Intimate Partner Violence Victimization and Cognitive Function in a Mixed-Sex Epidemiological Sample of Urban Adults

Abstract

Intimate partner violence (IPV) victimization is associated with a wide range of mental and physical health problems, but little is known about the effect of IPV on cognitive decline. Previous research suggests an association between IPV victimization and cognitive dysfunction, but the few studies that have examined this phenomenon were cross-sectional in design and focused only on female victims of IPV. The current study examined cognitive function over time among a diverse population of both male and female victims of IPV. Regression analyses indicated increased completion time on Trail Making Test (TMT) A for both male and female victims of IPV living below poverty, as well as for female victims of IPV without previously depressive symptomatology. Results also indicated increased completion time on TMT B for male victims of IPV. Our findings support an association between IPV victimization and increased cognitive decline that is moderated by poverty status and previous depressive symptomatology.

WITHDRAWN: Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR): Efficacy in improving clinical, neuropsychological, and quality of life in women victims of violence

“…There is an association between posttraumatic symptoms and low cognitive performance in women exposed to violence (13,14). Therefore, one of the objectives of this study was to identify the existence of a relationship between clinical symptomatology and low cognitive performance, in addition to determining whether EMDR therapy and NET generated positive effects in the participants.…”

“…A latent association has been identified between clinical symptoms and cognitive functioning in this group of women (12). In this sense, women who report anxiety, depression, posttraumatic stress, or exposure to sexual violence tend to show low performance in neuropsychological evaluations, especially in attentional, visuospatial and executive tasks (13,14). Added to this is the evidence that sociodemographic factors are related to the adverse effects of violence on the physical and mental health of female victims (15) as well as on their quality of life (16).…”

Intimate partner violence: psycho-physio-pathological sequelae for defining a holistic enriched treatment

“…Studies found a significant positive correlation 10. 3389/fnbeh.2022.943081 between IPV history and long-term decay in cognitive performances (Williams et al, 2017) likely due to the strong involvement of cognitive functions in emotional processing. It has also been argued that this cognitive-emotional impairment might also preclude the IPV survivors' response to treatments, thus exacerbating the psychopathological sequelae of IPV.…”

Associations between intimate partner violence and mental health in German men and women: a cross-sectional analysis of the German Health Interview and Examination Survey for Adults (DEGS1)

“…The physical and mental health consequences have often been reported in the scientific literature but focus primarily on victims (Lagdon et al, 2014;Pengpid & Peltzer, 2020;Próspero, 2007;Williams, Murphy, Dore, Evans, & Zonderman, 2017). Fewer studies have focused on the consequences for the perpetrator's health, including mental health, or the influence of psychological IPV (Heise et al, 2019).…”