Patrones en la elección de pareja según el tipo de maltratadorun estudio con agresores en Colombia

Abstract

Abstract Knowing batterers’ patterns when it comes to choosing a partner can be useful for improving risk assessment and better understanding re-victimization process that affects some women in successive intimate relationships. It has been confirmed the association between exposure to violence in family context, insecure attachment, and violence towards intimate partner. In addition, certain attraction patterns increase risk of violence/victimization in adolescents who have witnessed partner violence. However, the relationships between these factors have not been studied in batterers. The objective of this thesis was examining attraction and rejection patterns for ideal and real partners, according both the subtype of aggressor and the level of exposure to violence. In the first study, we identified three groups of aggressors: antisocial (37.04%), dependent (30.55%), and no pathologic (32.41%). In the second one, participants evaluated their idea and real partners in relation to three ideals (good, rebel, and affectionate) and a rejection pattern. The results indicated significant differences regarding one of the ideals and the assessments of their real partners, according aggressor subtype and the level of victimization outside of family. ANOCOVA analyses indicated the modulate role of attachment and victimization outside of family in evaluation of intimate partners.