TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1992//
TI  - Depressive symptomatology, self-esteem, and self-blame in battered women
JO  - Journal of family violence
A1  - Cascardi, M.
A1  - O'Leary, K. Daniel
SP  - 249
EP  - 259
VL  - 7
IS  - 4
N2  - Thirty three currently battered women who sought counseling/support services from a Nassau County, New York community agency that provides services to victims of domestic violence participated. Eighty-nine percent of the women experienced severe acts of physical abuse and 31% of the women required surgery or suffered concussions as a result of their injuries. Fifty-two percent of the women scored above 20 on the Beck Depression Inventory. As the number, form, and consequences of physically aggressive acts increased and/or worsened, the women''s depressive symptoms increased and self-esteem decreased. However, only 12% of the women in this sample blamed themselves for causing their partner''s violence. Further, neither self-blame nor partner blame was associated with length of abuse or the frequency and severity of physical aggression. However, self-blame was marginally associated with depressive symptomatology.<p />
LA  - en
SN  - 0885-7482
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00994617
ID  - ref1
ER  -