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The psychological subtype of intimate partner violence and its effect on mental health: a systematic review with meta-analyses.
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- Is anybody out there? Tackling intimate partner violence as a hidden pandemic during COVID times and beyond: factors, impact, and recommendations, a systematic review and meta-analyses.Archives of women's mental health · 2026Pooled it
- Intimate partner violence and mental disorders among women: an umbrella review.BMC psychiatry · 2025Pooled it
- Intimate Partner Violence and Subsequent Depression in Women: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Longitudinal Studies.Brain and behavior · 2025Pooled it
- The overlooked trauma: psychological violence and its impact on PTSD symptoms.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2026Article
- Intimate partner violence and survivor-reported partner characteristics in Ghana, Kenya, and Tanzania.Global health action · 2026Article
- Health Conditions and Service Use Among Intimate Partner Violence Shelter Residents.Journal of interpersonal violence · 2026Article
- Experiences and Impacts of Intimate Partner Violence Against Men in Northern Ireland: Qualitative Findings from the Male Experiences of Intimate Partner Violence Study.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- The Intimate Partner Violence Impact on Maternal Parenting: The Mediational Role of Depressive Symptoms.Journal of interpersonal violence · 2026Article
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- SPECTRA: A Conceptual Framework to Bridge Praxis and Remap Relational Violence in India Using a Complex Trauma Lens.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Development and Validation of the Psychological Abuse in Relationships Scale.Journal of interpersonal violence · 2026Article
- Intersecting inequalities in experiences of violence among Brazilian adults: a multilevel analysis of individual heterogeneity and discriminatory accuracy (MAIHDA) of the 2019 National Health Survey.International journal for equity in health · 2026Article
- 'Ghya Bharaari Ekatra': study protocol for a cluster randomized trial to evaluate a couples-based intervention for the primary prevention of intimate partner violence in India.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Altered resting-state functional connectivity in women survivors of intimate partner violence: an ICA study.BMC psychology · 2026Article
- Women's self-employment, business acumen, and emotional IPV: a longitudinal study in Tanzania.BMC women's health · 2026Article
- Psychological Intimate Partner Violence Across Identities: Preliminary Psychometrics of the Multidimensional Measure of Emotional Abuse-Short Form Among Heterosexual, Lesbian, and Bisexual Samples in Türkiye.Archives of sexual behavior · 2026Article
- Examining Associations Between Intimate Partner Violence-Related Brain Injury, Psychological Abuse, and Cognitive Functioning in Community Women.Journal of family violence · 2026Article
- Unseen intimate partner violence: regional differences in controlling behaviours.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- An Interactive, Asynchronous Intimate Partner Violence Module for Medical Students: Improving Preparedness, Confidence, and Knowledge.MedEdPORTAL : the journal of teaching and learning resources · 2026Article
- Intimate partner violence and the dual burden of anxiety and depression among women in Zambia: Spatial inequalities and implications for the sustainable development goals.Global mental health (Cambridge, England) · 2026Article
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Abstract
purposeThe present study examines the association between psychological violence and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, and anxiety, while comparing the specific subtypes of psychological violence and simultaneously focusing on methodological shortcomings.
methodA systematic review and random-effects meta-analyses were applied on the three main outcomes: PTSD, depression, and anxiety. Four electronic databases were searched (PsycINFO, PubMed, EMBASE, and Web of Science), and a total of 194 studies were included (k = 149 for meta-analyses). GRADEpro was used to evaluate the certainty of the evidence from the meta-analyses.
resultsPsychological violence had strong associations with the three main outcomes, with the strongest association for PTSD in both female and male victims. Coercive control was particularly associated with PTSD for female victims, while emotional/verbal and dominance/isolation had the strongest association with depression. Although the identified studies were characterized by gender bias, psychological violence appear to affect male mental health too. DISCUSSION: Findings from the meta-analyses support the notion that psychological violence is a traumatic experience, which is strongly association with PTSD and other common mental health problems linked to trauma. GRADEpro rated the certainty of evince to be low, and thus, our confidence in the estimated effect is limited. Gender bias, the applied terminology, and other methodological shortcomings are discussed. Despite the substantial amount of research on this topic, more research is needed before we can draw any final conclusions on the effect of psychological violence on mental health.
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