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Attachment style and early maladaptive schemas as mediators of the relationship between childhood emotional abuse and intimate partner violence

Gay, Lauren E., Harding, Hilary G., Jackson, Joan L., Burns, Erin E., Baker, Brittany D.·2013·Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma

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Theoretical and empirical research suggests possible pathways between women's experiences of childhood emotional abuse (CEA) and later intimate partner violence victimization (IPV-V) and perpetration (IPV-P), including attachment style and early maladaptive schemas. This study tested a model examining the unique mediating effects of insecure attachment and early maladaptive schemas on the relationship between CEA and IPV-V (n = 396) or IPV-P (n = 409) in college women. Contrary to hypotheses that both attachment style and maladaptive schema endorsement would mediate the relationship between CEA and IPV-V and IPV-P, regression analyses indicated the disconnection/rejection schema domain was the only significant mediator between CEA and IPV-V (p = .01). This same relation held for childhood emotional abuse and IPV-P (p < .001). These findings provide preliminary clinical utility for examining schema endorsement, the use of schema therapy (Young, Klosko, & Weishar, 2003 Young, J. E., Klosko, J. S. and Weishar, M. E. 2003. Schema therapy: A practitioner's guide, New York: NY: Guilford. [Google Scholar]), or both with women who have emotional abuse and IPV histories.

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Authors
Gay, L. E., Harding, H. G., Jackson, J. L., Burns, E. E., & Baker, B. D.
Affiliations
University of Georgia (US)
Corresponding author
Gay, Lauren E.
Venue
Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma
Published
2013-04
Volume
22
Issue
4
Pages
408-424
ISSN
  • 1092-6771 (ISSN-L)
  • 1545-083X
OpenAlex
W1967386740
Cited by
102
References
47
Citations by year
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FWCI
5.69
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
Journal of Aggression Maltreatment & Trauma (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Health › Intimate Partner and Family Violence
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child Abuse and Trauma
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
Keywords
childhood emotional abuse, intimate partner violence, intimate partner violence perpetration, intimate partner violence victimization, attachment styles, insecure attachment, early maladaptive schemas, disconnection/rejection schema, schema therapy, female university students, mediation

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