Interpersonal Problems as a Mediator between Attachment and Intimate Partner Violence |
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Authors: | David M Lawson Stevie G Malnar |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Human Services, Stephen F. Austin State University, Box 13019, Nacogdoches, TX 75963–3019, USA |
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Abstract: | Although attachment and interpersonal problems are associated with intimate partner violence (IPV), their interrelationship
in predicting IPV has not been examined. The present study examined whether hostile dominant interpersonal problems (i.e.,
domineering, vindictive, and intrusive) mediate the relationship between attachment (anxious and avoidant) and IPV (violence
severity and psychological aggression) in a sample 100 partner violent men. Several meditational analyses were conducted based
on Baron and Kenny’s (1986) model for mediation, including the bootstrap analysis of the sampling distribution of the indirect effect. Significant results
indicated that (a) hostile dominant interpersonal problems mediated the relationship between avoidant attachment and violence
severity, and (b) hostile dominant interpersonal problems mediated the relationship between avoidant attachment and psychological
aggression. Hostile dominant interpersonal problems did not mediate the relationship between anxious attachment and violence
severity or psychological aggression. Implications of the findings for the treatment of IPV are discussed. |
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