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EFICACIA DE UN TRATAMIENTO COGNITIVO CONDUCTUAL PARA EL TRASTORNO DE ESTRÉS POSTRAUMÁTICO EN VÍCTIMAS DE VIOLENCIA DE GÉNERO
, Victoria A. Ferrer 11 Universidad de las Islas Baleares, España
*Correspondencia: Marta Santandreu, Departamento de Psicología Social, Facultad de Psicología, Edificio Guillem Cifre de Colonya, Carretera de Valldemossa, Km. 7,5, 07122 Palma de Mallorca (España).
E-mail: mrtsantandreu@gmail.com
Abstract
This study evaluates the effectiveness of a cognitive behavioral treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) on women victims of intimate partner violence. Women victims of intimate partner violence (N= 129) were grouped by type of violence experienced: psychological (21), physical and psychological (43), sexual (30), and psychological, physical and sexual (35). The assessment consisted of a semi structured interview session and the evaluation with two psychometric tests to obtain posttraumatic and depressive symptoms data. Treatment was applied in 12 individual sessions and a follow up session three months later. Results showed that PTSD symptoms are more common in cases where there has been physical violence and sexual violence as compared to cases of psychological violence. This suggests that the physical aggression to the victim (of any kind)could precipitate such symptoms unlike other forms of violence. This study provides further evidence of the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral therapy for PTSD in all cases of intimate partner violence.
Keywords
- effectiveness
- cognitive-behavioral therapy
- intimate partner violence
- depression
- post-traumatic stress disorder