Psicothema was founded in Asturias (northern Spain) in 1989, and is published jointly by the Psychology Faculty of the University of Oviedo and the Psychological Association of the Principality of Asturias (Colegio Oficial de Psicología del Principado de Asturias).
We currently publish four issues per year, which accounts for some 100 articles annually. We admit work from both the basic and applied research fields, and from all areas of Psychology, all manuscripts being anonymously reviewed prior to publication.
Psicothema, 2010. Vol. Vol. 22 (nº 1). 99-105
Francisco Javier Labrador Encinas, Mª Rocío Fernández-Velasco y Paulina Rincón*
Psychopathological characteristics of female victims of intimate partner violence
La violencia de pareja provoca gran alarma social. Conocer las características y problemáticas de las mujeres víctimas de este tipo de violencia parece necesario para poder ofrecer una atención psicológica adecuada. Éste es el objetivo del presente estudio. Se estudia una muestra de 212 mujeres que ha sufrido maltrato por su pareja, derivadas por diversas instituciones de la Comunidad de Madrid y que han sido evaluadas por el mismo procedimiento. Los resultados aportan datos sobre las características sociodemográficas y la historia de violencia que se asemejan a los obtenidos por investigaciones previas. En cuanto a las variables psicopatológicas aparece una menor incidencia del trastorno de estrés postraumático y mayor de depresión. Se observa la presencia de determinadas variables concomitantes, destacando problemas de adaptación, baja autoestima y cogniciones disfuncionales de tipo postraumático.
Psychopathological characteristics of female victims of intimate partner violence. Intimate partner violence has caused much social alarm. Knowing the characteristics and problems of the female victims of this type of violence is necessary to be able to provide adequate psychological attention. This is the purpose of the present study. We studied a sample of 212 women who had been exposed to a situation of intimate partner violence, were remitted by diverse institutions of the Community of Madrid, and who were evaluated by the same procedure. The results contribute data about the social-demographic characteristics and the history of violence, which resemble those obtained in previous investigations. Regarding psychopathological variables, there was a lower incidence of posttraumatic stress and a higher incidence of depression. The presence of some concomitant variables was observed, especially problems of adaptation, low self-esteem, and dysfunctional posttraumatic cognitions.
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