Post traumatic stress disorder and adaptive capacity in victims of intimate partner violence

The goal of this article was to identify the existing relationship between Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and the adaptive capacity in a group of victims of intimate partner violence residing in Medellin (Colombia). The sample consisted of 26 people, bothmale and female selected from differe...

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Autores principales: José Juan Amar Amar, Luz Elena Ocampo Otálvaro
Formato: Artículo científico
Publicado: Universidad del Norte 2012
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Psicología
Acceso en línea:http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=21324851002
http://biblioteca.clacso.edu.ar/gsdl/cgi-bin/library.cgi?a=d&c=co/co-015&d=21324851002oai
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Red de Bibliotecas Virtuales de Ciencias Sociales (CLACSO) de Consejo Latinoamericano de Ciencias Sociales
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topic Psicología
spellingShingle Psicología
José Juan Amar Amar
Luz Elena Ocampo Otálvaro
Post traumatic stress disorder and adaptive capacity in victims of intimate partner violence
topic_facet Psicología
description The goal of this article was to identify the existing relationship between Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and the adaptive capacity in a group of victims of intimate partner violence residing in Medellin (Colombia). The sample consisted of 26 people, bothmale and female selected from different health and social centers. The instruments used were the PTSD Symptom Severity Scale and the Maladjustment Scale. Descriptive statistics and Pearsons Correlation Coefficient were used for data analysis. The results reinforce the initiative of considering PTSD as a diagnostic category unmistakably associated to intimate partner violence; 84.2% of the sample reportedPost Traumatic Stress Disorder symptomatology, mainly avoidance and hyperarousal, as well as somatic manifestations. Maladjustment levels were highly elevated, 93.2% average, the areas with the lowest level of adaptive capacity were marital life and family life, while maladjustment levels exhibited significant associations with overall PTSD and hyperarousal (p0.01). In general, the participants exhibited emotional affliction in their responses, characterized by the presence of somatic anxiety, an intense fear of re-experiencing the abuse situations and a marked response of increased arousal.
format Artículo científico
Artículo científico
author José Juan Amar Amar
Luz Elena Ocampo Otálvaro
author_facet José Juan Amar Amar
Luz Elena Ocampo Otálvaro
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title Post traumatic stress disorder and adaptive capacity in victims of intimate partner violence
title_short Post traumatic stress disorder and adaptive capacity in victims of intimate partner violence
title_full Post traumatic stress disorder and adaptive capacity in victims of intimate partner violence
title_fullStr Post traumatic stress disorder and adaptive capacity in victims of intimate partner violence
title_full_unstemmed Post traumatic stress disorder and adaptive capacity in victims of intimate partner violence
title_sort post traumatic stress disorder and adaptive capacity in victims of intimate partner violence
publisher Universidad del Norte
publishDate 2012
url http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=21324851002
http://biblioteca.clacso.edu.ar/gsdl/cgi-bin/library.cgi?a=d&c=co/co-015&d=21324851002oai
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