title: Personality Assessment Screener, Childhood Abuse, and Adult Partner Violence in African American Women Using Primary Care.
abstract: This study assessed the relationship between psychopathology with the Personality Assessment Screener (PAS) and childhood physical and sexual abuse and adult physical and sexual partner violence in a primary care sample of 98 urban-dwelling African American women. Patients completed the PAS, the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire, and the Conflict Tactics Scale. The PAS total score significantly correlated with all measures of childhood and adult abuse. Stepwise regression analyses revealed that PAS element scores of Suicidal Thinking and Hostile Control significantly predicted a history of childhood physical abuse; Suicidal Thinking, Hostile Control, and Acting Out significantly predicted a history of childhood sexual abuse; Suicidal Thinking, Negative Affect, and Alienation significantly predicted current adult partner physical violence; and Psychotic Features, Alcohol Problems, and Anger Control significantly predicted current adult sexual partner violence. The PAS appears to be a useful measure for fast-paced primary care settings for identifying patients who need a more thorough assessment for abuse.
authors.affiliation: Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, USA jporcer@med.wayne.edu.
authors.forename: John H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Porcerelli
authors.affiliation: University of Detroit Mercy, Detroit, MI, USA.
authors.forename: Kristen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hurrell
authors.affiliation: Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, USA.
authors.forename: Rosemary
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cogan
authors.affiliation: Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, USA.
authors.forename: Keturah
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Jeffries
authors.affiliation: Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, USA.
authors.forename: Tsveti
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Markova
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D054523:Adult Survivors of Child Abuse / Q000523:psychology*; D044383:Black People; D017579:Domestic Violence / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010552:Personality Assessment; D011320:Primary Health Care; D012044:Regression Analysis; D014505:Urban Population; D001741:Black or African American
keywords: Personality Assessment Screener; childhood physical abuse; childhood sexual abuse; partner violence