McDonagh Tracey, Travers Áine, Armour Cherie, Cunningham Twylla, Hansen Maj
THRIVE, Department of Psychology, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej Odense M, Denmark.
School of Psychology, Faculty of Science and Health, Dublin City University, Dublin 9, Ireland.
Trauma Violence Abuse. 2025 Jul;26(3):560-581. doi: 10.1177/15248380241284793. Epub 2024 Oct 13.
Theoretical accounts of recidivistic intimate partner violence (IPV) continue to differ considerably in relation to the relative weight given to psychological risk factors. A systematic overview of studies that have established psychological predictors of reoffending is currently lacking. This study aimed to identify and provide an overview of studies examining various psychological factors associated with IPV perpetration patterns. A systematic search of research conducted from 1945 to 2024 was carried out on PsycINFO, PubMed, and PILOTS. The inclusion criteria were that studies must not use self-reported reoffending data only, must use a criminal justice sample, must be longitudinal, participants must be over 17 years of age, and that studies must be published in the English language and peer reviewed. A total of 25 longitudinal studies examining individual psychological factors, proposed as potential predictors of IPV reoffending, were eligible. The identified factors were grouped into five categories: personality, anger and hostility, beliefs, attitudes and motivation, neurocognitive deficits and trauma (i.e., family of origin abuse/post-traumatic stress disorder). The current systematic scoping review found that the most-researched psychological predictor of IPV recidivism was personality. While studies vary in relation to the personality traits or disorders that contribute most to the likelihood of reoffending, in general, personality assessment appears to be a promising tool in predicting reoffending. Anger, childhood maltreatment, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), implicit attitudes, and neurocognitive deficits were also identified as predictors of IPV recidivism. Methodological issues were found to be present across studies.
关于复发性亲密伴侣暴力（IPV）的理论解释在给予心理风险因素的相对权重方面仍然存在很大差异。目前缺乏对已确定再犯罪心理预测因素的研究的系统综述。本研究旨在识别并概述考察与IPV犯罪模式相关的各种心理因素的研究。对1945年至2024年期间在PsycINFO、PubMed和PILOTS上进行的研究进行了系统检索。纳入标准为：研究不得仅使用自我报告的再犯罪数据，必须使用刑事司法样本，必须是纵向研究，参与者必须年满17岁，且研究必须以英文发表并经过同行评审。共有25项纵向研究符合条件，这些研究考察了被提议作为IPV再犯罪潜在预测因素的个体心理因素。所确定的因素分为五类：人格、愤怒与敌意、信念、态度与动机、神经认知缺陷与创伤（即原生家庭虐待/创伤后应激障碍）。当前的系统综述发现，IPV再犯研究最多的心理预测因素是人格。虽然关于哪些人格特质或障碍对再犯罪可能性影响最大的研究各不相同，但总体而言，人格评估似乎是预测再犯罪的一个有前景的工具。愤怒、童年虐待、创伤后应激障碍（PTSD）、内隐态度和神经认知缺陷也被确定为IPV再犯的预测因素。研究发现各项研究均存在方法学问题。
