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Childhood Maltreatment, Borderline Personality Features, and Coping as Predictors of Intimate Partner Violence

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Krause-Utz, Annegret, Mertens, Lea J., Renn, Julian B., Lucke, Pauline, Wöhlke, Antonia Z., van Schie, Charlotte C., Mouthaan, Joanne·2021·Journal of Interpersonal Violence
DOI 10.1177/0886260518817782PMC PMC8202213
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Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a serious mental and physical health concern worldwide. Although previous research suggests that childhood maltreatment increases the risk for IPV, the underlying psychological mechanisms of this relationship are not yet entirely understood. Borderline personality (BP) features may play an important role in the cycle of violence, being associated with interpersonal violence in both childhood and adult relationships. The present study investigated whether BP features mediate the relationship between childhood maltreatment and IPV, differentiating between perpetration and victimization, and taking maladaptive stress coping and gender into account. Self-reports on IPV, childhood trauma, BP features, and maladaptive stress coping were collected in a mixed (nonclinical and clinical) sample of 703 adults ( n = 537 female, n = 166 male), using an online survey. A serial mediation analysis (PROCESS) was performed to quantify the direct effect of childhood maltreatment on IPV and its indirect effects through BP features and maladaptive coping. Childhood maltreatment severity significantly positively predicted IPV perpetration as well as victimization. BP features, but not coping, partially mediated this relationship. Follow-up analyses suggest that affective instability and interpersonal disturbances (e.g., separation concerns) play an important role in IPV perpetration, while interpersonal and identity disturbances may mediate the effect of childhood maltreatment on IPV victimization. In clinical practice, attention should be paid not only to histories of childhood abuse and neglect but also to BP features, which may be possible risk factors for IPV.

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  • Adults with BPD and adolescents with BPD features also are at increased risk for abuse or re-victimization as adults and for cumulative polyvictimization across the lifespan.

    “Adults with BPD [14, 96, 98, 118, 121] and adolescents with BPD features [89, 154, 182] also are at increased risk for abuse or re-victimization as adults and for cumulative polyvictimization across the lifespan.”

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    The Results (Multiple and Multivariate Regression Analyses; page unavailable) report that borderline personality features were positively associated with intimate partner violence victimization, supporting the adult revictimization portion of the claim. The paper does not establish cumulative polyvictimization across the lifespan; its Discussion calls for longitudinal research. The adolescent portion has separate citations in the citing sentence and is not assessed against this source. (LLM, conf=0.84)

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Authors
Krause-Utz, A., Mertens, L. J., Renn, J. B., Lucke, P., Wöhlke, A. Z., van Schie, C. C., & Mouthaan, J.
Affiliations
  • Leiden University (NL)
  • Leiden University, The Netherlands
Corresponding author
Krause-Utz, Annegret
ORCID
Venue
Journal of Interpersonal Violence
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Published
2018-12-31
Volume
36
Issue
13-14
Pages
6693-6721
ISSN
  • 0886-2605 (ISSN-L)
  • 1552-6518
DOI
10.1177/0886260518817782
PMC
PMC8202213
OpenAlex
W2908408145
Cited by
37
References
88
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2025: 6 · 2024: 12 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 6 · 2021: 7 · 2019: 1
FWCI
2.13
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Journal of Interpersonal Violence (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Leiden Repository (Leiden University) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc)
  • Leiden Repository (Leiden University) (submittedVersion)
  • Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Health › Intimate Partner and Family Violence
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child Abuse and Trauma
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
Keywords
intimate partner violence, child abuse, borderline personality traits, IPV perpetration, IPV victimization, neuroticism, interpersonal problems, identity disturbance, gender differences, mediation, abuse and neglect
MeSH terms
Intimate Partner Violence, Adaptation, Psychological, Adult, Child, Child Abuse, Female, Humans, Male, Personality, Crime Victims

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