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    Trauma’s Influence on Relationships: Clients’ Perspectives at an Intimate Partner Violence Intervention Program

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    Author/Creator
    LaMotte, Adam D.
    Gower, Tricia
    Miles-McLean, Haley
    Farzan-Kashani, Julian
    Murphy, Christopher M.
    Date
    2018-10-01
    Type of Work
    8 pages
    Text
    journal article post-print
    Citation of Original Publication
    Adam D. LaMotte, Tricia Gower, Haley Miles-McLean, Julian Farzan-Kashani, Christopher M. Murphy, Trauma’s Influence on Relationships: Clients’ Perspectives at an Intimate Partner Violence Intervention Program, Journal of Family Violence, pp 1–8, 2018, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10896-018-0004-2
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    This is a post-peer-review, pre-copyedit version of an article published in Journal of Family Violence. The final authenticated version is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10896-018-0004-2
    Access to this item will begin on Nov. 02, 2019.
    Subjects
    Trauma
    Abuse
    intimate partner violence (IPV)
    Domestic violence
    Intimate relationship
    posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
    Emotion regulation
    Relationship problems
    Abstract
    Although individuals who engage in intimate partner violence (IPV) report high rates of trauma exposure, it is unclear whether they perceive a link between trauma exposures and relationship problems, which traumas are seen as most influential, and whether such perceptions accurately reflect their relationship difficulties. Ninety-four men presenting for IPV intervention services reported their exposure to 22 adverse and potentially traumatic events (APTEs), and were asked whether these events had influenced the way that they think, act, or feel in relationships. APTEs were categorized based on whether or not they appeared to represent PTSD Criterion A traumatic events. Additionally, participants completed self-report measures of IPV use, partner injuries, emotional abuse, relationship problems, emotion regulation difficulties, and PTSD symptoms. Nearly half (43.6%) of the sample reported that one or more APTEs had influenced the way they function in relationships. Of the 92 reports of non-Criterion A APTEs, 42.4% were endorsed as relationship-influencing, whereas only 19.7% of the 310 occurrences of Criterion A APTEs were endorsed as relationship-influencing. The number of relationship-influencing APTEs reported was positively correlated with emotional abuse, relationship problems, emotion regulation difficulties, and PTSD symptoms. In contrast, the number of non-relationship-influencing APTEs reported was only correlated with emotional abuse. Findings from this exploratory study (1) demonstrate the ability of clients receiving IPV services to discern which APTEs have relevance to their relationships; (2) suggest the benefits of considering non-Criterion A APTEs; and (3) indicate the need for trauma- informed IPV intervention services.


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