title: Differential profiles of drug-addicted patients according to gender and the perpetration of intimate partner violence.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  This study explored the differential profiles of drug-addicted patients according to gender and the perpetration of intimate partner violence (IPV).
  
  
  METHODS
  The study assessed a sample of 127 drug-addicted patients (84 male and 43 female) who sought treatment. Information about socio-demographic and consumption characteristics, IPV, psychopathological symptoms, personality characteristics and maladjustment variables was obtained. Four groups were created according to gender and the presence or absence of the perpetration of IPV: (a) men with IPV (n=41), (b) women with IPV (n=29), (c) men without IPV (n=43), and (d) women without IPV (n=14). The four groups were compared in terms of all of studied variables.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There were significant differences between the groups in the severity of the addiction and personality characteristics. In general, the drug-addicted patients with associated IPV perpetration exhibited greater scores for nearly all of the studied variables, independent of gender. Moreover, the differences among groups were more strongly related to perpetration of IPV than to the gender of the patients.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  According to the results obtained, treatment programs for drug addiction are a suitable context for identifying the presence of IPV, but IPV is typically unnoticed in addiction treatment programs. The implications of these results for future research and clinical practice are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Psicología y Pedagogía, Universidad Pública de Navarra, 31006 Pamplona, Spain.
authors.forename: Alfonso
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Arteaga
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Psicología y Pedagogía, Universidad Pública de Navarra, 31006 Pamplona, Spain.
authors.forename: José J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: López-Goñi
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Psicología y Pedagogía, Universidad Pública de Navarra, 31006 Pamplona, Spain. Electronic address: fernandez.montalvo@unavarra.es.
authors.forename: Javier
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fernández-Montalvo
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D000066511:Intimate Partner Violence / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D008875:Middle Aged; D010551:Personality; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012737:Sex Factors; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D063189:Symptom Assessment; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Assessment; Comorbidity; Drug addiction; Gender; Intimate partner violence