1 University of Minnesota, MN, USA.
2 York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Pers Soc Psychol Bull. 2018 Feb;44(2):238-251. doi: 10.1177/0146167217736049. Epub 2017 Nov 2.
The present study used data from the Minnesota Longitudinal Study of Risk and Adaptation (MLSRA) to investigate how multiple dimensions of childhood abuse and neglect predict romantic relationship functioning in adulthood. Several dimensions of abuse and neglect (any experience, type, chronicity, co-occurrence, and perpetrator) were rated prospectively from birth through age 17.5 years. Multimethod assessments of relational competence and violence in romantic relationships were conducted repeatedly from ages 20 to 32 years. As expected, experiencing childhood abuse and neglect was associated with lower romantic competence and more relational violence in adulthood. Follow-up analyses indicated that lower romantic competence was specifically associated with physical abuse, maternal perpetration, chronicity, and co-occurrence, whereas more relational violence was uniquely associated with nonparental perpetration. We discuss these novel prospective findings in the context of theory and research on antecedents of romantic relationship functioning.
本研究使用了来自明尼苏达风险与适应纵向研究（MLSRA）的数据，旨在探讨儿童期虐待和忽视的多个维度如何预测成年期的恋爱关系功能。从出生到 17.5 岁，对虐待和忽视的多个维度（任何经历、类型、持续性、共同发生和施害者）进行了前瞻性评估。从 20 岁到 32 岁，对恋爱关系中的关系能力和暴力进行了多次多方法评估。正如预期的那样，经历儿童期虐待和忽视与成年后较低的恋爱关系能力和更多的关系暴力有关。后续分析表明，较低的恋爱关系能力与身体虐待、母亲施害者、持续性和共同发生有关，而更多的关系暴力与非父母施害者有关。我们将这些新的前瞻性发现置于恋爱关系功能的理论和研究背景下进行了讨论。
