Katz Jennifer, Tirone Vanessa, Schukrafft Melanie
Department of Psychology, State University of New York College at Geneseo, Genesco, NY 14454, USA
Violence Vict. 2012;27(4):455-69. doi: 10.1891/0886-6708.27.4.455.
Psychological entrapment occurs when people continue investing in unfavorable situations after already devoting too much to lose. We predicted that women who already invested more time and resources into their relationships would exert effort to improve their relationships following partner violence. In turn, these efforts were expected to increase women's subjective investment in, and thus, commitment to violent relationships. Undergraduate women (N = 98) in heterosexual relationships reported on partner violence and relationship duration at Time 1 and relationship sacrifices, subjective investment, and commitment at Times 1 and 2. As expected, women with violent partners who were in longer term relationships sacrificed more 6 weeks later. Unexpectedly, in multivariate analyses, Time 2 sacrifices were not significantly associated with Time 2 subjective investment, although subjective investment was positively associated with concurrent commitment. These results provide preliminary evidence for women's entrapment in violent relationships.
当人们在已经投入过多而难以割舍的情况下继续在不利处境中投入时，就会出现心理陷阱。我们预测，那些已经在恋爱关系中投入了更多时间和资源的女性，在遭受伴侣暴力后会努力改善她们的关系。相应地，这些努力预计会增加女性对暴力关系的主观投入，从而增强她们对暴力关系的承诺。处于异性恋关系中的本科女生（N = 98）在第1次报告了伴侣暴力和恋爱时长，在第1次和第2次报告了恋爱中的牺牲、主观投入和承诺。正如预期的那样，与暴力伴侣处于长期关系中的女性在6周后做出了更多牺牲。出乎意料的是，在多变量分析中，第2次的牺牲与第2次的主观投入没有显著关联，尽管主观投入与同时期的承诺呈正相关。这些结果为女性陷入暴力关系提供了初步证据。
