Théorêt Valérie, Lapierre Andréanne, Blais Martin, Hébert Martine
Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada.
J Interpers Violence. 2022 Jan;37(1-2):743-763. doi: 10.1177/0886260520915547. Epub 2020 Apr 20.
Attachment theory provides important insight regarding the etiology of teen dating violence perpetration (TDV-P). Attachment insecurities have been associated with TDV-P, but the mechanisms underlying this association remain unclear. Furthermore, as of now, studies have failed to explore whether the relation between attachment insecurities and TDV-P varied according to its forms (i.e., psychological, physical or sexual) or to the perpetrator's gender. This study aimed to investigate if emotion dysregulation mediates the association between attachment insecurities and different forms of TDV-P among girls and boys. Adolescents ( = 16 years; = 3,214; 60% girls) were recruited from a one-stage stratified cluster sample of 34 high schools in Quebec, Canada. Path analyses with probit regression models were conducted separately for girls and boys. Attachment anxiety and avoidance were associated with more emotion dysregulation. Emotion dysregulation was, in turn, associated with higher probabilities of physical TDV-P in girls and psychological TDV-P in girls and boys. Surprisingly, emotion dysregulation was not associated with sexual TDV-P. Attachment anxiety remained directly related to higher probabilities of perpetrating all forms of TDV. These findings support the hypotheses set forth by attachment theory and highlight the utility of this theory to understand and potentially prevent TDV-P. Practitioners should more specifically address adolescents' attachment anxiety, as it seems more related to TDV-P. Finally, this study underscores the necessity of considering gender and specific forms of TDV-P to understand the association between attachment insecurities, emotion dysregulation, and TDV-P.
依恋理论为青少年约会暴力 perpetration（TDV-P）的病因提供了重要见解。依恋不安全感与 TDV-P 有关，但这种关联背后的机制仍不清楚。此外，截至目前，研究尚未探讨依恋不安全感与 TDV-P 之间的关系是否因其形式（即心理、身体或性方面）或施暴者的性别而有所不同。本研究旨在调查情绪失调是否在女孩和男孩中调节依恋不安全感与不同形式的 TDV-P 之间的关联。从加拿大魁北克省 34 所高中的单阶段分层整群样本中招募了青少年（年龄 = 16 岁；样本量 = 3214；60%为女孩）。分别对女孩和男孩进行了带有概率回归模型的路径分析。依恋焦虑和回避与更多的情绪失调有关。反过来，情绪失调与女孩身体 TDV-P 以及女孩和男孩心理 TDV-P 的较高概率相关。令人惊讶的是，情绪失调与性 TDV-P 无关。依恋焦虑仍然与实施所有形式 TDV 的较高概率直接相关。这些发现支持了依恋理论提出的假设，并突出了该理论在理解和潜在预防 TDV-P 方面的效用。从业者应更具体地解决青少年的依恋焦虑问题，因为它似乎与 TDV-P 更相关。最后，本研究强调了考虑性别和 TDV-P 的特定形式以理解依恋不安全感、情绪失调和 TDV-P 之间关联的必要性。
