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Attachment styles and violence within couples

Bond, Sharon B., Bond, Michael·2004·Journal of Nervous & Mental Disease
DOI 10.1097/01.nmd.0000146879.33957.ec
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This study examined whether an individual's attachment style and/or a couple's combination of attachment styles predicted violence within the marriage and explored whether other variables moderated the risk of violence. Measures of attachment style were administered to 41 discordant couples who presented to four different clinics. The couples' presenting complaints were not violence, and those who did report violence on questioning did not manifest severe violence, i.e., requiring shelters or legal intervention. Self-report measures of violence and marital satisfaction, including problem-solving communication, were also given. Using analysis of covariance and logistic regression, the relative contributions to strength of predicting being a victim of conjugal violence were calculated. An anxious attachment style was a significant predictor of females being victims of violence and of men not being victims. A dismissive style in men was predictive of men being victims when entered into the model with problem solving communication. The combination of anxiously attached females and dismissive males was a potent predictor of violence, and longer duration of marriage and poor problem-solving communication added power to the prediction. Marital interaction, which is influenced by couples' attachment styles and problem-solving communication, is a significant factor in marital partners experiencing physical violence. For couples with milder levels of violence, a more nuanced approach (…

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  • Mutual violence seems to occur when there is at least one partner with preoccupied attachment, in the dismissing-anxious couple pattern, when both partners present anxious attachment, or when they show high rates on both attachment dimensions of anxiety and avoidance.

    “According to studies that investigated the relationship between partners attachment and IPV, not making distinctions between different forms of violence, mutual violence seems to occur when there is at least on partner with preoccupied attachment (Bookwala and Zdaniuk, 1998; Bookwala, 2002), in the dismissing-anxious couple pattern (Bond and Bond, 2004), when both partners present anxious”

    From Exploring Relationships: A Systematic Review on Intimate Partner Violence and Attachment (2018) · cites this paper as Bond and Bond, 2004

  • Some studies found that the relationship between avoidant attachment and both physical and sexual IPV victimization was significant only among males.

    “some studies found that the relationship between avoidant attachment and both physical (Bond and Bond, 2004; Karakurt et al., 2013) and sexual (Sommer et al., 2017) IPV victimization was significant only among males.”

    From Exploring Relationships: A Systematic Review on Intimate Partner Violence and Attachment (2018) · cites this paper as Bond and Bond, 2004

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Authors
Bond, S. B., & Bond, M.
Affiliations
  • McGill University (CA)
  • Jewish General Hospital (CA)
Corresponding author
Bond, Sharon B.
Venue
Journal of Nervous & Mental Disease
Publisher
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
Published
2004-12
Volume
192
Issue
12
Pages
857-863
ISSN
0022-3018 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1097/01.nmd.0000146879.33957.ec
OpenAlex
W2076190338
Cited by
84
References
16
Citations by year
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FWCI
1.74
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Health › Intimate Partner and Family Violence
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Marriage and Sexual Relationships
Keywords
attachment styles, intimate partner violence, marital violence, attachment anxiety, dismissive attachment, problem-solving communication, marital satisfaction, marriage duration, gender differences in violence, risk factors for violence, couples
MeSH terms
Adult, Aged, Family Therapy, Female, Gender Identity, Humans, Male, Marriage, Middle Aged, Object Attachment, Personal Satisfaction, Personality Inventory, Surveys and Questionnaires, Risk Factors, Sex Factors, Stereotyping, Logistic Models, Domestic Violence, Crime Victims

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