Trauma exposure, PTSD symptoms, and presenting clinical problems among male perpetrators of intimate partner violence.

Semiatin, Joshua N.; Torres, Steffany; LaMotte, Adam D.; Portnoy, Galina A.; Murphy, Christopher M.

doi:10.1037/vio0000041

Cited by 48 publications

(50 citation statements)

References 47 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…We will also benefit from a review of surviving children's perspectives on change in their father, a review of practitioners' perspectives, and a review of quantitative studies of the correlates of change. The current review authors call for further syntheses, systematic reviews, and experimental evaluation of interventions, and we would align ourselves with a growing body of researchers in this field (Grych & Swan, 2012;Murphy, 2013;Semiatin, Torres, LaMotte, Portnoy, & Murphy, 2017;Sullivan, 2013) who call for a more systematic approach to perpetrator program development.…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 98%

Male IPV Perpetrator’s Perspectives on Intervention and Change: A Systematic Synthesis of Qualitative Studies

McGinn

McColgan

Taylor

2017

Trauma, Violence, & Abuse

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Further qualitative investigation, of rigor, with the intention-to-treat population of intimate partner violence perpetrators involved in perpetrator programs is needed. At this point, we would venture that qualitative research, with perpetrators, underlines the precept that formidable barriers to change exist in this population. The centrality of group work to perpetrator interventions should be reconsidered in light of the complexity of the change task and in light of the heterogeneity of this population.

show abstract

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 98%

Male IPV Perpetrator’s Perspectives on Intervention and Change: A Systematic Synthesis of Qualitative Studies

McGinn

McColgan

Taylor

2017

Trauma, Violence, & Abuse

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Examining more proximal factors potentially stemming from ACEs, namely trauma symptoms, is an important evolution for IPV intervention. The current study sample reported profoundly higher prevalence rates of clinical levels of PTSD symptomology (31.1%) compared with studies with more White, socioeconomically advantaged men in the general population (3.2%; Hahn et al, 2015), military population (2–17%; Creamer, Wade, Fletcher, & Forbes, 2011), and clinical samples of BIPs (10–13.6%; Rosenbaum & Leisring, 2003; Semiatin, Torres, LaMotte, Portnoy, & Murphy, 2017), adding to the limited body of trauma research with marginalized populations (e.g., Hoyt, Wray, Wiggins, Gerstle, & Maclean, 2012). Men in the study also reported severe complex trauma symptoms in the past month.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 97%

Adverse Childhood Experiences, Trauma Symptoms, Mindfulness, and Intimate Partner Violence: Therapeutic Implications for Marginalized Men

et al. 2020

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and trauma symptoms have been linked with intimate partner violence (IPV) perpetration and victimization among men, yet the field lacks depth in several key areas hampering progress toward violence intervention. Specifically, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) dominates the field's scope of trauma symptoms under study, limiting understanding of other manifestations of trauma especially among men. Furthermore, most research focuses exclusively on men's physical IPV perpetration and rarely focuses on other types of IPV, severity of violence, or men's victimization. Also, few studies examine potential protective factors grounded in the ACE framework, such as mindfulness, among clinical populations. Finally, most research has not focused on men of color, despite some racial/ethnic minority groups disproportionate rates of IPV exposure. Therefore, the relationships between IPV frequency and severity (psychological, physical, injury) and ACEs, PTSD, trauma symptomology (separate from PTSD), and mindfulness self-efficacy were examined in a sample of 67 predominantly low-income men of color in a batterer intervention program. More than half of the sample (51.5%) reported exposure to four or more ACEs, and 31.1% met the clinical cutoff for a probable PTSD diagnosis. Higher ACE scores predicted increased rates for nearly all types of self-reported IPV perpetration and victimization. PTSD symptoms and complex trauma symptom severity together explained between 13% and 40% of IPV outcomes, and each was uniquely associated with certain types of self-reported IPV victimization and perpetration frequency and severity. Mindfulness self-efficacy was associated with decreased self-report psychological IPV perpetration and victimization frequency and severity. Clinical implications relevant to marginalized men are reviewed, including screening, training, and potential therapeutic interventions.

show abstract

“…Holtzworth-Munroe and Stuart [ 34 ] argue that perpetrators can be classified using three characteristics: severity/frequency of aggression, how general the aggression is (within-family only or not), and degree of perpetrator pathology. In addition to a focus on personality disorders in perpetrators, hundreds of studies have found a link between aggressive behaviors (both within and outside of intimate relationships) and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD; [ 35 , 36 , 37 , 38 ]).…”

Section: Four Levels Of Influencementioning

confidence: 99%

Cognitive Reframing of Intimate Partner Aggression: Social and Contextual Influences

Goodfriend

Arriaga

2018

IJERPH

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Intimate partner aggression violates U.S. culturally-accepted standards regarding how partners should treat each other. Victims must reconcile the dissonance associated with being in what should be a loving and supportive relationship, while being in the same relationship that is personally and deeply harmful. To manage these clashing cognitions, victims consciously and unconsciously adopt perceptions to reframe their partner’s aggression, minimizing and reinterpreting the occurrence or impact of aggressive acts, and justifying remaining in their relationship. The paper examines the multiple and nested influences that shape such perceptions, including individual, partner, relationship, and cultural factors. Each type of influence is discussed by reviewing previous research and including accounts from women who had experienced aggression. Greater awareness of such perceptions may afford greater control in changing harmful relationship patterns.

show abstract

Trauma exposure, PTSD symptoms, and presenting clinical problems among male perpetrators of intimate partner violence.

Cited by 48 publications

References 47 publications

Male IPV Perpetrator’s Perspectives on Intervention and Change: A Systematic Synthesis of Qualitative Studies

Male IPV Perpetrator’s Perspectives on Intervention and Change: A Systematic Synthesis of Qualitative Studies

Adverse Childhood Experiences, Trauma Symptoms, Mindfulness, and Intimate Partner Violence: Therapeutic Implications for Marginalized Men

Cognitive Reframing of Intimate Partner Aggression: Social and Contextual Influences

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About