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The role of own and perceived partner attachment in relationship aggression

Bookwala, Jamila·2002·Journal of Interpersonal Violence
DOI 10.1177/0886260502017001006
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This study explored the main and interactive effects of respondents'own attachment styles and their perception of the romantic partner's attachment style on expressed and received aggression in a sample of 161 male and female undergraduates who reported on a heterosexual romantic relationship. Overall, 52.8% reported expressing at least one act of aggression, and 39.1% reported sustaining such an act from their partner. Regression analyses indicated that describing (a) one's partner as more preoccupied, (b) self and partner as more preoccupied, and (c) self as secure and partner as dismissing predicted higher levels of expressed aggression. Higher levels of sustained aggression were associated with describing (a) self as more fearful and partner as more preoccupied, (b) partner as more preoccupied, and (c) partner as less fearful. These results suggest that interpersonal perception may play an important role in the level of relation-ship aggression reported to occur in romantic relationships.

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  • Only four studies failed to find some kind of relationship between attachment and physical IPV victimization.

    “Considering the specific dimensions of attachment, only four studies failed to find some kind of relationship with physical IPV victimization (Bookwala, 2002; Orcutt et al., 2005; Shurman and Rodriguez, 2006; Rapoza and Baker, 2008).”

    From Exploring Relationships: A Systematic Review on Intimate Partner Violence and Attachment (2018) · cites this paper as Bookwala, 2002

  • Studies investigating attachment matching in violent couples showed that couples where both partners have an anxious attachment are more prone to be violent.

    “studies investigating the attachment matching in violent couples showed that couples where both partner have an anxious attachment are more prone to be violent (Bookwala and Zdaniuk, 1998; Bookwala, 2002).”

    From Exploring Relationships: A Systematic Review on Intimate Partner Violence and Attachment (2018) · cites this paper as Bookwala, 2002

  • The dismissing-anxious pattern seems to be the most common configuration in couples with one-sided IPV.

    “The dismissing-anxious pattern seems to be the most common configuration in couples with one-sided IPV (Bookwala, 2002; Frey et al., 2011; Wilson et al., 2013).”

    From Exploring Relationships: A Systematic Review on Intimate Partner Violence and Attachment (2018) · cites this paper as Bookwala, 2002

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Authors
Bookwala, J.
Affiliations
Lafayette College (US)
Corresponding author
Bookwala, Jamila
ORCID
Bookwala, Jamila
Venue
Journal of Interpersonal Violence
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Published
2002-01
Volume
17
Issue
1
Pages
84-100
ISSN
  • 0886-2605 (ISSN-L)
  • 1552-6518
DOI
10.1177/0886260502017001006
OpenAlex
W2061026266
Cited by
57
References
45
Citations by year
2025: 1 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 5 · 2018: 4 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 4 · 2015: 1 · 2014: 6 · 2013: 1 · 2012: 6
FWCI
0.55
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)
Locations
Journal of Interpersonal Violence (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
  • Social Sciences › Health › Intimate Partner and Family Violence
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression
Keywords
relational aggression, attachment styles, self-attachment, romantic relationships, interpersonal perception, preoccupied attachment, dismissing attachment, fearful attachment, secure attachment, aggression perpetration

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