The Moderating Role of Attachment on the Relationship Between History of Trauma and Intimate Partner Violence Victimization
Abstract
Exposure to trauma is a well-established predictor of intimate partner violence (IPV), although this relationship is not causal. The current study hypothesized that attachment-based anxiety moderated the relationship between trauma history and IPV revictimization in a sample of women who had reported IPV victimization 1 year earlier. Results confirmed the following hypotheses: When attachment-based anxiety was high, trauma history was positively associated with IPV victimization and use of violence. When attachment-based anxiety was low, trauma history was no longer positively associated with IPV victimization or use of violence. Secure attachments may protect female victims of IPV from the impact of trauma.
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Childhood maltreatment predicted IPV victimization only when participants scored high on the anxious dimension of attachment.
“Also, Smith and Stover (2016) found that childhood maltreatment predicted IPV victimization only when participants scored high on the anxious dimension of attachment.”
From Exploring Relationships: A Systematic Review on Intimate Partner Violence and Attachment (2018) · cites this paper as Smith and Stover, 2016
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- Authors
- Smith, L. S., & Stover, C. S.
- Affiliations
- Yale University (US)
- University of South Florida (US)
- Corresponding author
- Smith, Linda Sapanski
- ORCID
- Stover, Carla Smith
- Venue
- Violence Against Women
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2015-10-27
- Volume
- 22
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 745-764
- ISSN
- 1077-8012 (ISSN-L)
- 1552-8448
- OpenAlex
- W1904860402
- Cited by
- 30
- References
- 64
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 6 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 5 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 1
- FWCI
- 0.84
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Violence Against Women (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Yale University
- Child Study Center, Yale School of Medicine
- 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
- intimate partner violence, trauma history, attachment security, women victims of violence, moderating effect, violence perpetration
- MeSH terms
- Intimate Partner Violence, Exposure to Violence, Adult, Demography, Female, Humans, Interpersonal Relations, Male, Sexual Partners, Social Support, Socioeconomic Factors, United States, Crime Victims
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