significant associations between dominance-isolation IPV, partner demand/self withdraw, and clinician-assessed GAD symptoms. Associations between emotional-verbal IPV and partner demand/self withdraw were also significant. Associations for physical IPV, partner demand/self withdraw, and clinician-assessed PTSD symptoms were not statistically significant. These results underscore the need for research on the mental health outcomes associated with specific forms of IPV and the long-term psychological consequences of the conflict patterns that uniquely characterize violent relationships.<br><br>Copyright © 2017. Published by Elsevier Ltd.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0887-6185",
doi="10.1016/j.janxdis.2017.07.002",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.janxdis.2017.07.002"
}