Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
J Interpers Violence. 2013 Nov;28(17):3245-64. doi: 10.1177/0886260513496897. Epub 2013 Aug 6.
Intimate partner violence often begins during the courtship stage of romantic relationships. Although some relationships dissolve as a result of aggression, other relationships remain intact, increasing the risk for escalated violence. The present study identified factors predictive of individual differences in emerging adults' commitment to physically aggressive or sexually coercive dating relationships. Specifically, Rusbult's Investment Model of romantic relationships (e.g., investment, satisfaction, quality of alternatives, and commitment) was applied to a longitudinal sample of 148 young adult women who reported experiencing aggression or coercion from their current partners. To further explain commitment within aggressive or coercive dating relationships, rejection sensitivity and anxious and avoidant romantic relational styles were included as predictors of the Investment Model variables. A more avoidant romantic style indirectly predicted commitment through relationship satisfaction and investment. Both commitment and rejection sensitivity significantly predicted continuing an aggressive or coercive relationship 6 months later. The present study improves our understanding of the processes involved in relationship commitment. Continuing to understand these processes will inform interventions that seek to help women who have decided to end aggressive or coercive dating relationships.
亲密伴侣暴力通常始于浪漫关系的求爱阶段。尽管有些关系因攻击而破裂，但其他关系仍然完好无损，从而增加了暴力升级的风险。本研究确定了预测年轻人对身体攻击或性胁迫约会关系承诺的个体差异的因素。具体而言，鲁斯布鲁特的浪漫关系投资模型（例如，投资、满意度、替代质量和承诺）应用于一个纵向样本，该样本由 148 名年轻女性组成，她们报告说经历过来自当前伴侣的攻击或胁迫。为了进一步解释攻击或胁迫约会关系中的承诺，拒绝敏感性以及焦虑和回避的浪漫关系风格被纳入投资模型变量的预测因素。更回避的浪漫风格通过关系满意度和投资间接预测承诺。承诺和拒绝敏感性都显著预测了 6 个月后继续进行攻击或胁迫关系。本研究增进了我们对关系承诺所涉及的过程的理解。继续了解这些过程将为那些决定结束攻击或胁迫约会关系的女性提供干预措施。
