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JOURNAL OF ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY
Volume 117, Issue 3, Pages 637-646Publisher
AMER PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC
DOI: 10.1037/0021-843X.117.3.637
Keywords
child maltreatment; posttraumatic stress disorder; information processing; domestic abuse; relationship aggression
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In this study, the authors examined the interrelations among family-of-origin maltreatment variables, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms, social information processing deficits, and male-to-female psychological and physical intimate relationship abuse perpetration in adulthood among a community sample of 164 men and their partners. In bivariate analyses, higher family-of-origin childhood parental rejection was associated with the perpetration of psychological and physical abuse in adulthood, and childhood exposure to interparental violence was also associated with adult psychological abuse perpetration. Structural equation modeling analyses indicated that when childhood variables and other study variables were considered together, only childhood parental rejection was associated with the abuse perpetration outcomes, and these effects were indirect through PTSD symptoms and social information processing deficits. Results indicate a need for further investigation into the mechanisms accounting for the impact of early maltreatment on the development of abusive intimate relationship behavior.
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