Department of Psychology, Villanova University, 800 LancasterAvenue, Villanova, PA 19085, USA.
J Pers Soc Psychol. 2012 Feb;102(2):291-305. doi: 10.1037/a0024915. Epub 2011 Aug 8.
Why do people behave aggressively toward romantic partners, and what can put the brakes on this aggression? Provocation robustly predicts aggression in both intimate and nonintimate relationships. Four methodologically diverse studies tested the hypothesis that provocation severity and relationship commitment interact to predict aggression toward one's romantic partner, with the aggression-promoting effects of provocation diminishing as relationship commitment increases. Across all four studies, commitment to one's romantic relationship inhibited aggression toward one's partner when individuals were severely (but not mildly) provoked. Study 4 tested the hypothesis that this Partner Provocation × Commitment interaction effect would be strong among individuals high in dispositional tendencies toward retaliation but weak (perhaps even nonexistent) among individuals low in such tendencies. Discussion emphasizes the importance of understanding instigating, impelling, and inhibiting processes in the perpetration of aggression toward intimate partners.
为什么人们会对浪漫伴侣表现出攻击性，有什么可以阻止这种攻击性？挑衅在亲密和非亲密关系中都强烈地预测了攻击性。四项方法上不同的研究检验了这样一个假设，即挑衅的严重程度和关系承诺相互作用，预测对浪漫伴侣的攻击性，随着关系承诺的增加，挑衅的攻击性促进作用会减弱。在所有四项研究中，当个体受到严重（但不是轻微）挑衅时，对浪漫关系的承诺会抑制对伴侣的攻击。研究 4 检验了这样一个假设，即这种伴侣挑衅×承诺的相互作用在具有报复倾向的个体中很强，但在这种倾向较低的个体中很弱（甚至可能不存在）。讨论强调了理解在对亲密伴侣实施攻击性时的挑衅、推动和抑制过程的重要性。
