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Personality Traits are Related to Intimate Partner Violence Among Securely Attached Individuals |
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| Authors: | Nicole Maria Leonarda Buck Petronella Engelina Maria Leenaars Paul Maria Gerardus Emmelkamp Hjalmar Johan Carel van Marle |
| Affiliation: | 1. Forensic Psychiatric Center De Kijvelanden, PO 900, 3160, AC, Rhoon, The Netherlands 2. Department of Forensic Psychiatry, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands 3. Het Dok Forensic Psychiatric Outpatient and Day Treatment Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands 4. Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 5. King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia |
| Abstract: | The general assumption has been that male batterers from clinical samples were mostly insecurely attached as compared to non-batterers. Recently, a large group was found (39.4 % of batterers in a clinical sample) whose main attachment style was secure. No previous studies have examined specifically the securely attached batterer. The aim of the present study was to test whether antisocial personality disorder (ASPD) and narcissistic personality disorder (NPD), but not borderline personality disorder (BPD), traits may be related to battering among securely attached individuals. Twenty-seven securely attached batterers, 45 insecurely attached batterers, 40 securely attached controls, and 22 insecurely attached controls who lived in the Netherlands, filled in self-report measures of personality disorder traits (i.e., antisocial, narcissism, borderline) and attachment (i.e., avoidant and anxious). Results showed that ASPD traits explained 19 % of the variance of battering in securely attached individuals. NPD and BPD traits are related to battering among securely attached individuals when NPD and BPD traits were entered alone in the equation. |
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