@article{419,
  keywords = {Intimate partner violence, Psychological effects, posttraumatic stress disorder},
  author = {Patricia García-Leiva and Juan Manuel Domínguez-Fuentes and Cristina García García},
  title = {Assessment of posttraumatic stress disorder in battered women},
  abstract = {In this paper we analyze the frequency and intensity of posttraumatic stress disorder in a sample of 100 battered women. Female users of social services and other institutions for maltreated women completed the Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptom Severity Scale (Echeburúa, Corral, Amor, Zubizarreta, & Sarasua, 1997). Results show that there are no significant differences based on the type of maltreatment experienced (physical, psychological and sexual). Nevertheless, we have identified social support as a possible protective factor that buffers women against posttraumatic stress, and previous experience of violence as a risk factor associated with higher levels of posttraumatic stress. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: journal abstract)},
  year = {2009},
  journal = {Ansiedad y Estrés},
  volume = {15},
  number = {1},
  pages = {29-38},
  month = {01/2009},
  publisher = {Sociedad Española para el Estudio de la Ansiedad y el Estrés},
  issn = {1134-7937},
  isbn = {2174-0437},
}