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Mental health and aggression strategies – A prospective study of Norwegian women

Bø, Anniken Lervik
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http://hdl.handle.net/11250/293024
Date
2015
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Abstract
Psychiatric symptoms and aggressive communication between partners tend to

coexist. However, the majority of studies on the relation between couples’ aggressive

communication and psychiatric disorders are cross-sectional and often report on how

one partner’s aggression may affect symptoms of psychiatric disorders in the other

partner, so-called partner effects of aggression. The impact of third variables

notwithstanding, prospective studies is needed to disentangle potential causes from

alleged effects. Moreover, various types of conflict communication, e.g. overt

aggression versus passive aggressive communication styles, may have different

impact on different mental health problems. I therefore examined whether symptoms

of depression, anxiety, eating disorder and personality disorders as well as symptoms

of alcohol abuse affected change in the use of different conflict styles with partner in

a large sample of women. Data was collected over a two-year period. The aggression

types were measured by the Conflict and Problem-Solving Scale (CPS), symptoms of

psychiatric disorders and alcohol use were measured by Beck Depression Inventory

(BDI), Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI), The Eating disorder Examination

Questionnaire (EDE), The DSM-IV and ICD-10 Personality Questionnaire (DIP-Q)

and The Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test (AUDIT). The results showed that

cluster C personality disorder symptoms predicted an increase in the use of Verbal

aggression towards partner. Symptoms of depression and alcohol use were found to

predict an increase in Stonewalling, a communication type characterized by angry

withdrawal and refusal to engage on others’ initiative. Psychiatric symptoms and

alcohol abuse did not affect changes in physical aggression towards one’s partner.

Overall, the findings suggest that specific psychiatric symptoms are risk factors for

the use of aggressive communication styles when facing partner conflict. Although

future research is needed to test such assumption, it is reasonable to assume that

addressing partner communication in patients suffering from the above noted

psychiatric symptoms may prevent aggressive partner conflicts from escalating.
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