01406nas a2200205   4500000000100000008004100001260007600042653003000118653002600148653003400174100002700208700003500235700002900270245006600299300001000365490000700375520079000382022001401172020001401186       2009                            d  c01/2009bSociedad Española para el Estudio de la Ansiedad y el Estrés10aIntimate partner violence10aPsychological effects10aposttraumatic stress disorder1 aPatricia García-Leiva1 aJuan Manuel Domínguez-Fuentes1 aCristina García García00aAssessment of posttraumatic stress disorder in battered women  a29-380 v153 aIn 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)  a1134-7937  a2174-0437