"...A variety of researchers have found an extremely high incidence of personality disorders in assaultive populations. Studies have found incidence rates of personality disorders to be 80–90 percent in both court-referred and self-referred wife assaulters (Saunders, 1992; Hamberger & Hastings, 1986, 1988, 1989; Dutton & Starzomski, 1994), compared to estimates in the general population, which tend to range from 15 percent to 20 percent (Kernberg, 1977). As the violence becomes more severe and chronic, the likelihood of psychopathology in these men approaches 100 percent (Hart, Dutton, & Newlove, 1993; Dutton & Hart, 1992a, 1992b). Across several studies, implemented by independent researchers, the prevalence of personality disorder in wife assaulters has been found to be extremely high. These men are not mere products of male sex role conditioning or “male privilege”; they possess characteristics that differentiate them from the majority of men who are not repeat abusers..."
"...Studies on the impact of personality disorders indicate they are related to intimate aggression across a wide variety of groups: male batterers, college students, clinic outpatients, gay male couples, lesbian couples, and heterosexual females. In cultures where intimate violence is disapproved but where intimacy remains problematic, personality problems remain a robust predictor of intimate violence."
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