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Can college students use emotion regulation strategies to alter intimate partner aggression-risk behaviors? An examination using I³ theory.

Maldonado, Rosalita C., DiLillo, David, Hoffman, Lesa·2015·Psychology of Violence

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Objective: Drawing on Finkel and Eckhardt’s I3 theory (Finkel & Eckhardt, 2013), this experimental study examined the effects of emotion regulatory efforts on aggressive verbalizations during anger arousal. Methods: Participants were 236 male and female college students with and without a history of intimate partner aggression (IPA) perpetration. Participants were randomized to 1 of 3 emotion regulation strategy conditions: cognitive reappraisal, expressive suppression, or no instruction. They were trained to use these strategies in response to emotionally evocative dating scenarios presented via the Articulated Thoughts in Simulated Situations (ATSS) paradigm. Participants’ aggressive verbalizations in response to these scenarios were coded. Results: A significant interaction emerged such that IPA perpetrators trained to use cognitive reappraisal articulated fewer aggressive verbalizations than did non-IPA perpetrators; IPA perpetrators instructed to use expressive suppression tended to articulate more aggressive verbalizations than did non-IPA perpetrators. Conclusions: Findings lend support to some of the major tenets of the I3 model, and suggest that emotion regulation strategies may be important treatment targets for IPA perpetration.

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  • Findings regarding the potential inhibiting role of adaptive emotion regulation strategy use are mixed.

    “However, while maladaptive emotion regulation is a well-established impelling factor of IPV perpetration, findings regarding the potential inhibiting role of adaptive emotion regulation strategy use are mixed, calling for further research (Gallagher et al., 2010; Maldonado et al., 2015; Maloney, Echkhardt, & Oesterle, 2023; McNulty & Hellmuth, 2008; Neilson et al., 2023; Puente-Martínez et al., 2”

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Authors
Maldonado, R. C., DiLillo, D., & Hoffman, L.
Affiliations
University of Nebraska–Lincoln (US)
Venue
Psychology of Violence
Published
2015-01
Volume
5
Issue
1
Pages
46-55
ISSN
  • 2152-081X (ISSN-L)
  • 2152-0828
OpenAlex
W2125887571
Cited by
52
References
62
Citations by year
2026: 3 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 6 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 8 · 2018: 8 · 2017: 4 · 2016: 5 · 2015: 3
FWCI
5.53
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Psychology of Violence (publishedVersion)
  • Lincoln (University of Nebraska) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Health › Intimate Partner and Family Violence
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression
Keywords
emotion regulation, intimate partner aggression, aggression perpetration, cognitive reappraisal, expressive suppression, anger arousal, university students, treatment goals

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