“Intimate partner violence against women: Psychopathological consequences for mother and child survivors”
- 1Department of Developmental and Educational Psychology University of Granada, Granada, Spain
- 2Department of Psychology & Anthropology, University of Extremadura, Badajoz, Spain
Abstract
Background: this study analyses psychopathological symptomatology and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in victims of intimate partner violence against women (IPVAW) and examines the presence of school, behavioural and emotional problems in their children.
Objectives: The aim of the study was to (1) analyse psychopathological symptomatology and PTSD in women survivors of IPVAW, in comparison to women unexposed; (2) analyse the connection between the experience of this type of violence and the presence of psychopathological symptomatology and PTSD; (3) examine the presence of school, behavioural and emotional problems in the children of women survivors of IPVAW compared to the children of unexposed women; and to (4) examine the relationship between psychopathological symptomatology in women survivors of IPVAW and the presence of school, behavioural and emotional problems in their children.
Design: A cross-sectional comparative study. Participants were recruited through Women’s Care Institutions (experimental group) and schools (control group).
Method: The sample included 29 women survivors of IPVAW and 30 non-exposed women, along with their respective children (n = 60). Maternal psychopathology was assessed with the SCL-90-R and ITQ; violence exposure with the CAS-R-SF; and children’s behavioural, emotional and school outcomes with the BASC-3.
Results: Women survivors of IPVAW and their children present significantly more psychopathological symptoms compared to women and children unexposed to this violence. Furthermore, a relationship was found between the symptomatology in mothers and school, behavioural and emotional problems of their children.
Conclusion: IPVAW has a broad psychopathological impact on both survivors and their children. This study shows the importance of specifically working on psychological intervention with both.
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BibTeX
@article{buesoizquierdo2026intimate,
title = {{“Intimate partner violence against women: Psychopathological consequences for mother and child survivors”}},
author = {Natalia Bueso-Izquierdo and Mónica Ferrera-Silva and Carlos Barbosa-Torres and Juan Manuel Moreno-Manso},
journal = {Women's Health},
year = {2026},
month = sep,
doi = {10.1177/17455057261470739},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1177/17455057261470739},
note = {CC BY-NC 4.0},
}
RIS
TY - JOUR
TI - “Intimate partner violence against women: Psychopathological consequences for mother and child survivors”
AU - Natalia Bueso-Izquierdo
AU - Mónica Ferrera-Silva
AU - Carlos Barbosa-Torres
AU - Juan Manuel Moreno-Manso
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/09/30
JO - Women's Health
DO - 10.1177/17455057261470739
UR - https://doi.org/10.1177/17455057261470739
AB - Background: this study analyses psychopathological symptomatology and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in victims of intimate partner violence against women (IPVAW) and examines the presence of school, behavioural and emotional problems in their children. Objectives: The aim of the study was to (1) analyse psychopathological symptomatology and PTSD in women survivors of IPVAW, in comparison to women unexposed; (2) analyse the connection between the experience of this type of violence and the presence of psychopathological symptomatology and PTSD; (3) examine the presence of school, behavioural and emotional problems in the children of women survivors of IPVAW compared to the children of unexposed women; and to (4) examine the relationship between psychopathological symptomatology in women survivors of IPVAW and the presence of school, behavioural and emotional problems in their children. Design: A cross-sectional comparative study. Participants were recruited through Women’s Care Institutions (experimental group) and schools (control group). Method: The sample included 29 women survivors of IPVAW and 30 non-exposed women, along with their respective children (n = 60). Maternal psychopathology was assessed with the SCL-90-R and ITQ; violence exposure with the CAS-R-SF; and children’s behavioural, emotional and school outcomes with the BASC-3. Results: Women survivors of IPVAW and their children present significantly more psychopathological symptoms compared to women and children unexposed to this violence. Furthermore, a relationship was found between the symptomatology in mothers and school, behavioural and emotional problems of their children. Conclusion: IPVAW has a broad psychopathological impact on both survivors and their children. This study shows the importance of specifically working on psychological intervention with both.
SN - 1745-5057
SN - 1745-5065
ER -