Relationship religiosity, adult attachment styles, and courtship violence experienced by females

Higginbotham, Brian J.; Ketring, Scott A.; Hibbert, Jeff; Wright, David W.; Guarino, Anthony

doi:10.1007/s10896-006-9049-8

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Relationship religiosity, adult attachment styles, and courtship violence experienced by females

Higginbotham, Brian J., Ketring, Scott A., Hibbert, Jeff, Wright, David W., Guarino, Anthony·2007·Journal of Family Violence

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All studies merging the avoidance and anxiety dimensions into a unique insecure one evidenced a positive and significant association with physical victimization.
“Noteworthy, all studies merging the avoidance and anxiety dimensions into a unique insecure one, evidenced a positive and significant association with physical victimization (Toews et al., 2005; Higginbotham et al., 2007; Karakurt et al., 2013).”
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Authors: Higginbotham, B. J., Ketring, S. A., Hibbert, J., Wright, D. W., & Guarino, A.
Affiliations: Utah State University (US)
Auburn University (US)
University of Georgia (US)
Corresponding author: Higginbotham, Brian J.
ORCID: Ketring, Scott A.
Wright, David W.
Guarino, Anthony
Venue: Journal of Family Violence
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published: 2007-02-07
Volume: 22
Issue: 2
Pages: 55-62
ISSN: 0885-7482 (ISSN-L)
1573-2851
DOI: 10.1007/s10896-006-9049-8
OpenAlex: W2171045467
Cited by: 28
References: 50
Citations by year: 2026: 1 · 2025: 1 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 2 · 2018: 4 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 3 · 2015: 1 · 2014: 4 · 2013: 2 · 2012: 2
FWCI: 0.00
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
Locations: Journal of Family Violence (publishedVersion)
Topics: Social Sciences › Health › Intimate Partner and Family Violence
Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
Social Sciences › Health › Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
Keywords: dating violence, adult attachment styles, intimate partner violence, victimization, perpetration, women, insecure attachment

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