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Early exposure to violence, domestic violence, attachment representations, and marital adjustment
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The present study investigates the effects of violent experiences in childhood on current domestic violence and marital adjustment, using adult attachment theory as a conceptual framework. A nonclinical sample of 644 Canadian adults in long‐term romantic relationships completed measures of adult romantic attachment, conflict tactics scales, and dyadic adjustment. Structural equation modeling revealed that early experiences of violence affect adults' intimate violence directly and indirectly through anxiety over abandonment and avoidance of intimacy. The actor–partner interdependence model illustrated the importance of early exposure to violence in predicting both partners' attachment representations, intimate violence, and couple adjustment. Findings are discussed with reference to the clinical issues surrounding minor violence against the intimate partner.
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“women’s CPA and CEA were not significantly related to their partner’s higher attachment avoidance, men’s CPA and CEA were not significantly related to their partner’s attachment anxiety and avoidance (Godbout et al., 2009)”
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“However, women’s CPA and CEA were not significantly related to their partner’s higher attachment avoidance, men’s CPA and CEA were not significantly related to their partner’s attachment anxiety and avoidance (Godbout et al., 2009), and a person’s CEA was not significantly related to their partner’s attachment avoidance and anxiety (Riggs et al., 2011).”
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- GODBOUT, N., DUTTON, D. G., LUSSIER, Y., & SABOURIN, S.
- Affiliations
- University of British Columbia (CA)
- Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières (CA)
- Université Laval (CA)
- Corresponding author
- LUSSIER, YVAN
- Venue
- Personal Relationships
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2009-09
- Volume
- 16
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 365-384
- ISSN
- 1350-4126 (ISSN-L)
- 1475-6811
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- W2043110898
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- FWCI
- 5.52
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Personal Relationships (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Health › Intimate Partner and Family Violence
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child Abuse and Trauma
- Keywords
- domestic violence, marital adjustment, adult attachment theory, attachment representations, intimate partner violence, conflict tactics, actor-partner interdependence, couple adjustment
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