Psychological adjustment and victim-blaming among intimate partner violence offenders: the role of social support and stressful life events

• Autores: Marisol Lila, Enrique Gracia, Sergio Murgui Pérez
• Localización: The European journal of psychology applied to legal context, ISSN 1889-1861, Vol. 5, Nº. 2, 2013, págs. 147-153
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.5093/ejpalc2013a4
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  • español

    Los hombres condenados por violencia contra la mujer en las relaciones de pareja frecuentemente utilizan atribuciones de culpabilización de la víctima para explicar su propia conducta violenta. Tales atribuciones representan un importante reto en los programas de intervención con maltratadores. Los principales objetivos de este estudio fueron: analizar la influencia del apoyo social y los eventos vitales estresantes sobre el ajuste psicológico (autoestima y sintomatología depresiva) de los maltratadores; y analizar las relaciones entre el ajuste psicológico de los agresores y sus atribuciones de culpabilización de la víctima. La muestra estuvo compuesta de 314 hombres condenados por violencia contra la mujer en las relaciones de pareja que fueron remitidos a un programa de intervención en medio comunitario. Los resultados del modelo de ecuaciones estructurales mostraron que el apoyo social y los eventos vitales estresantes se encuentran relacionados con el ajuste psicológico. Igualmente, el ajuste psicológico se encuentra relacionado con las atribuciones de culpabilización de la víctima en los maltratadores. Una mejor comprensión de las relaciones entre el ajuste psicológico de los maltratadores y sus determinantes, así como su impacto sobre las atribuciones de culpabilización de la víctima, puede proporcionar apoyo a nuevas estrategias de intervención. Se discuten las implicaciones de estos resultados para la mejora de la efectividad de los programas de intervención.

  • English

    Intimate partner violence offenders often use victim-blaming attributions to explain their own violent behavior. These attributions represent an important challenge for intervention programs for intimate-partner violence offenders. The main objectives of this study were: to analyze the influence of social support and stressful life events on the psychological adjustment (self-esteem and depressive symptomatology) of intimate partner violence offenders; and to analyze the relationship between offenders' psychological adjustment and their victim-blaming attributions. The sample consists of 314 men convicted of intimate partner violence who were referred to a community-based intervention program. Results from a structural equation model showed that social support and stressful life events were related to psychological adjustment. Psychological adjustment also was related to victim-blaming attributions among intimate partner violence offenders. A better understanding of the relationships between psychological adjustment of intimate partner violence offenders and its determinants, as well as its impact on victim-blaming attributions, may provide support to new intervention strategies. Implications of these results for improving the effectiveness of intervention programs are discussed.

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