Demand/withdraw communication in the context of intimate partner violence: Implications for psychological outcomes

Pickover, Alison M.; Lipinski, Alexandra J.; Dodson, Thomas S.; Tran, Han N.; Woodward, Matthew J.; Beck, J. Gayle

doi:10.1016/j.janxdis.2017.07.002

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“…Indeed, by its impediment of the use of effective conflict resolution strategies, the demand/withdraw communication pattern has been recognized as keeping partners engaged in a vicious cycle of negative interactions (Papp, Kouros, & Cummings, ). The use of ineffective communication skills, such as criticizing, blaming, denying responsibility (Fournier, Brassard, & Shaver, ), and withdrawal (Pickover et al, ) has also been associated with P‐IPV. We also know that hostility in one person tends to generate hostile counter‐attacks (Winstok, ) yet, no study has examined the impact of the demand/demand communication pattern on P‐IPV, a pattern in which both partners increasingly criticize, blame, and nag each other.…”

Section: A Dyadic Perspective On Psychological Intimate Partner Violencementioning

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A Dyadic Analysis of the Associations Between Cumulative Childhood Trauma and Psychological Intimate Partner Violence: The Mediating Roles of Negative Urgency and Communication Patterns

Dugal

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Brassard

et al. 2019

J Marital Family Therapy

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Prior research has suggested associations between cumulative childhood trauma (CCT), negative urgency, communication patterns, and psychological intimate partner violence (P-IPV), but no study has examined these links using a dyadic approach. This study examined the sequential mediation of negative urgency and communication patterns in the link uniting CCT and P-IPV in a sample of 501 heterosexual couples. Results suggest that more CCT events are associated with higher levels of negative urgency, which in turn are associated with a higher tendency to endorse a demand/withdraw and/or demand/demand communication pattern, and to perpetrate P-IPV. Findings support the need to assess CCT, emotional self-control, dyadic and communication patterns, and P-IPV perpetration and victimization in couples seeking help in order to select interventions that will take into account the individual and dyadic nature of P-IPV.

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Section: A Dyadic Perspective On Psychological Intimate Partner Violencementioning

confidence: 99%

A Dyadic Analysis of the Associations Between Cumulative Childhood Trauma and Psychological Intimate Partner Violence: The Mediating Roles of Negative Urgency and Communication Patterns

Dugal

Bélanger

Brassard

et al. 2019

J Marital Family Therapy

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“…The study will be carried out under routine clinical conditions and will include participants with different types and numbers of traumatic experiences to examine the feasibility of the CAPS-5 for diagnosing PTSD and PTSD symptom severity. 87 In clinical research and daily practice, the use of structured diagnostic interviews is highly recommended for the assessment of mental disorders, because they ensure a systematic assessment of symptoms combined with clinicians' expert knowledge. [88][89][90][91][92][93][94][95] For the assessment of PTSD, the CAPS 96 is considered the diagnostic gold standard, 25 43 97 98 and its use is recommended by PTSD guidelines.…”

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Psychometric properties of the German version of the Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale for DSM-5 (CAPS-5) in clinical routine settings: study design and protocol of a multitrait–multimethod study

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IntroductionThe aim of this study is to investigate the diagnostic accuracy, psychometric properties and clinical utility of the German version of the Clinician-Administered Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Scale for Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-5 (DSM-5) (CAPS-5) in routine clinical settings.Methods and analysisThis study is a non-interventional, multitrait–multimethod design, multicentre study that will be carried out at German civil and military inpatient and outpatient clinics. A total sample size of n=219 participants who have experienced at least one traumatic event according to criteria as defined in the DSM-5 will be recruited. For the investigation of the diagnostic accuracy and clinical utility of the CAPS-5, participants will be categorised into one of three groups, depending on their traumatic experiences and post-traumatic symptomatology: (1) monotraumatisation with PTSD; (2) multiple traumatisation with PTSD and (3) traumatisation without PTSD. Interviews will be conducted face to face by interviewers in routine clinical settings. All participants will also be asked to complete a comprehensive set of questionnaires in order to investigate different facets of construct validity and clinical utility. First, differences between all three groups in CAPS-5 sum and subscale scores will be investigated. Test–retest reliability and inter-rater reliability will be determined. Internal consistency will be calculated using structural equation modeling (SEM) based internal consistency coefficients. Construct validity will be measured with Spearman’s rank correlation analyses and multivariate analyses of variance with Holm-Bonferroni corrected post hoc analysis of variances. In order to test diagnostic accuracy, receiver operating characteristics and sensitivity and specificity analyses will be conducted. The model structure of the German CAPS-5 will be analysed using confirmatory factor analyses.Ethics and disseminationThe study received ethical approval by the Ethics Committees of the Faculty of Psychology at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum (reference numbers: 331 and 358). The results of the study will be presented nationally and internationally at scientific conferences and will be published in scientific journals.Trial registration numberDRKS00015325

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“…Finally, couple violence is connected to mood states. In particular, emotional instability could predict IPV (Talbot et al, 2015 ), and, at the same time, violence improves a deep emotional instability in the people involved (Beach et al, 2004 ; Pickover et al, 2017 ).…”

Section: Evaluating and Treating Couple Violence Through The Child Cumentioning

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“…Research has analyzed outcomes of IPV, focusing on the negative impact of violence on the psychological and physical well-being of partners (e.g., post-traumatic stress disorders, generalized anxiety disorder, depression, health-compromising behaviors, etc. ), including over the long-term (Zlotnik et al, 2006 ; Bosch et al, 2017 ; Pickover et al, 2017 ; Spencer et al, 2017 ). This impact could be mediated by personality characteristics such as temperament traits (Yalch et al, 2017 ).…”

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Intimate Partner Violence and Child Custody Evaluation: A Model for Preliminary Clinical Intervention

2018

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Intimate partner violence is defined by the World Health Organization as “any behavior within an intimate relationship that causes physical, psychological, or sexual harm to those in the relationship” and it refers to a specific relationship dynamic. In recent decades, an increasing number of studies have focused on this phenomenon, considering its exponential growth over time. Many studies have focused on risk factors for violence within the couple relationship. This paper specifically analyses the association between violence and separation or divorce. Although many interventions have been developed over the years, the effectiveness of extant interventions on violent behaviors is not yet empirically supported. Since clinical experience allows to affirm that both partners can be involved in treatment for intimate partner violence especially during mandated proceedings, the present study focuses on domestic violence in separated couples involved in a child custody evaluation process. In this case, literature supports the need for individualized assessment in order to promote the best intervention according to the specific conditions of each partner, whether the battered one or the perpetrator. However, little research has been done on child custody evaluation in the presence of violent couples. The aim of the present study is to present a model of couple clinical intervention with a separated violent couple in the context of a child custody evaluation. This model can be defined as relational-intergenerational and its main aim is to understand the exchange between familial generations and to search for factors that safeguard and care for family relations. Furthermore, according also to the therapeutic assessment approach, there is an intrinsic connection between assessment and “family transformative potential.” This paper presents the specific working methodology underlying this model, through the description of a single clinical case. In particular, the proposed model provides a multi-dimensional assessment comprising three levels: individual, evaluating parents' history through representations, thoughts, and feelings; interpersonal, investigating the different relations; discussion and dialogue with the parental couple about findings.

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Demand/withdraw communication in the context of intimate partner violence: Implications for psychological outcomes

Cited by 20 publications

References 44 publications

A Dyadic Analysis of the Associations Between Cumulative Childhood Trauma and Psychological Intimate Partner Violence: The Mediating Roles of Negative Urgency and Communication Patterns

A Dyadic Analysis of the Associations Between Cumulative Childhood Trauma and Psychological Intimate Partner Violence: The Mediating Roles of Negative Urgency and Communication Patterns

Psychometric properties of the German version of the Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale for DSM-5 (CAPS-5) in clinical routine settings: study design and protocol of a multitrait–multimethod study

Intimate Partner Violence and Child Custody Evaluation: A Model for Preliminary Clinical Intervention

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