Finkel Eli J, DeWall C Nathan, Slotter Erica B, Oaten Megan, Foshee Vangie A
Department of Psychology, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208-2710, USA.
J Pers Soc Psychol. 2009 Sep;97(3):483-99. doi: 10.1037/a0015433.
Five studies tested the hypothesis that self-regulatory failure is an important predictor of intimate partner violence (IPV) perpetration. Study 1 participants were far more likely to experience a violent impulse during conflictual interaction with their romantic partner than they were to enact a violent behavior, suggesting that self-regulatory processes help individuals refrain from perpetrating IPV when they experience a violent impulse. Study 2 participants high in dispositional self-control were less likely to perpetrate IPV, in both cross-sectional and residualized-lagged analyses, than were participants low in dispositional self-control. Study 3 participants verbalized more IPV-related cognitions if they responded immediately to partner provocations than if they responded after a 10-s delay. Study 4 participants whose self-regulatory resources were experimentally depleted were more violent in response to partner provocation (but not when unprovoked) than were nondepleted participants. Finally, Study 5 participants whose self-regulatory resources were experimentally bolstered via a 2-week training regimen exhibited less violent inclinations than did participants whose self-regulatory resources had not been bolstered. These findings hint at the power of incorporating self-regulation dynamics into predictive models of IPV perpetration.
自我调节失败是亲密伴侣暴力行为（IPV）实施的一个重要预测因素。研究1的参与者在与浪漫伴侣的冲突互动中经历暴力冲动的可能性远远高于实施暴力行为的可能性，这表明自我调节过程有助于个体在经历暴力冲动时克制实施亲密伴侣暴力行为。在横断面分析和残差滞后分析中，研究2中具有较高特质自控力的参与者实施亲密伴侣暴力行为的可能性低于特质自控力较低的参与者。研究3的参与者如果立即回应伴侣的挑衅，比延迟10秒后回应时表达出更多与亲密伴侣暴力行为相关的认知。研究4中，自我调节资源经实验性耗尽的参与者在面对伴侣挑衅时（但在未受挑衅时并非如此）比未耗尽资源的参与者更具暴力倾向。最后，研究5中，通过为期两周的训练方案经实验性增强自我调节资源的参与者比自我调节资源未得到增强的参与者表现出更低的暴力倾向。这些发现暗示了将自我调节动态纳入亲密伴侣暴力行为预测模型的作用。
