¿Por qué y a qué coste físico y psicológico permanece la mujer junto a su pareja maltratada?

• Autores: Pedro Javier Amor Andrés, Isaura A. Bohórquez, Enrique Echeburúa Odriozola
• Localización: Acción psicológica, ISSN 1578-908X, Vol. 4, Nº. 2, 2006 (Ejemplar dedicado a: La agresión en diferentes contextos), págs. 129-154
• Idioma: español
• DOI: 10.5944/ap.4.2.483
• Títulos paralelos:
  • What physical and psychological price must women pay when staying beside their abusing partner?
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  • español

    Este artículo presenta una revisión de múltiples investigaciones empíricas, al tiempo que se examinan diferentes aspectos relacionados con las mujeres maltratadas por su pareja: a) diversos factores asociados a la permanencia de la víctima en convivencia con el maltratador, las principales teorías explicativas de este fenómeno (teorías centradas en el proceso de toma de decisiones y teorías referidas a la dependencia emocional y a las repercusiones psicopatológicas de la violencia doméstica), y estas teorías son integradas según el curso longitudinal de la violencia doméstica y las diferentes respuestas emocionales en las víctimas; b) las consecuencias físicas y psicopatológicas del maltrato doméstico en la mujer; y c) la gravedad psicopatológica en función del tipo y circunstancias del maltrato. Se comentan las implicaciones de este estudio para la práctica clínica y para las investigaciones futuras.

  • English

    This article presents a review of the empirical literature examining several topics related to the intimate partner abuse against the women: a) numerous factors associated with the stay of the battered woman with her aggressor, the explanatory main theories of this subject (theories focused on the decision process making and theories based on emotional dependency and psychopathological consequences of the domestic violence), and these theories are integrated according to the longitudinal course of domestic violence and the emotional different responses in the victims; b) the physical and psychopathological consequences of domestic violence on the woman; and c) the psychopathological severity according to the type and circumstances of abuse. Implications of this study for clinical practice and future research in this field are commented upon.

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