Hombres víctimas de abuso doméstico y señales estrés postraumático.

Investigadores señalan que las mujeres pueden causar trauma psicológico en los hombres de quienes abusan.

Robert PreidtTraducido del inglés: miércoles, 13 de abril, 2011

MARTES, 12 de abril (HealthDay News/HolaDoctor) -- Los hombres que son víctimas de abuso doméstico de parte de las mujeres que son sus parejas pueden desarrollar trauma psicológico, como trastorno por estrés postraumático (TEPT), depresión y pensamientos suicidas, según encuentra una investigación reciente.

Los investigadores observaron a un grupo de 302 hombres que buscaron ayuda profesional tras experimentar lo que los investigadores llamaron "terrorismo íntimo", que se refiere a niveles altos de conducta violenta y controladora por parte de las mujeres que eran sus parejas.

Otros 520 hombres participaron en una encuesta telefónica sobre sus relaciones. El 16 por ciento de esos hombres afirmó haber experimentado actos menores de violencia y abuso mental durante discusiones con sus parejas de sexo femenino. Ese tipo de abuso se denominó "violencia común de pareja".

En ambos grupos de hombres, de entre 18 y 59 años de edad, hubo asociaciones entre el abuso y los síntomas de TEPT. Sin embargo, los hombres que experimentaban "terrorismo íntimo" tenían un riesgo mucho más grande de desarrollar TEPT.

Los hallazgos aparecen en la edición de abril de la revista Psychology of Men & Masculinity.

"Este es el primer estudio en mostrar que el TEPT es una preocupación importante en los hombres que son sometidos a violencia de pareja y buscan ayuda", afirmó en un comunicado de prensa de la revista la líder del estudio Denise Hines, profesora asistente de investigación del departamento de psicología de la Universidad Clark en Worcester, Massachusetts.

Otro estudio que aparece en la misma edición de la revista resumía la investigación pasada sobre el abuso doméstico contra los hombres. Las investigaciones anteriores han encontrado que los hombres son menos propensos a reportar las lesiones por abuso, y la policía es menos propensa a arrestar a las mujeres acusadas de violencia doméstica contra un hombre.

Artículo por HealthDay, traducido por Hispanicare

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