Article 4b: Childhood Maltreatment, Borderline Personality Features, and Coping as Predictors of Intimate Partner Violence (Krause-Utz, 2018)

Question 1

Intimate partner violence

Answer 1

Violent or coercive act that is perpetrated by one intimate partner against the other, either in an existing or past relationship. Can cause an increased risk for mental health disorders.

Question 2

Design of the study.

Answer 2

This study investigated if borderline personality disorder (BPD) mediates the relationship between childhood maltreatment and IPV.
They used survey data and distinguished IPV perpetration from IPV victimisation.

Question 3

Childhood maltreatment and the risk for iPV (mediated by BPD)

Answer 3

PBC core features (affective instability, disturbed sense of self, interpersonal disturbances etc.) can develop due to childhood maltreatment. This together causes an increased risk for IPV.

Mechanism: childhood maltreatment –> development of PBC features –> increased risk for IPV.

Question 4

Main results

Answer 4

• Childhood maltreatment (especial emotional and physical abuse and neglect) significantly predict IPV perpetration AND victimisation.
• BPD features, but NOT coping, partially mediated this relationship.
• BPD features significantly predict IPV perpetration and revictimisation.
• Childhood maltreatment (all forms) predict BPD features.

Question 5

Summary

Answer 5

• Childhood maltreatment predicts BPD
• Childhood maltreatment predicts IPV
• BPD predicts IPV
• Childhood maltreatment & BPD together predict IPV