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This study aims to explore the connection between gaslighting and various forms of emotional abuse, factoring in personality traits.

Gaslighting, coercive control and stalking in intimate relationships: considering abuse association and personality

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Randomized trial examines gaslighting impact on emotional abuse in community participants, suggesting the influence of personality traits.

This study aims to explore the connection between gaslighting and various forms of emotional abuse, factoring in personality traits.
246 community participants completed online questionnaires about gaslighting, coercive control, stalking, and personality assessments.
Instruments used include the Gaslighting Behaviour Questionnaire, Revised Controlling Behaviours Scale, Stalking Questionnaire, and personality inventories.
Data analysis involved network analysis to verify associations between different aggression forms and personality traits.
Gaslighting perpetration significantly predicted coercive control and stalking behaviors.
Victimization from gaslighting also predicted subsequent victimization from other forms of abuse.
Psychopathy was found to predict all aggression perpetration forms, indicating its significant role in emotional abuse dynamics.

Beekman et al. (2026) studied this question.

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Randomized trial examines gaslighting impact on emotional abuse in community participants, suggesting the influence of personality traits.