Trombetta Tommaso, Paradiso Maria Noemi, Santoniccolo Fabrizio, Rollè Luca
Department of Psychology, University of Turin, 10124 Turin, Italy.
Behav Sci (Basel). 2025 Feb 28;15(3):288. doi: 10.3390/bs15030288.
The intergenerational transmission of violence from the family of origin to couple relationships in adulthood is well-known in the scientific literature. However, the perpetration of isolating behaviors (IBs) is still poorly explored, and additional studies are required to comprehend the mechanisms that intervene in the association between Violence in the family of origin (VFO) and isolating behaviors. Drawing from Fonagy's mentalization model, which describes reflective functioning as the capacity to conceive mental states as explanations for one's own and other people's behavior, the present study aims to examine the mediating role of reflective functioning in the link between VFO and the perpetration of isolating behaviors.
Online self-report questionnaires were completed by 663 Italian participants (66.8% women; = 28.4, = 8.5) who were in a couple relationship in the last 12 months. A mediation model was tested to assess the direct and indirect effects of VFO on the perpetration of isolating behaviors through certainty and uncertainty of mentalization.
A direct association was found between VFO and the perpetration of isolating behaviors. Furthermore, we found an indirect effect of VFO on the perpetration of the perpetration of isolating behaviors, mediated by the certainty and uncertainty of mentalization.
The results demonstrated the mediating role of reflective functioning in the intergenerational transmission of violence and support its implication in the perpetration of isolating behaviors in couple relationships. Although these results are preliminary, they can provide useful data at the theoretical and clinical levels.
科学文献中已熟知暴力从原生家庭代际传递至成年后的伴侣关系。然而，孤立行为（IBs）的实施仍未得到充分研究，需要更多研究来理解干预原生家庭暴力（VFO）与孤立行为之间关联的机制。借鉴Fonagy的心理化模型，该模型将反思功能描述为将心理状态视为对自己和他人行为解释的能力，本研究旨在探讨反思功能在VFO与孤立行为实施之间联系中的中介作用。
663名意大利参与者（66.8%为女性；年龄均值=28.4岁，标准差=8.5）完成了在线自我报告问卷，这些参与者在过去12个月内处于恋爱关系中。测试了一个中介模型，以评估VFO通过心理化的确定性和不确定性对孤立行为实施的直接和间接影响。
发现VFO与孤立行为的实施之间存在直接关联。此外，我们发现VFO通过心理化的确定性和不确定性对孤立行为的实施产生间接影响。
结果证明了反思功能在暴力代际传递中的中介作用，并支持其在伴侣关系中孤立行为实施中的影响。尽管这些结果是初步的，但它们可以在理论和临床层面提供有用的数据。
