Abstract

CUNHA, Diana  and  PINHO, Maria Salomé. Interrogative Suggestibility in Women Victims of Couple Violence. Ex aequo [online]. 2011, n.23, pp.133-147. ISSN 0874-5560.

Considering the increasing number of couple violence cases that are coming into the justice system, this study analyzes the vulnerability to suggestibility of women victims of this crime. Individually, were administered to 60 women (30 victims of couple violence and 30 non-victims), the Gudjonsson Suggestibility Scale 2, a Source Memory task, the Assertiveness Self-Report Inventory. The Brief Cope, the Brief Symptoms Inventory and the Couple Violence Inventory. The women who were victims of couple violence were less suggestible than non-victims participants. This result may be understood in view of the features often present in victims of couple violence, such as hypervigilance and distrust of others.

Keywords : interrogative suggestibility; couple violence; assertiveness; coping styles; psychopathological symptoms.

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