The relation of insecure attachment states of mind and romantic attachment styles to adolescent aggression in romantic relationships
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The relation of attachment states of mind and self reported attachment relationship styles to romantic partner aggression was examined in a community sample of 93 adolescents. Higher levels of insecure-preoccupied and insecure-dismissing states of mind, as assessed by the Adolescent Attachment Interview at age 14, were predictive, respectively, of perpetration and victimization of psychological aggression in romantic relationships four years later. Partners' romantic attachment anxiety was linked to both psychological and physical aggression perpetration in romantic relationships. Results are interpreted as suggesting the value of assessing aggression in adolescent romantic relationships in the context of broader patterns of regulation of affect and behavior via the attachment system.
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Concerning physical IPV and partner's attachment, the dismissing-anxious couple pattern seems to foster physical violence in the couple, even in adolescents.
“Concerning physical IPV and partner's attachment, the dismissing-anxious couple pattern seems to foster physical violence in the couple (Rogers et al., 2005; Doumas et al., 2008), even in adolescents (Miga et al., 2010).”
From Exploring Relationships: A Systematic Review on Intimate Partner Violence and Attachment (2018) · cites this paper as Miga et al., 2010
The Results (Post Hoc Analyses) and Discussion report that teens were most likely to be physically aggressive when they were low in attachment avoidance and their partners were high in attachment anxiety—not when the teens were dismissing or avoidant. The Discussion links dismissing attachment to later victimization by verbal aggression, not to the claimed pattern of physical violence. (LLM, conf=0.88)
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- Authors
- Miga, E. M., Hare, A., Allen, J. P., & Manning, N.
- Affiliations
- University of Virginia (US)
- Corresponding author
- Miga, Erin M.
- Venue
- Attachment & Human Development
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2010-08-18
- Volume
- 12
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 463-481
- ISSN
- 1461-6734 (ISSN-L)
- 1469-2988
- PMC
- PMC2928157
- OpenAlex
- W2007387188
- Cited by
- 85
- References
- 50
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 3.50
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Attachment & Human Development (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institutes of Health (2r01hd058305-17a1)
- National Institute of Mental Health (R01-MH58066, R01MH058066)
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (R01-HD058305, 9R01HD058305-11A1)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression
- Social Sciences › Health › Intimate Partner and Family Violence
- Keywords
- insecure attachment, romantic attachment styles, adolescent aggression, romantic relationships, psychological aggression, physical aggression, attachment anxiety, emotion regulation
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adolescent Behavior, Psychology, Adolescent, Aggression, Anxiety, Courtship, Female, Humans, Interpersonal Relations, Interview, Psychological, Longitudinal Studies, Love, Male, Object Attachment, Regression Analysis, Southeastern United States, Young Adult
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