This article presents a review of the empirical literature examining several topics related to the intimate partner abuse against the women: a) numerous factors associated with the stay of the battered woman with her aggressor, the explanatory main theories of this subject (theories focused on the decision process making and theories based on emotional dependency and psychopathological consequences of the domestic violence), and these theories are integrated according to the longitudinal course of domestic violence and the emotional different responses in the victims; b) the physical and psychopathological consequences of domestic violence on the woman; and c) the psychopathological severity according to the type and circumstances of abuse. Implications of this study for clinical practice and future research in this field are commented upon..
El objetivo de esta investigación ex post facto fue investigar qué variables están relacionadas con la violencia de pareja grave, en una muestra de 90 parejas que acudieron a un programa de tratamiento comunitario por problemas con el consumo de drogas. Se analizaron múltiples variables: características sociodemográficas, rela-ción de pareja, circunstancias del maltrato, determinadas características de las víctimas y de las personas que agredieron, así como el tipo de maltrato (psicológico, físico o sexual) y el tipo de drogas consumidas. Los resultados mostraron elevadas puntuaciones en la escala de predicción del riesgo de violencia grave. Las víctimas fueron clasificadas como de riesgo alto
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