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employees: Prevalence and mental health correlates. American
Journal of Public Health, 89, 358–363.
Rodríguez-Carballeira, A. (1992). El lavado de cerebro.
Psicología de la persuasión coercitiva. Barcelona, Spain: Boixareu
Universitaria.
Romero, M. (1985). A comparison between strategies used on
prisoners of war and battered wives. Sex Roles, 13, 537–547.
Russell, D. E. (1982). Rape in marriage. New York, NY: Collier
Books.
Sackett, L. A., &Saunders, D. G. (1999). The impact of different
forms of psychological abuse on battered women. Violence &
Victims, 14, 105–117.
Salanova, M., Grau, R., Martínez, I., Cifré, E., Llorens, S., García,
M., Burriel, R., Bresó, E., &Schaufeli, W. (2003). Cuestionario
RED. Tech. Rep. Registration Nº (Spain): CS-240-03.
Schein, E. H., Schneier, I., Barker, C. H. (1961). Coercive
persuasion: A socio-psychological analysis of the “brainwashing”
of American civilian prisoners by the Chinese communists. New
York, NY: W. W. Norton.
Schwartz, A. H., Andersen, S. M., &Strasser, T. J. (2000).
Psychological maltreatment of partners. In R. T. Ammerman &M.
Hersen (Eds.). Case studies in family violence, (2nd ed. pp. 349–
373). Dordrecht, Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers.
Shepard, M. F., &Campbell, J. A. (1992). The Abusive Behavior
Inventory: A measure of psychological and physical abuse.
Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 7, 291–305.
Singer, M. T. (1984). The psychotechnology of intense
indoctrination programs. Tech. Rep.
Singer, M. T. (1988). Los programas de modificación del
pensamiento y la producción de casos psiquiátricos. In book of
papers from the I Congreso Internacional: Sectas y Sociedad, (pp.
53–58). Sant Cugat del Vallés, Spain: Asociación Pro-Juventud.
So-kum Tang, C. (1998). Psychological abuse of Chinese wives.
Journal of Family Violence, 13, 299–314.
Slep, A. M. S., &Heyman, R. E. (2001). Where do we go from
here? Moving toward an integrated approach to family violence.
Aggression and Violent Behavior, 6, 353–356.
Sonkin, D. J. (2003). Defining psychological maltreatment in
domestic violence perpetrator treatment programs: Multiple
perspectives. Tech. Rep.
Stets, J. E. (1990). Verbal and physical aggression in marriage.
Journal of Marriage &the Family, 52, 501–514.
Strauchler, O., McCloskey, K., &Malloy, K. (2004). Humiliation,
manipulation, and control: Evidence of centrality in domestic
violence against an adult partner. Journal of Family Violence, 19,
339–354.
Straus, M. A. (1979). Measuring intrafamily conflict and violence:
The Conflict Tactics Scales. Journal of Marriage and the Family,
41, 75–88.
Straus, M. A., Hamby, S. L., Boney-McCoy, S., &Sugarman, D.
B. (1996). The Revised Conflict Tactics Scales (CTS2). Journal of
Family Issues, 17, 283–316.
Street, A. E., &Arias, I. (2001). Psychological abuse and
posttraumatic stress disorder in battered women: Examining the
roles of shame and guilt. Violence &Victims, 16, 65–78.
Tobias, M. L., &Lalich, J. (1994). Captive hearts, captive minds:
Freedom and recovery from cults and abusive relationships.
Alameda, CA: Hunter House.
Tolman, R. M. (1989). The development of a measure of
psychological maltreatment of women by their male partners.
Violence and Victims, 4, 159–178.
Tolman, R. M. (1992). Psychological abuse of women. In R. T.
Ammerman &M. Hersen (Eds.). Assessment of family violence: A
clinical and legal sourcebook, (pp. 291–310). Oxford, England:
John Wiley &Sons.
Tolman, R. M. (1999). The validation of the Psychological
Maltreatment of Women Inventory. Violence and Victims, 14, 25–
37.
Vartia, M. (1991). Bullying at workplaces. In S. Lehtinene, J.
Rantanen, P. Juuti, A. Koskela, K. Lindstrom, P. Rehnstrom, &J.
Saari (Eds.). Towards the 21st century: Proceedings from the
International Symposium on Future Trends in the Changing
Working Life (pp. 131–135). Helsinky, Finland: Institute of
Occupational Health.
Vitanza, S., Vogel, L. C. M., &Marshall, L. L. (1995). Distress
and symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder in abused women.
Violence &Victims, 10, 23–34.
Walker, L. E. (1979). The battered woman. New York, NY: Harper
&Row.
Walker, L. E. (1994). Abused women and survivor therapy: A
practical guide for the psychotherapist. Washington, DC: APA
Press.
Ward, D. (2000). Domestic violence as a cultic system. Cultic
Studies Review, 17, 42–55.
West, L. J., &Singer, M. T. (1980). Cults, quarks and non
professional psychotherapies. In H. I. Kaplan, A. M. Freedman, &
B. J. Sadock (Eds.). Comprehensive textbook of Psychiatry, 3 (pp.
3245–3258). Baltimore, MD: Williams and Wilkins.
WHO/OMS. (1998). Violencia contra la mujer. Un tema de salud
prioritario. Salud familiar y reproductiva OPS, División de Salud
y Desarrollo. Washington, DC: Author. Retrieved from
http://www.who.int/gender/violence/violencia_infopack1.pdf
Winocur, N., Whitney, J., Sorensen, C., Vaughn, P., &Foy, D.
(1997). The Individual Cult Experience Index: The assessment of
cult involvement and its relationship to postcult distress. Cultic
Studies Journal, 14, 290–306.
Wolfson, L. B. (2002). A study of the factors of psychological
abuse and control in two relationships: Domestic violence and
cultic systems. Dissertation Abstracts International Section A:
Humanities and Social Sciences, 63 (8A), 2794.
Worchel, S., Cooper, J., Goethals, G. R., &Olson, J. M. (2002).
Psicología social. Madrid, Spain: Thompson.
Zapf, D., Escartín, J., Einarsen, S., Hoel, H., &Vartia, M. (2011).
Empirical findings on prevalence and risk groups of bullying in the
workplace. In S. Einarsen, H. Hoel, D. Zapf, &C. L. Cooper
(Eds.), Workplace bullying: Developments in theory, research and
practice (pp. 75–105). London, England &New York, NY: Taylor
&Francis.
Zapf, D., Knorf, C., &Kulla, M. (1996). On the relationships
between mobbing factors, and job content, social work
environment, and health outcomes. European Journal of Work and
Organizational Psychology, 5, 215–237.
Acknowledgment
This is a modified version of an article, “Un
estudio comparativo de las estrategias de abuso
psicológico: en pareja, en el lugar de trabajo y
employees: Prevalence and mental health correlates. American
Journal of Public Health, 89, 358–363.
Rodríguez-Carballeira, A. (1992). El lavado de cerebro.
Psicología de la persuasión coercitiva. Barcelona, Spain: Boixareu
Universitaria.
Romero, M. (1985). A comparison between strategies used on
prisoners of war and battered wives. Sex Roles, 13, 537–547.
Russell, D. E. (1982). Rape in marriage. New York, NY: Collier
Books.
Sackett, L. A., &Saunders, D. G. (1999). The impact of different
forms of psychological abuse on battered women. Violence &
Victims, 14, 105–117.
Salanova, M., Grau, R., Martínez, I., Cifré, E., Llorens, S., García,
M., Burriel, R., Bresó, E., &Schaufeli, W. (2003). Cuestionario
RED. Tech. Rep. Registration Nº (Spain): CS-240-03.
Schein, E. H., Schneier, I., Barker, C. H. (1961). Coercive
persuasion: A socio-psychological analysis of the “brainwashing”
of American civilian prisoners by the Chinese communists. New
York, NY: W. W. Norton.
Schwartz, A. H., Andersen, S. M., &Strasser, T. J. (2000).
Psychological maltreatment of partners. In R. T. Ammerman &M.
Hersen (Eds.). Case studies in family violence, (2nd ed. pp. 349–
373). Dordrecht, Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers.
Shepard, M. F., &Campbell, J. A. (1992). The Abusive Behavior
Inventory: A measure of psychological and physical abuse.
Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 7, 291–305.
Singer, M. T. (1984). The psychotechnology of intense
indoctrination programs. Tech. Rep.
Singer, M. T. (1988). Los programas de modificación del
pensamiento y la producción de casos psiquiátricos. In book of
papers from the I Congreso Internacional: Sectas y Sociedad, (pp.
53–58). Sant Cugat del Vallés, Spain: Asociación Pro-Juventud.
So-kum Tang, C. (1998). Psychological abuse of Chinese wives.
Journal of Family Violence, 13, 299–314.
Slep, A. M. S., &Heyman, R. E. (2001). Where do we go from
here? Moving toward an integrated approach to family violence.
Aggression and Violent Behavior, 6, 353–356.
Sonkin, D. J. (2003). Defining psychological maltreatment in
domestic violence perpetrator treatment programs: Multiple
perspectives. Tech. Rep.
Stets, J. E. (1990). Verbal and physical aggression in marriage.
Journal of Marriage &the Family, 52, 501–514.
Strauchler, O., McCloskey, K., &Malloy, K. (2004). Humiliation,
manipulation, and control: Evidence of centrality in domestic
violence against an adult partner. Journal of Family Violence, 19,
339–354.
Straus, M. A. (1979). Measuring intrafamily conflict and violence:
The Conflict Tactics Scales. Journal of Marriage and the Family,
41, 75–88.
Straus, M. A., Hamby, S. L., Boney-McCoy, S., &Sugarman, D.
B. (1996). The Revised Conflict Tactics Scales (CTS2). Journal of
Family Issues, 17, 283–316.
Street, A. E., &Arias, I. (2001). Psychological abuse and
posttraumatic stress disorder in battered women: Examining the
roles of shame and guilt. Violence &Victims, 16, 65–78.
Tobias, M. L., &Lalich, J. (1994). Captive hearts, captive minds:
Freedom and recovery from cults and abusive relationships.
Alameda, CA: Hunter House.
Tolman, R. M. (1989). The development of a measure of
psychological maltreatment of women by their male partners.
Violence and Victims, 4, 159–178.
Tolman, R. M. (1992). Psychological abuse of women. In R. T.
Ammerman &M. Hersen (Eds.). Assessment of family violence: A
clinical and legal sourcebook, (pp. 291–310). Oxford, England:
John Wiley &Sons.
Tolman, R. M. (1999). The validation of the Psychological
Maltreatment of Women Inventory. Violence and Victims, 14, 25–
37.
Vartia, M. (1991). Bullying at workplaces. In S. Lehtinene, J.
Rantanen, P. Juuti, A. Koskela, K. Lindstrom, P. Rehnstrom, &J.
Saari (Eds.). Towards the 21st century: Proceedings from the
International Symposium on Future Trends in the Changing
Working Life (pp. 131–135). Helsinky, Finland: Institute of
Occupational Health.
Vitanza, S., Vogel, L. C. M., &Marshall, L. L. (1995). Distress
and symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder in abused women.
Violence &Victims, 10, 23–34.
Walker, L. E. (1979). The battered woman. New York, NY: Harper
&Row.
Walker, L. E. (1994). Abused women and survivor therapy: A
practical guide for the psychotherapist. Washington, DC: APA
Press.
Ward, D. (2000). Domestic violence as a cultic system. Cultic
Studies Review, 17, 42–55.
West, L. J., &Singer, M. T. (1980). Cults, quarks and non
professional psychotherapies. In H. I. Kaplan, A. M. Freedman, &
B. J. Sadock (Eds.). Comprehensive textbook of Psychiatry, 3 (pp.
3245–3258). Baltimore, MD: Williams and Wilkins.
WHO/OMS. (1998). Violencia contra la mujer. Un tema de salud
prioritario. Salud familiar y reproductiva OPS, División de Salud
y Desarrollo. Washington, DC: Author. Retrieved from
http://www.who.int/gender/violence/violencia_infopack1.pdf
Winocur, N., Whitney, J., Sorensen, C., Vaughn, P., &Foy, D.
(1997). The Individual Cult Experience Index: The assessment of
cult involvement and its relationship to postcult distress. Cultic
Studies Journal, 14, 290–306.
Wolfson, L. B. (2002). A study of the factors of psychological
abuse and control in two relationships: Domestic violence and
cultic systems. Dissertation Abstracts International Section A:
Humanities and Social Sciences, 63 (8A), 2794.
Worchel, S., Cooper, J., Goethals, G. R., &Olson, J. M. (2002).
Psicología social. Madrid, Spain: Thompson.
Zapf, D., Escartín, J., Einarsen, S., Hoel, H., &Vartia, M. (2011).
Empirical findings on prevalence and risk groups of bullying in the
workplace. In S. Einarsen, H. Hoel, D. Zapf, &C. L. Cooper
(Eds.), Workplace bullying: Developments in theory, research and
practice (pp. 75–105). London, England &New York, NY: Taylor
&Francis.
Zapf, D., Knorf, C., &Kulla, M. (1996). On the relationships
between mobbing factors, and job content, social work
environment, and health outcomes. European Journal of Work and
Organizational Psychology, 5, 215–237.
Acknowledgment
This is a modified version of an article, “Un
estudio comparativo de las estrategias de abuso
psicológico: en pareja, en el lugar de trabajo y
























































































