Exploring revictimization process among Turkish women: The role of early maladaptive schemas on the link between child abuse and partner violence
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2016-06-01
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Child Abuse and Neglect
Abstract
The purpose of the current study is to explore the revictimization process between child
abuse and neglect (CAN), and intimate partner violence (IPV) based on the schema theory
perspective. For this aim, 222 married women recruited in four central cities of Turkey
participated in the study. Results indicated that early negative CAN experiences increased
the risk of being exposed to later IPV. Specifically, emotional abuse and sexual abuse in the
childhood predicted the four subtypes of IPV, which are physical, psychological, and sexual
violence, and injury, while physical abuse only associated with physical violence. To explore
the mediational role of early maladaptive schemas (EMSs) on this association, first, five
schema domains were tested via Parallel Multiple Mediation Model. Results indicated that
only Disconnection/Rejection (D/R) schema domains mediated the association between
CAN andIPV. Second,todetermine theparticularmediational roles of eachschema, eighteen
EMS were tested as mediators, and results showed that Emotional Deprivation Schema and
Vulnerability to Harm or Illness Schema mediated the association between CAN and IPV.
These findings provided an empirical support for the crucial roles of EMSs on the effect of
revictimization process. Clinical implications were discussed.
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Revictimization, child abuse and neglect, intimate partner violence, early maladaptive schemas, parallel multiple mediation model, repeated trauma
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Atmaca, S. ve Gençöz, T. (2016). Exploring revictimization process among Turkish women: The role of early maladaptive schemas on the link between child abuse and partner violence. Child Abuse and Neglect, 52, 85 – 93. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2016.01.004