In Their Own Words: Women’s Memories of Felt Emotions During Worst Incidents of Intimate Partner Abuse

. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Oct 1.

Published in final edited form as: J Trauma Dissociation. 2021 Jan 18;22(5):563–580. doi: 10.1080/15299732.2020.1869649

Peritraumatic Emotion Classification
	Guilt	Shame		Anxiety	Anger	Sadness	Dissociation		Unclassified
Women’s Words		Direct^a	Indirect^b				Shut-D	PDEQ
^*alone			X
^*anger					X
^*angry					X
anxious				X
^*ashamed		X
^*betrayed			X
^*breathless				X
^*combative					X
^*compliant									X
^*confused								X
^*confusion								X
^*cried						X
daze								X
depressed						X
^*detached			X
devastated									X
disappointed						X
^*disbelief								X
^*disgust					X
disorientation								X
^*disrespected			X
^*dissociated								X
distraught		X
^*embarrassed		X
^*embarrassment		X
^*empty									X
fainted							X
^*fear				X
floundering			X
^*fought					X
^*freeze							X
frustrated					X
^*gaveup			X
^*guilt	X
^*hate					X
^*hatred					X
^*hollered					X
hopeless						X
^*humiliated		X
^*humiliation		X
^*hurt			X
^*hysterical									X
^*inconsequential			X
^*indecision				X
infuriated					X
insulted			X
^*loss						X
^*meek			X
meltdown									X
^*nondeserving			X
^*numb							X
^*panic				X
^*powerful									X
prayed									X
^*rejected			X
sad						X
^*sadness						X
scared				X
^*shame		X
^*shock									X
^*shocked									X
^*shutdown							X
^*startled				X
stunned							X
^*stupid			X
^*surprised									X
uncertain			X
unreality								X
^*upset			X
^*wornout							X
worried				X
^*worthless			X
^*yelled					X

Note. N = 65.

Words used to describe emotion in response to worst incidents of IPA (n = 45); all other words were used to describe emotion in response to a variety of non-IPA events (n = 20).

Based on McGregor (2010);

Based on Retzinger (1995);

PDEQ = Peritraumatic Dissociative Experiences Questionnaire; Shut-D = Shutdown Dissociation Scale.