Psychological and Body-Related Consequences in Individuals with Intellectual Disability with a History of Sexual Abuse. An Overview of the Literature (original) (raw)

Background: Posttraumatic stress disorder is one of the most common mental health consequences of intimate partner violence (IPV), with prevalence estimates ranging from 31-84.4% in women who have suffered intimate partner violence (Golding, 1999). The PTSD Checklist for the DSM-5 (PCL-5) is a commonly used instrument to measure PTSD and the Escala de Gravedad de Síntomas-Versión Forense (EGS-F: Echeburúa et al., 2017) is an instrument designed to measure PTSD symptomology specifically in female victims. Objective: The aim of this poster was to compare PCL-5 and EGS-F questionnaires. Method: The sample included a total of 35 female victims of IPV who were recruited from four non-profit associations for women. Results: The results showed a high Pearson correlation between the PCL-5 and EGS-F total scores [r = 0.822, n = 34, p = .000]. With respect to subscales, the correlations were also highly significant for arousal and reactivity [r = 0.889, n = 35, p = .000], and cognition and mood change [r = 0.699, n = 35, p = .000]. Three additional subscales of the EGS-F were also correlated with the total score of the PCL-5: dissociation [r = 0.654, n = 34, p = .000], central [r = 0.894, n = 35, p = .000] and functionality [r = 0.725, n = 35, p = .00]. Conclusions: These results demonstrate that the EGS-F performs similarly to the PCL-5, a gold-standard instrument in measuring PTSD. Furthermore, the relationship between subscales of the EGS-F and PCL-5 suggests that this questionnaire may provide useful additional information specific to PTSD among female victims.