Department of Psychological Science, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Edinburg, TX 78539, USA.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Jul 6;18(14):7241. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18147241.
Insecure attachment has been found to be a risk factor for perpetrating physical intimate partner violence (IPV). However, this association is likely exacerbated by additional factors, such as conflicting insecure attachment in one's partner and difficulties with overall emotion regulation and impulse control. The present study aimed to examine the associations between insecure attachment and physical IPV perpetration in male and female partners, as well as to examine whether these associations are exacerbated by involvement with a partner with opposing attachment needs and overall emotion dysregulation and impulsivity. Additionally, this study examined whether partners' emotion dysregulation interacted to predict IPV. Two hundred eight heterosexual couples primarily recruited from a Hispanic-serving university completed questionnaires on attachment, emotion dysregulation, and one's own and one's partner's perpetration. Results revealed that attachment anxiety, impulsivity, and an interaction effect between attachment avoidance and partner's attachment anxiety were associated with self-reported, but not partner-reported, male perpetration. For females, attachment anxiety was associated with female IPV (self-reported and partner-reported), and impulsivity was associated with self-reported female IPV. Overall, results underscore how relationships between known risk factors and IPV perpetration may differ depending on if IPV perpetration is measured using self-reported or partner-reported data. Additional results and implications are discussed.
不安全依恋被发现是实施身体亲密伴侣暴力 (IPV) 的一个风险因素。然而，这种关联可能因其他因素而加剧，例如伴侣之间冲突的不安全依恋以及整体情绪调节和冲动控制困难。本研究旨在探讨男性和女性伴侣之间不安全依恋与身体 IPV 实施之间的关联，并探讨这些关联是否因与具有相反依恋需求以及整体情绪失调和冲动的伴侣的参与而加剧。此外，本研究还探讨了伴侣的情绪失调是否会相互作用来预测 IPV。208 对主要从一所西班牙语服务大学招募的异性恋夫妇完成了关于依恋、情绪失调以及自己和伴侣实施情况的问卷。结果表明，依恋焦虑、冲动以及回避依恋与伴侣的依恋焦虑之间的相互作用与自我报告的，但不是伴侣报告的男性实施有关。对于女性，依恋焦虑与女性 IPV（自我报告和伴侣报告）有关，冲动与自我报告的女性 IPV 有关。总的来说，结果强调了已知风险因素与 IPV 实施之间的关系如何可能因使用自我报告或伴侣报告数据来衡量 IPV 实施而有所不同。还讨论了其他结果和意义。
